Nature hav no music; nor would ther be for theeany better melody in the April woods at dawnthan what an old stone-deaf… — Robert Bridges Copy Share Image
PLAIN SUPERFICIALITY is the character of a speech, in which any two points being taken, the speaker is found to lie wholly… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
The alcoholism got me and I ruined my first marriage with drinking and the lying and the deceit and infidelity, and all… — Malachy McCourt Copy Share Image
As readers, we are seldom interested in the fine sentiments of a lesson learnt; we seldom care about the good manners of… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
The secret to getting away with lying, is believing with all your heart. That goes for lying to yourself even more so… — Elizabeth Bear Copy Share Image
Our stability is but balance, and conduct lies In masterful administration of the unforseen. — Robert Bridges Copy Share Image
As for me, I've chosen to follow a simple course: Come clean. And wherever possible, live your life in a way that… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
Let's use our stories to encourage listening to one another and to hear not just the good news, but also the pain… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
The peculiar fascination of the brain lies in the fact that there is probably no other object of scientific enquiry about which… — Gerd Sommerhoff Copy Share Image
I'll tell you what, [Hillary Clinton] is not making America safer by her actions and because as it relates to Benghazi, as… — Kimberly Guilfoyle Copy Share Image
We have no right to come forward and urge wider changes for good, until we have tried to alter the evils which… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Ninety-five percent of the beliefs we have stored in our minds are nothing but lies, and we suffer because we believe all… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When you're not authentic to yourself, you're lying. You're going to get found out and you're going to slip up. — Cordae Copy Share Image
“Are our lives just the aggregate of the lies we've told? ('Lives' - the 'v' is silent.)” — William Boyd Copy Share Image
The difference between the truth and a lie is that both of them can hurt, but only one will take the time… — Mira Grant Copy Share Image
The fundamentalists, by 'knowing' the answers before they start, and then forcing nature into the straitjacket of their discredited preconceptions, lie outside… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
The majority never has right on its side. Never, I say! That is one of these social lies against which an independent,… — Henrik Ibsen Copy Share Image
People who lie to themselves about investing are the same as overweight people who blame their genes for their obesity. — Robert Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
I make no secret of the fact that I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it. But you have… — Shirley Conran Copy Share Image
I love it when mothers get so mad they can't remember your name. "Come here, Roy, er, Rupert, er, Rutabaga... what is… — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
Now the true soldiers of Christ must always be prepared to do battle for the truth, and must never, so far as… — Origen Copy Share Image
The air is full of a farewell- deserted by the silver lake lies the wild world, overturned. Cities rise where the mountains… — Kathleen Raine Copy Share Image
If this "critical openminded attitude" ... is wanted, the question at once arises, Is it science that should be studied in order… — Anthony Standen Copy Share Image
It seems to me that large numbers of people are now paying attention to poverty and that large numbers now understand that… — Sasha Abramsky Copy Share Image
People seldom realize that they tell lies with their lips and truths with their eyes all the time. — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
You can neither lie to a neighbourhood park, nor reason with it. 'Artist's conceptions' and persuasive renderings can put pictures of life… — Jane Jacobs Copy Share Image
Your whole appearance is a lie and it could never be true. And if you really loved yourself, then you would try… — Phife Dawg Copy Share Image
“Many common lies and hypocrisies are like that, just out of the harmony of the moment.” — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
Changes in the traditional way of building are only permitted if they are an improvement. Otherwise stay with what is traditional, for… — Adolf Loos Copy Share Image
A guy said to me one time, something really profound, and it's so simple. It's that depression lies. It's a liar and… — Mel Gibson Copy Share Image
Our nations are run by absolute worthless scum, our streets are taken over by sub-humans, the food we eat and the water… — Varg Vikernes Copy Share Image
Among other things I think humor is a shield, a weapon, a survival kit. So here we are several billion of us,… — Ogden Nash Copy Share Image
A man who gives a good account of himself is probably lying, since any life when viewed from the inside is simply… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Bush is almost always clear when he's speaking cruelly. For example, when the subject is the punitive infliction of great pain, there… — Mark Crispin Miller Copy Share Image
I became a virtuoso of deceit. It wasn't pleasure I was after, it was knowledge. I consulted the strictest moralists to learn… — Christopher Hampton Copy Share Image
Lying offshore, ready to act, the presence of ships and Marines sometimes means much more than just having air power or ship's… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Fang can't stand to see trash & garbage lying around the house. He can't stand the competition. — Phyllis Diller Copy Share Image
“I see a city in the desert lies The vanity of an ancient king But the city lies in broken pieces While… — Sting Copy Share Image