Quotes about lying
lying done belief
It often happens that, if a lie be believed only for an hour, it has done its work, and there is no further occasion for it. Jonathan Swift
lying bears talent
Brutes find out where their talents lie; a bear will not attempt to fly.
lying universe
The meaning of the universe lies outside the universe. Jonathan Sacks
lying care persons
We are lying to ourselves and to each other. Lying about what? I don't care if we're lying. I am a bad person. I don't care. I don't care what you are. Jonathan Safran Foer
lying believe creating
They reciprocated the great and saving lie--that our love for things is greater than our lover for our love for things--willfully playing the parts they wrote for themselves, willfully creating and believing fictions necessary for life.
lying opportunity plates
One of the greatest opportunities to live our values-or betray them-lies in the food we put on our plates.
lying cat
I'm always looking for the comfiest place to lie down, like a cat. Naomie Harris
lying moving men
The beauty myth moves for men as a mirage; its power lies in its ever-receding nature. When the gap is closed, the lover embraces only his own disillusion. Naomi Wolf
lying creating innovation
Infrastructure should not only be about Highways but also about Information Highways! The way ahead lies in creating optical fibre networks. Narendra Modi
lying ideas innovation
It is my firm belief that the solution to all problems lies in dialogue. Earlier, it was believed that force indicates power. Now, power must come through the strength of ideas and the effective dialogue.
lying men imagination
MAN’S ONLY LIMITATION, within reason, LIES IN HIS DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF HIS IMAGINATION. Napoleon Hill
lying successful ideas
Every successful person finds that great success lies just beyond the point when they're convinced their idea is not going to work.
lying sleep achievement
Somewhere in your make-up there lies sleeping, the seed of achievement which, if aroused and put into action, would carry you to heights, such as you may never have hoped to attain.
lying imagination understanding
The only trouble with this world today lies in our lack of understanding of the power of imagination.
lying circles shoes
Lies circle the earth while Truth is still trying to put on its shoes. Napoleon Bonaparte
lying heart passion
Many a one commits a reprehensible action, who is at bottom an honourable man, because man seldom acts upon natural impulse, but from some secret passion of the moment which lies hidden and concealed within the narrowest folds of his heart.
lying book curiosity
A book in which there were no lies would be a curiosity.
lying government wells
He is almost a statesman. He lies well.
lying integrity heart
This is the most important thing I will ever say to you. The human mind is the ultimate testing device. You can take all the notes you want on the technical data, anything you forget you can look up again, but this must be engraved on your hearts in letters of fire. There is nothing, nothing, nothing, more important to me in the men and women I train than their absolute personal integrity. Whether you function as welders or inspectors, the laws of physics are implacable lie detectors. You may fool men. You will never fool metal. That’s all. Lois McMaster Bujold
lying men iron
If you desire a man to tell you comfortable lies about your prowess, and so fetter any hope of true excellence, I'm sure you may find one anywhere. Not all prisons are made of iron bars. Some are made of feather beds.
lying men law
Whether you function as welders or inspectors, the laws of physics are implacable lie-detectors. You may fool men. You will never fool the metal.
lying thinking doctors
I think it's a really sad situation when I have to lie to my doctor about what I need a medication for. Liz Miller
lying believe persevere
I believe in persevering. If you persevere, success lies ahead of you. Liu Yang
lying deceit vulnerable
Deceit and lying make me feel vulnerable. Lisa Vidal
lying believe thinking
I learned not to trust people; I learned not to believe what they say but to watch what they do; I learned to suspect that anyone and everyone is capable of 'living a lie'. I came to believe that other people - even when you think you know them well - are ultimately unknowable. Lynn Barber
lying night thinking
I sometimes lie awake at night trying to think of something funny that Richard Nixon said. Lyn Nofziger
lying space important
There is something more important than any ultimate weapon. That is the ultimate position-the position of total control over Earth that lies somewhere out in space. That is . . . the distant future, though not so distant as we may have thought. Whoever gains that ultimate position gains control, total control, over the Earth, for the purposes of tyranny or for the service of freedom Lyndon B. Johnson
lying would-be bits
I could never put anything into a picture that wasn't actually there in front of me. That would be a pointless lie, a mere bit of artfulness. Lucian Freud
lying years forgiving
Now here's a good one: you're lying on your deathbed. You have one hour to live. Who is it, exactly, you have needed all these years to forgive? Louise Penny
lying grass lying-down
This soft grass suggests 'softness' to me, but also at the same time 'lying-down-ness'. Louise Rennison
lying reality people
Well, when I was younger, I lied all the time, because once you understand the power of lying, it's really like magic because you transform reality for people. Louis C. K.
lying government law
At the foundation of our civil liberties lies the principle that denies to government officials an exceptional position before the law and which subjects them to the same rules of conduct that are commands to the citizen. Louis D. Brandeis
lying progress path
In differentiation, not in uniformity, lies the path of progress.