this is the spirit of the enchantment under which Venice lies, pearly and roseate, like the Sleeping Beauty, changeless throughout the centuries,… — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
The data don't lie: a Chicago street prostitute is more likely to have sex with a cop than to be arrested by… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Running the big rapids is like sex: half the fun lies in the anticipation. Two thirds of the thrill with the approach.… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
And you don't care that I'm your brother," he said. "I know how you felt about Jace, even when you thought he… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
In all activities of life, the secret of efficiency lies in an ability to combine two seemingly incompatible states: a state of… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Baby, you're all that I want. When you're lying here in my arms. I'm finding it hard to believe. We're in heaven. — Marion Meadows Copy Share Image
There are going to be animals in Heaven. The prophet Isaiah said that the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the… — David Berg Copy Share Image
It's often been observed that the first casualty of war is the truth. But that's a lie, too, in its way. The… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
To take advantage of the last precious minutes, you've got to stay afield as late as the birds do, regardless of a… — Havilah Babcock Copy Share Image
Italians in particular are seen as either benign and child-like (the sweet old nonna with her meatballs), menacing mobsters, or hyper-sexualized housewives… — Christopher Castellani Copy Share Image
The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving. Apollo from his shrine Can… — John Milton Copy Share Image
God made sin possible just as he made all lying wonders possible, but he never made it a fact, never set anything… — Horace Bushnell Copy Share Image
“Do you trust me, Pidge?” “Yeah, why?” “C’mere,” he said, pulling me against him. I stiffened for a second or two before… — Jamie McGuire Copy Share Image
Here in Manto's own words that he wanted to mark his grave with: "In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful… — Saadat Hasan Manto Copy Share Image
I'm very lazy when it comes to making the original sound. I don't go through amplifiers and different compressors and signal parts.… — Imogen Heap Copy Share Image
Mathematics is not something that you find lying around in your back yard. It's produced by the human mind. Yet if we… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
A men whose every word is nothing but the truth is not a human being but a god! Gods do not die,… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
He let out a hiss of pain,then smiled that crooked, sheepish smile he always fell back on when he was caught doing… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
...it was imaginative people who tended to lie. Lying required making stuff up, and only imaginative people were good at that. — John Connolly Copy Share Image
I've never cheated on my wife, ever. But to say that it doesn't exist or it doesn't happen and saying you never… — Andy Grammer Copy Share Image
Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
Now all the youth of England are on fire, And silken dalliance in the wardrobe lies; Now thrive the armorers, and honor's… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“Talking is not easy. Talking intends to convey what you mean. Lying is easy, not talking. When one lies, one does not… — Ravindra Shukla Copy Share Image
How about a positive LSD story? Wouldn't that be news-worthy, just the once? To base your decision on information rather than scare… — Bill Hicks Copy Share Image
I think I'd like to see CDs disappear. Too much plastic crap lying around. If I want some music these days, I'm… — Ted Leo Copy Share Image
The elite media has been caught in so many lies because of false statements that its whole reputation has eroded, their circulation… — Geraldo Rivera Copy Share Image
Suddenly I awake to a stark amazement at everything... To be alive is so incredible that all I can do is to… — W.N.P. Barbellion Copy Share Image
We lie under the network of arching shells and live in a suspense of uncertainty. If a shot comes, we can duck,… — Erich Maria Remarque Copy Share Image
The most outrageous lies that can be invented will find believers if a person only tells them with all his might. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Happiness is a 'state of mind' which we ourselves have the power to control - and that control lies in our thinking. — Claude M. Bristol Copy Share Image
Christians don't tell lies, they just go to church and sing them. How many times have you stood and sang, “Take my… — Leonard Ravenhill Copy Share Image
I have always loved truth so passionately that I have often resorted to lying as a way of introducing it into the… — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
My personal life is lived as 'me,' but my professional life is lived as other people. In other words, when I go… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
It is the human wish to be told lies that keep us as primitive morally and socially as we are. I am… — David Horowitz Copy Share Image
In the very moment, the seeds of a perfect destiny lie dormant within you. When you release their potential, you can manifest… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
As a scholar I am interested in the philosophy of language, semiotics, call it what you want, and one of the main… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
The great enemy of the truth is not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest but the myth persistent, persuasive and unrealistic. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The secret of success in battle lies often not so much in the use of one's own strength but in the exploitation… — John Christopher Copy Share Image
“Don’t be sorry for the truth. A harsh truth is less damaging than a tender lie, and the worst lies are the… — Dianna Hardy Copy Share Image
Racism springs from the lie that certain human beings are less than fully human. It's a self-centered falsehood that corrupts our minds… — Alveda King Copy Share Image
