“Why didn't Jacob simply refuse to go along with this bold, obvious swindle? Again, Robert Alter's insights are invaluable. When Jacob asks,… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
We're lying ourselves into believing things are untrue, like organic food will solve all our problems, or vitamins will make us healthy,… — Michael Specter Copy Share Image
Reasoning based on cost has been strenuously resisted; it violated the Hippocratic Oath, was associated with rationing, and derided as putting a… — Ezekiel Emanuel Copy Share Image
Every infantryman in the Soviet Army carries with him a small spade. When he is given the order to halt he immediately… — Viktor Suvorov Copy Share Image
Give a child the habit of sacredly regarding the truth - of carefully respecting the property of others - of scrupulously abstaining… — Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux Copy Share Image
I'm not an early bird at all. Ideally, on Saturday morning I'd allow myself a lovely lie-in. 10:45 would be just right. — Shilpa Shetty Copy Share Image
Our Land is alive, Esperanza...This whole valley breathes and lives...He picked up a handful of earth and studied it. Did you know… — Pam Muñoz Ryan Copy Share Image
There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in...We should be thankful we cannot see… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
I once stole a book. It was really just the once, and at the time I called it borrowing. It was 1970,… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
The primary danger of the television screen lies not so much in the behavior it produces as the behavior it prevents-the talks,… — Urie Bronfenbrenner Copy Share Image
I'm not really sure of anything. I have no personality or opinion on anything. I just sort of float around and lie… — Riley Keough Copy Share Image
The mind is the soul's eye, not its source of power. That lies in the heart, in other words, in the passions. — Luc de Clapiers Copy Share Image
Do you even care? If it's a twisted game, I have two words for you: GAME OVER. — Leslie Copy Share Image
The Soyuz craft weighs tons, and you're lying on the floor of it on your back. But the Russians do tell you,… — Chris Hadfield Copy Share Image
The old saw says, 'Let a sleeping dog lie.' Right. Still, when there is much at stake it is better to get… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Europe really needs to wake up, cast aside the lies and get rid of the Jewish yoke we live under - once… — Varg Vikernes Copy Share Image
Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead; that is where your future lies. Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so… — Ann Landers Copy Share Image
There are only two sorts of greatness: true greatness, which is of a spiritual order, and the old, old lie of world… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
I live in a world where two truths coexist: where both hell and hope lie in the palm of my hand — Alice Sebold Copy Share Image
If you spend a lot of time lying to people, you think a lot about what the truth means. — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
This soft grass suggests 'softness' to me, but also at the same time 'lying-down-ness'. — Louise Rennison Copy Share Image
