Lying Quotes · Page 36

Black women must help black men understand their full potential lies not in denying black women full access to their humanity and…

— Michael Eric Dyson

I'd rather deal with the consequences of the truth rather than the benefits of a lie.

— Devin Kelley

But still, if it's true, how can it be a lie?

— Astrid Lindgren

All literature, all philosophical treatises, all the voices of antiquity are full of examples for imitation, which would all lie unseen in…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

What babe new born is this that in a manger cries? Near on her lowly bed his happy mother lies. Oh, see…

— Richard Watson Gilder

When whole races and peoples conspire to propagate gigantic mute lies in the interest of tyrannies and shams, why should we care…

— Mark Twain

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

— Paul Robeson

I realize how quickly lies compound. They cover like a coat of paint, one on top of the other, until you cannot…

— Jodi Picoult

I'm not someone who can lie on a beach and do nothing. I am not sure what you are supposed to do,…

— Miranda Richardson

The liar leads an existence of unutterable loneliness.

— Adrienne Rich

Ready?" Jaime echoed. "Yes, yes, I am ready. I am ready to drink a lot of liquids and lie on the sofa…

— Sarah Rees Brennan

Demons lie behind much of the world's pagan worship systems.

— Max Anders

Passion, it lies in all of us, sleeping... waiting... and though unwanted... unbidden... it will stir... open its jaws and howl. It…

— Joss Whedon

So truth created the ultimate lie. Was this what the world was like for wizards? This thorny, gray tangle where right and…

— Hilari Bell

A good lawyer is part con man, part priest -- promising riches, threatening hell. My ethical rules are simple. I won't lie…

— Paul Levine

I was never apposed or sought out nudity, but it was necessary in the Where the Truth Lies. If they didn't have…

— Rachel Blanchard

“Maybe I could dole out the truth in tiny pieces that, once assembled, would make a picture that resembled a reality in…

— Paula Stokes

Lights come and go in the night sky. Men, troubled at last by the things they build, may toss in their sleep…

— Loren Eiseley

If you expect a bad lie for even one second, the gods will know it and give you a bad lie.

— Michelle Wie

Any president that lies to the American people should have to resign.

— William J. Clinton

At moments when life is at its worst there are two things you can do: 1.) break down,lose hope and refuse to…

— Cecelia Ahern

O cruel cloudless space, And pale bare ground where the poor infant lies! Why do we feel restored As in a sacramental…

— May Sarton

If I stage things too much and nothing changes in the act of photographing, then I might as well have not taken…

— Justine Kurland

When I was 16, I got 'Jamon, Jamon.' Of course, I had to lie about my age. And I had to lie…

— Penelope Cruz

I think that everybody does hustle in order to survive. That doesn't mean lying - it's more about how you handle situations.

— David O. Russell