Sometimes you have to lie to tell the truth.

There is something more important than any ultimate weapon. That is the ultimate position-the position of total control over Earth that lies somewhere out…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

Against his own will, almost, Will felt himself understanding; he would have done anything, he thought, told any lie, taken any risk, to make…

— Cassandra Clare

Heaven lies around us in our infancy.

— William Golding

To me, the beauty of a quilt or a dress lies within the stitches and the thought of the person who made them. When…

— Natalie

Half the misery of human life might be extinguished if men would alleviate the general curse they lie under by mutual offices of compassion,…

— Joseph Addison

Jobs and money are never the primary cause of stress. Thinking, negative thinking causes stress. The real cause of all problems lie in our…

— Bob Proctor

“People talk about books that write themselves, and it's a lie. Books don't write themselves. It takes thought and research and a backache and…

— Neil Gaiman

[Islam] Leaves no room of human legislation in an Islamic state, because herein all legislative functions vest in God and the only function left…

— Abul A'la Maududi

What is history after all? History is facts which become lies in the end.

— Jean Cocteau

If the media is sending girls the message that their value lies in their bodies, this can only leave them feeling disempowered and distract…

— Jennifer Siebel Newsom

I just can’t, Nick, okay? Now, please give me a second to lie here in silence and bleed.” – Caleb

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

The social [media channel] isn't about beauty contests and popularity contests. They're a distortion, a caricature of the real thing. It's about trust, connection,…

— Umair Haque

falsehood is not more unjustifiable than unsafe.

— Fanny Burney

There are no white lies, there is only the blackest of destruction, and a white lie is the blackest of all.

— Ayn Rand

It lies around us like a cloud- A world we do not see; Yet the sweet closing of an eye May bring us there…

— Harriet Beecher Stowe