Quotes about lying
lying expression giving
In the act of giving lies the expression of my aliveness. Erich Fromm
lying passion confusion
The most important misunderstanding seems to me to lie in a confusion between the human necessities which I consider part of human nature, and the human necessities as they appear as drives, needs, passions, etc., in any given historical period.
lying giving-not-receiving expression
Giving is more joyous than receiving, not because it is a deprivation, but because in the act of giving lies the expression of my aliveness.
lying people telling-the-truth
I can't say why people lie; they just do. Everyone has their own reasons for not telling the truth. Eric Carr
lying focus secret
The secret of achieving prosperity lies in so vividly keeping yourself centered in the inner focus of affluence that you literally exude the consciousness of it.
lying humor choices
Given the choice between accomplishing something and just lying around, I'd rather lie around. No contest. Eric Clapton
lying stupid white
I don't like being lied to, so I only lie about the stupid things. White lies, basically. Enrique Iglesias
lying passion men
A man never lies with more delicious languor under the influence of a passion than when he has persuaded himself that he shall subdue it to-morrow. George Eliot
lying responsibility tolerance
The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision.
lying men missing
Yet do not miss the moral, my good men. For Saint Paul says that all that’s written well Is written down some useful truth to tell. Then take the wheat and let the chaff lie still. Geoffrey Chaucer
lying levels cult
There's no point in lying saying I am doing really, really well because I'm not; I'm cult level. Gary Numan
lying dark light
I worship nothing. Not a good lie nor a dark one. If nature is proof of God's amazing creation then I have truly seen the light, and the light is black. Nature is genius at its most cruel and savage. No benevolent God could have come up with such an outrage.
lying heart difficult-work
Do not throw away your heart. Keep your heart. Your heart is all that matters ... Throw away your ancestors! ... Throw away your shyness and the anger that lies just a few inches beneath ... Accept the truth! And if there is more than one truth, then learn to do the difficult work -- learn to choose. You are good enough, you are HUMAN ENOUGH, to choose! Gary Shteyngart
lying spy terrible
I'm almost incapable of lying. I'd be a terrible spy. Gary Oldman
lying trying internet
Don't ever, ever try to lie to the internet.... Gabe Newell
lying cocky self
If you lie down in a village square hoping to capture a sea gull, you could stay there your whole life without succeeding. But a hundred miles from shore it's different. Sea gulls have a highly developed instinct for self-preservation on land but at sea they're very cocky. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
lying believe commitment
In journalism just one fact that is false prejudices the entire work. In contrast, in fiction one single fact that is true gives legitimacy to the entire work. That's the only difference, and it lies in the commitment of the writer. A novelist can do anything he wants so long as he makes people believe in it.
lying doubt one-hundred-years-of-solitude
A lie is more comfortable than doubt, more useful than love, more lasting than truth.
lying falsehood
Falsehood always punishes itself. Frank Auerbach
lying world lost
You'll find that education's about the only thing lying around loose in this world, and that it's about the only thing a fellow can have as much of as he's willing to haul away. Everything else is screwed down tight and the screw-driver lost. George Horace Lorimer
lying believe men
Believe me, it is no time for words when the wounds are fresh and bleeding; no time for homilies when the lightning's shaft has smitten, and the man lies stunned and stricken. Then let the comforter be silent; let him sustain by his presence, not by his preaching; by his sympathetic silence, not by his speech.
lying eye tongue
When the tongue lies, the eyes tell the truth.
lying
He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth. George Herbert
lying bed ill
He that makes his bed ill, lies there.
lying blessing men
When God at first made man, Having a glass of blessings standing by, 'Let us,'said he,'pour on him all we can: Let the world's riches, which disperse' d lie, Contract into a span'.
lying half world
Half the world knows not how the other half lies.
lying mean liberty
A society without the means to detect lies and theft soon squanders its liberty and freedom. Chris Hedges
lying self deception
It is the cult of self that is killing the United States. This cult has within it the classic traits of psychopaths: superficial charm, grandiosity and self-importance ; a need for constant stimulation; a penchant for lying, deception and manipulation; and the incapacity for remorse or guilt.
lying stupid long
Being constructively critical is good, as long as your purpose is to improve your methods for future endeavors. Lying in bed and replaying failures and telling yourself you're stupid is a tremendous disservice to your efforts and what you can offer the world. Chris Hardwick
lying light dying
Don't surrender to the dying light; don't take it lying down. Christopher Cross
lying knowledge men
Yet still, there are those special secret moments in our lives, when we smile unexpectedly-when all our forces are resolved. A woman can often see these moments in us, better than a man, better than we ourselves, even. When we know these moments, when we smile, when we are not on guard at all-these are the moments when our most important forces show themselves; whatever it is you are doing at such a moment, hold on to it, repeat it-for that certain smile is the best knowledge that we ever have of what our hidden forces are, and where they lie, and how they can be loosed. Christopher Alexander
lying thinking house
The house is made up of the spirits of our ancestors. Did you think they would lie idly by while we were under attack?" 'Cuz, yeah, didn't everybody's ancestors rise up and destroy enemies. Christine Feehan
lying heart broken
If what he said was the truth, it broke her heart. If what he said was a lie, it was broken anyway.