Quotes about lying
lying fall men
There in seclusion and remote from men The wizard hand lies cold, Which at its topmost speed let fall the pen, And left the tale half told. Ah! who shall lift that wand of magic power, And the lost clew regain? The unfinished window in Aladdin's tower Unfinished must remain! Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
lying impossible heavy
The time never lies heavy upon him; it is impossible for him to be alone. Joseph Addison
lying war lost
Nations with nations mix'd confus'dly die, and lost in one promiscuous carnage lie.
lying doe enthusiasm
Devotion, when it does not lie under the check of reason, is apt to degenerate into enthusiasm.
lying science two
There are two ways of lying. One, not telling the truth and the other, making up statistics. Josefina Vazquez Mota
lying virtue middle
Virtue lies in the middle ground. Jose Rizal
lying men firsts
The first thing a man will do for his ideals is lie. Joseph A. Schumpeter
lying fronts
That it's possible not to see a lie even when it's in front of us. Jose Saramago
lying thinking issues
Beliefs constitute the basic stratum, that which lies deepest, in the architecture of our life. By them we live, and by the same token we rarely think of them.... One may symbolize the individual life as a bank of issue. The bank lives on the credit of a gold reserve which is rarely seen, which lies at the bottom of metal coffers hidden in the vaults of the building. The most elementary caution will suggest that from time to time the effective condition of these guaranties--of these credences, one might say, that are the basis of credit--be passed in review. Jose Ortega y Gasset
lying men order
He [the "specialist"] is one who, out of all that has to be known in order to be a man of judgment, is only acquainted with one science, and even of that one only knows the small corner in which he is an active investigator. He even proclaims it as a virtue that he takes no cognisance of what lies outside the narrow territory specially cultivated by himself, and gives the name of "dilettantism" to any curiosity for the general scheme of knowledge.
lying nowhere-to-go deceit
They really don't know where the future lies. If developers decide to build a high-rise where the McCormick building is, they'd have nowhere to go. Jose Gonzalez
lying reality interesting
You will reply that reality hasn't the slightest need to be of interest. And I'll answer you that reality may avoid the obligation to be interesting, but that hypotheses may not. In the hypothesis you have postulated, chance intervenes largely. Here lies a dead rabbi; I should prefer a purely rabbinical explanation; not the imaginary mischances of an imaginary robber. Jorge Luis Borges
lying writing joy
Getting that first draft out is a horribly hard grind, but that (perversely) is where the joy of it lies. Jonathan Stroud
lying father devil
Although the devil be the father of lies, he seems, like other great inventors, to have lost much of his reputation by the continual improvements that have been made upon him. Jonathan Swift
lying excuse guarded
A lie is an excuse guarded
lying apology challenges
I am deeply committed to the cause of Indigenous Australians, and not just because of the Apology, but the big challenges which lie ahead in closing the gap. Kevin Rudd
lying facts bed
Lying in bed, I abandoned the facts again and was back in Ambrosia. Keith Waterhouse
lying cutting blood
He glanced down at the blood-smeared cut on his side...and realized he wasn't wearing any clothing. I'd be lying if I said I hadn't realized it already. Kind of obvious. It wasn't like he'd been going to take time out to find his clothing before stopping Liam. Kelley Armstrong
lying thank-god would-be
Life experience. I can talk it up, vow to broaden my horizons, but I’m still limited to the experiences with my life. How can a person understand an experience that lies completely outside her own? She can see it, feel it, imagine what it would be like to live it, but it’s no different from seeing a movie on a screen and saying, “Thank God that’s not me”.
lying deceit harsh
No. Harsh truth was better than comfortable lies. It had to be.
lying priorities knows
I know where my priorities lie. Kurt Busch
lying challenges matter
You know, its just a matter of working through the pitfalls sometimes and working through the challenges that lie ahead.
lying eye opportunity
Once it gets to a point where it becomes a matter of life and death to occupy a position of leadership or not, with an eye on future opportunities, therein lies the danger. Kgalema Motlanthe
lying silence wake-up
A part of me was hoping someone would wake up and hear, so I wouldn't have to live with this lie anymore. But no one woke up and in the silence that followed, I understood the nature of my new curse: I was going to get away with it. Khaled Hosseini
lying writing weaving
Writing fiction is the act of weaving a series of lies to arrive at a greater truth.
lying snow demise
I've read that if an avalanche buries you and you're lying there underneath all that snow, you can't tell which way is up or down. You want to dig yourself out but pick the wrong way, and you dig yourself to your own demise.
lying self matter
I have never agreed with my other self wholly. The truth of the matter seems to lie between us. Khalil Gibran
lying desire depth
In the depth of your hopes and desires lies your silent knowledge of the beyond...
lying knowledge men
No man can reveal to you nothing but that which already lies half-asleep in the dawning of your knowledge.
lying heart people
When your people have determined that you understand their lies in their hearts and are dedicated to their functional wellbeing, they will compensate for your weaknesses and shore up your strengths. Kevin Allen
lying hype desire
A lie does not consist in the indirect position of words, but in the desire and intention, by false speaking, to deceive and injure your neighbour.
lying law interest
"Lawyers Are": Those whose interests and abilities lie in perverting, confounding and eluding the law.
lying responsibility excuse
An excuse is a lie guarded.