Lying Quotes · Page 86

Growing up with my dad taught me to either lie like a pro or not bother.

— Tammara Webber

We tell lies, yet it is easy to show that lying is immoral.

— Epictetus

All men are body conscious. If they say they're not, they're lying.

— Gilles Marini

Woke up this morning with a terrific urge to lie in bed all day and read.

— Raymond Carver

I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won't.

— Mark Twain

An animal may be ferocious and cunning enough, but it takes a real man to tell a lie.

— Anonymous

“Writers of fiction embellish reality almost without knowing it.”

— Aljean Harmetz

I have suggested that behind almost all myth lies the mono-plot of the game of hide-and-seek.

— Alan Watts

Two people can only live as one when each is prepared to give and receive trust and understanding. Above that lies respect.…

— Helen Hollick

Praise lies upon a higher plane than thanksgiving. When I give thanks, my thoughts still circle about myself to some extent. But…

— Ole Hallesby

You deliver a message every time you speak. Do you deliver the truth, or do you deliver lies? When the message you…

— Miguel Angel Ruiz

There are reports that Kim Jong Un climbed North Korea's highest mountain. Kim Jong Un said all it took to climb that…

— Jimmy Fallon

A satyagrahi turns the searchlight inward relentlessly to weed out all the defects that may be lying hidden there still.

— Mahatma Gandhi

The strength of my country lies in the huts of the poor; in the villages; in the youth, mothers and sisters; in…

— Narendra Modi

Herein lies the heart and soul of the nations. Their right to be free men, Their desire to live in peace, Their…

— Terry Brooks

There are people who will say that this whole account is a lie, but a thing isn't necessarily a lie even if…

— John Steinbeck

In northwest Alaska, kunlangeta "might be applied to a man who, for example, repeatedly lies and cheats and steals things and does…

— Martha Stout

A photograph isn't necessarily a lie, but nor is it the truth. It's more of a fleeting, subjective impression. What I most…

— Martine Franck

I did not know then how much was ended. When I look back now from this high hill of my old age,…

— Black Elk

Listening is terribly important if you want to understand anything about people. You listen to what they say and how they say…

— Marge Piercy

Strength must build up, not destroy. It should outdo itself, not others who are weaker. Used without responsibility, it causes nothing but…

— Patrik Baboumian

A great part of the disaster of contemporary life lies in the fact that it is organized around feelings. People nearly always…

— Dallas Willard

There is no substitute for hard work. If you're looking for the easy way, if you're looking for the trick, you might…

— John Wooden

Really, a young Atheist cannot guard his faith too carefully. Dangers lie in wait for him on every side. You must not…

— C. S. Lewis

Wherever it lies, under earth or over earth, the body will always rot.

— Plotinus

For it is only the finite that has wrought and suffered; the infinite lies stretched in smiling repose.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Not only do I never lie, I never respond to lies, no matter how vicious, no matter how hurtful.

— Paula Abdul

Good intentions are wicked! As far as I can see, all they lead to are lies and delusions.

— Jane Smiley

It makes more sense to find out where the middle- and long-term common ground lies.

— Gerhard Schroder

Mania is fun. I won't lie, it's fun. But it's usually followed by a soul-crushing depression.

— Chris Gethard

I knew you were lying when you told me you loved me, because who would love a girl who cuts herself?

— Patience

Beyond our most stubborn misperception lies often our fondest dream.

— Robert Breault

“Forgive me for lying. Forgive me for breaking your heart.”

— Lauren Blakely

Slander is the biggest occupation of a man who produces nothing but lies!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

If there is knowledge, it lies in the fusion of the book and the street.

— Studs Terkel

The secret of successful writing lies in striking the right keys on the typewriter.

— Evan Esar

Now God, who has made us, knows what we are and that our happiness lies in Him.

— Anonymous

Everybody will always find some way of diminishing your work, but it's all a lie!

— Cleve Jones

We [must] realize that our future lies chiefly in our own hands.

— Paul Robeson

If you're really successful at bullshitting, it means you're not hanging around enough people smarter than you.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson