Quotes about lying
lying believe men
By a lie a man throws away and, as it were, annihilates his dignity as a man. A man who himself does not believe what he tells another ... has even less worth than if he were a mere thing. ... makes himself a mere deceptive appearance of man, not man himself. Immanuel Kant
lying perfection
How then is perfection to be sought? Wherein lies our hope? In education, and in nothing else. Immanuel Kant
lying evil
But a lie is a lie, and in itself intrinsically evil, whether it be told with good or bad intents. Immanuel Kant
lying giving pleasure
For here lies the pleasure of living: In taking God's bounties, and giving The gifts back again. Ella Wheeler Wilcox
lying self deceit
It is as easy to deceive one's self without perceiving it, as it is difficult to deceive others without their finding out. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
lying judging deceived
There are some disguised falsehoods so like truths, that 'twould be to judge ill not to be deceived by them. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
lying deceiving-others dishonesty
We are never so easily deceived as when we imagine we are deceiving others. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
lying passion heart
If there be a love pure and free from the admixture of our other passions, it is that which lies hidden in the bottom of our heart, and which we know not ourselves. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
lying cat charming
Wouldn’t that make a charming epitaph? Here lies Cat. Killed not by fang, but Ferragamos. Jeaniene Frost
lying reality government
The problem, of course, lies with the realities concealed from us. This has always been the case. While the American public has slowly grappled with ongoing injustices visible within our own borders, it has long failed to discover and correct our government's abuses abroad. In the end, however, this is our government, and torture is being utilized in our names and supported by our tax dollars. We are responsible. Jennifer Harbury
lying grieving people
It would be a lie to say that people are coming to adoption with joy at all times. Hope, perhaps, but it would be disingenuous to say that every part coming to an adoption isn't seriously grieving. Jennifer Gilmore
lying mind want
I've made my mind up that I will only do a film that I really, really love. I'm determined to lie low until a role comes along that really makes me want to work. Jennifer Garner
lying hair black
I'm lying in my bed, blanket is warm, this body will never keep me safe from harm. I still feel your hair, black ribbons of coal. Touch my skin to keep me whole. If only you'd come back to me. To feel you at my side, wouldn't need no Mojo Pin to keep me satisfied. Jeff Buckley
lying practice people
So much torture, bloodshed, deceit. You cannot make your young people practice torture twenty-four hours a day and not expect to pay a price for it. Jean-Paul Sartre
lying mean class
I was not the one to invent lies: they were created in a society divided by class and each of us inherited lies when we were born. It is not by refusing to lie that we will abolish lies: it is by eradicating class by any means necessary. Jean-Paul Sartre
lying heart worms
Nothingness lies coiled in the heart of being - like a worm. Jean-Paul Sartre
lying political politics
If you begin by saying, 'Thou shalt not lie,' there is no longer any possibility of political action. Jean-Paul Sartre
lying rite
La ve rite existe; on n'invente que le mensonge. Truth exists; only lies are invented. Georges Braque
lying forever evangelism
Let us...once and forever put an end to that lie which says that Calvinism and an interest in evangelism are not comparable. George Whitefield
lying practice danger
If we once get above our Bibles and cease making the written Word of God our sole rule both as to faith and practice, we shall soon lie open to all manner of delusion and be in great danger of making shipwreck of faith and a good conscience. George Whitefield
lying kissing hands
Immodest creature, you do not want a woman who will accept your faults, you want the one who pretends you are faultless - one who will caress the hand that strikes her and kiss the lips that lie to her. George Sand
lying experience may
Experience is always a trustworthy guide; it may not tell you everything, but it never lies. George Sand
lying degrees license
Lying, like license, has its degrees. George Sand
lying people political
I might take from the current political chaos a desire to somehow reflect its essential qualities in a story - the blatant lies that get accepted with repetition; the way mass media seems to be agitating people en masse; the way, particularly, that a relatively lucky and affluent and privileged population can be undone by a certain spoiled quality; that feeling when two decent people violently disagree, because they are arguing from two non-intersecting data sets - well, the list goes on. George Saunders
lying champagne servant
There's nothing undignified about lying about all day and being waited on by servants, sipping bloody champagne. Jeffrey Bernard
lying offering borders
It's one thing to ask your bank manager for an overdraft to buy 500 begonias for the borders in Haslemere, but quite another to seek financial succour to avail oneself of the 5-2 they're offering on lie de Bourbon for the St Leger. Jeffrey Bernard
lying men giving
I'll tell you something that's completely true - you can, as a man, obtain everything you want with the truth. If you lie, first of all you've got to be a very good lying actor, which is tres difficile. And it's going to give you poison inside the body. Jean Reno
lying heart passion
When I'm carried away, isn't it clear that my heart contradicts my mouth? Jean Racine
lying cutting film
Film is truth 24 times a second, and every cut is a lie, Jean-Luc Godard
lying serious european-integration
When it becomes serious, you have to lie. Jean-Claude Juncker
lying tough going-gets-tough
When the going gets tough, you have to lie. Jean-Claude Juncker
lying
You have to learn to read between the lies. Jim Hightower
lying brain ifs
Maybe if we lie down our brains will work. Jerry Seinfeld