Lying Quotes · Page 136

People think that the politician is just part of a system, and whether they're lying or not doesn't matter.

— Zephyr Teachout

How little our careers express what lies in us, and yet how much time they take up. It's sad, really.

— Philip Larkin

I honor those who try to rid themselves of any lying, who empty the self and have only clear being there.

— Rumi

“[the only acting advice he would give] What is acting but lying and what is good lying but convincing lying?”

— Laurence Olivier

I dream of a love that even time will lie down and be still for.

— Alice Hoffman

The gentle race of flowers Are lying in their lowly beds.

— William C. Bryant

“I'm going to kill you, you lying cocksucker." -Annie Wilks”

— Stephen King

“This is where he had ended up, lying on his back, trying to forget himself.”

— Neil Walker

Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity. From discord find harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

— Albert Einstein

The way to be patriotic in America is not only to love America, but to love the duty that lies nearest to…

— Woodrow Wilson

I am in perfect health, and hear it said I look better than ever I did in my life, which is one…

— Mary Wortley Montagu

“Her suspicion brings me a small sense of gratification. She thinks I'm lying about something. Now we're even. Lake”

— Colleen Hoover

I'm going to do everything I can to play at a high level. I say this to a lot of my good…

— Diana Taurasi

The misdeeds of ordinary men can be buried with them, and their lives described in half-truths that are really half-lies. But not…

— Anna Quindlen

Because there are 7 billion 47 million people on the planet And I have the audacity to think I matter I know…

— George Watsky

Herein lies the tragedy of the age: Not that men are poor, - all men know something of poverty. Not that men…

— Anonymous

“Yes, Jonathan, yes. We’ll be over. I love you. I love your past, no matter what it was. I love your present,…

— C.D. Reiss

The black masses want not to be shrunk from as though they are plague-ridden. They want not to be walled up in…

— Malcolm X

I love being outdoors and think a tan is very sexy. I'll lie out on white towels strewn with pillows. I don't…

— Pamela Anderson

My friend Madea has "attitude" that comes with wisdom. Back in our teens and twenties, we thought we knew everything and made…

— Tyler Perry

Now that nation called Israel, never has had any peace in forty years and she will never have any peace because there…

— Louis Farrakhan

My second husband and I were going through a bitter divorce, and I didn't have the money for a fancy-pants attorney. I…

— Sue Grafton

According to Democritus, truth lies at the bottom of a well, the water of which serves as a mirror in which objects…

— Charles Francis Richter

As geographers, Sosius, crowd into the edges of their maps parts of the world which they do not know about, adding notes…

— Plutarch

People seldom realize that they tell lies with their lips and truths with their eyes all the time.

— Tahereh Mafi

The poetic element lying hidden in most women is the source of their magnetic attraction.

— Victor Hugo

If I lie down on my bed I must be here, But if I lie down in my grave I may be…

— Stevie Smith

I'd rather go on hearing your lies, than to go on living without you.

— Elvis Presley

There's a fire that burns away the lies, manifesting in the spiritual eye.

— George Harrison

The idea is to just stop. Just wait. Don't react. Therein lies the whole universe. Just don't react.

— Harbhajan Singh Yogi

Real happiness lies in that which never comes nor goes, but simply is.

— Ram Dass

At least she had a clear picture of what the Lying Game was now: Girl Scouts for psychopaths.

— Sara Shepard

In death, lie. In living, cry. Carry me home to remember to be remembered.

— Kami Garcia

In order to write a book, it is necessary to sit down (or stand up) and write. Therein lies the difficulty.

— Edward Abbey

The solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind.

— Albert Einstein

It's easier to tell a lie, than to tell the truth. It's easier to kill a fly, than it is to turn…

— George Harrison

It's always better to live the truth than to live a lie.

— Cassandra Clare

True wisdom lies in one's confession about the limits of one's knowledge.

— Socrates

A man who values a good night's rest will not lie down with enmity in his heart, if he can help it.

— Laurence Sterne

One of the biggest lies in the world is that crime doesn't pay. Of course, crime pays.

— G. Gordon Liddy