Quotes about lying
lying technology genius
THE GENIUS of the industrial system lies in its organized use of capital and technology. This is made possible, as we have duly seen, by extensively replacing the market with planning. John Kenneth Galbraith
lying college use
We talk of the enormous virtues of work, but it turns out that that is mostly for the poor. If you're rich enough or if you're a college professor, the virtue lies in leisure and the use you make of your leisure time.
lying warrior feel-better
Isabelle is like a warrior going into battle and she needs… you said yes? You'd really choose an inexperienced squire?" she asked, her voice incredulous. He laughed. "I would." She smiled. "You're lying to me to make me feel better. It's all right. It's working. Now tell me another lie. Julie Garwood
lying heart men
The topic of trust is an important factor in all matters of the heart - and here's why. Men lie to women. Women lie to men. And most people agree that some lying is even necessary - to avoid petty squabbles and to grease the wheels of a relationship. Joyce Brothers
lying writing deception
Novel-writing is a bit like deception. You lie as little as you possibly can. That's the way I do it, anyway. Joseph O'Neill
lying tired poison
It is better to be tired from physical exertion than to be fatigued by the 'poisons' generated by nervousness while lying awake. Joseph Pilates
lying past flames
The age of hairsplitting Jewish intellectualism is dead... The past lies in flames. Joseph Goebbels
lying stupid ifs-and
One should not as a rule reveal one's secrets, since one does not know if and when one may need them again. The essential English leadership secret does not depend on particular intelligence. Rather, it depends on a remarkably stupid thick-headedness. The English follow the principle that when one lies, one should lie big, and stick to it. They keep up their lies, even at the risk of looking ridiculous.
lying bigs ifs
If you tell a lie, tell a big one.
lying bigger
The bigger the lie, the more it will be believed.
lying long interesting
If you tell a lie long enough, it becomes the truth.
lying risk sticks
The English follow the principle that when one lies, one should lie big, and stick to it. They keep up their lies, even at the risk of looking ridiculous.
lying believe people
If you tell the same lie enough times, people will believe it; and the bigger the lie, the better.
lying weight triumph
There will come a day, when all the lies will collapse under their own weight, and truth will again triumph.
lying thousand remains
A lie told once remains a lie but a lie told a thousand times becomes the truth
lying soon-enough stories
It was what you did, Wolgast understood; you started to tell a story about who you were, and soon enough the lies were all you had and you became that person. Justin Cronin
lying writing use
Writing stories is the habit of lying put to good use. Julianna Baggott
lying real giving
She knows that whispers can be useful. Sometimes they contain real information. But usually they're fairy tales and lies. This is the worst kind of whisper, the kind that draws you in, gives you hope.
lying omission forget
Omission is a sin only if, in the process of deceiving, you forget the truth. Lying is a sin only if, in the process, the lie becomes the only truth.
lying thinking one-day-at-a-time
I'm just taking it one day at a time. Actually, that's a total lie. I always think about what's in front of me. Julianne Hough
lying actors down-and
If life is a performance, and I am not an actor, am I supposed to lie down and die? Juliana Hatfield
lying makeup age
With actors, all our ages are out there for all to see - you can't hide anything, really. And it's kind of a relief. This is my age, this is what I look like without makeup on - who cares? That youth culture - that lying about your age - it's all denial of death anyway. Julianne Moore
lying party government
I was never interested in the two-party system per se. I was interested in how authority was abused by government, and how lies were told, and rewritten, to seem to be true. I came up out of a tradition of radical journalism. Jules Feiffer
lying army giving
Unfortunately, my rivals are spreading all kinds of suspicions for political reasons that are absolutely not true. They've tried accusing me of agreeing to dismantle the army, of jeopardizing private property, of giving the pensions of policemen to the guerillas - all kinds of lies. What they want is for people to be afraid of peace. Juan Manuel Santos
lying land one-direction
...as the day wore on I watched the birds all flying in one direction, and said, Land lies there. Joshua Slocum
lying funny-business known
I've never known an auctioneer to lie unless it was absolutely necessary. Josh Billings
lying fall men
It ain't no disgrace for a man to fall, but to lie there and grunt is.
lying moving blow
Lying is like trying to hide in a fog: If you move about you're in danger of bumping your head against the truth, and as soon as the fog blows off, you are gone anyhow.
lying attention politics
If you do not know how to lie, cheat, and steal, turn your attention to politics and learn.
lying father ideas
The devil is the father of lies, but he neglected to patent the idea, and the business now suffers from competition.
lying exaggeration-is people
There are some people so addicted to exaggeration that they can't tell the truth without lying.
lying knowledge world
On the question of the world as a whole, science founders. For scientific knowledge the world lies in fragments, the more so the more precise our scientific knowledge becomes. Karl Jaspers
lying arise
The Truth lies not in the Yes and not in the No, but in the knowledge and the beginning from which the Yes and the No arise. Karl Barth