Lying Quotes · Page 49

And what if we’d been utterly open? Made jokes about the first wife? What if we’d been that kind of family? Well,…

— Sue Miller

I visualize myself winning the Olympic Pentathlon, inventing a phone that can be controlled by brain waves, or doing the laundry. I…

— Aisha Tyler

Truth, but not the whole truth, must be the invariable principle of every man who hath either religion, honour, or prudence. Thosewho…

— Lord Chesterfield

Safety lies in the middle course. [Lat., Medio tutissimus ibis.]

— Ovid

The shortest period of time lies between the minute you put some money away for a rainy day and the unexpected arrival…

— Jane Bryant Quinn

Clay is moulded to make a vessel, but the utility of the vessel lies in the space where there is nothing. .…

— Laozi

Let my epitaph be, "Here lies Joseph, who failed in everything he undertook."

— Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor

Manifestation is an act of trust. It is the soul pouring itself out into its world, like a fisherman casting a net…

— David Spangler

I wanted to turn everything off, too. Just press a button - click - and shut myself down. Turn off my heart,…

— Kevin Brooks

I love just lying on the floor at home watching games with my dad. No pressures, just being me.

— David Keith

We do not want an expanding struggle with consequences, that no one can perceive, nor will we bluster or bully or flaunt…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

The rule for every man is, not to depend on the education which other men have prepared for him-not even to consent…

— Woodrow Wilson

What if the key to unlocking your true authentic power, to opening up your heart deeply to love, to finding the confidence…

— Debbie Ford

That lies should be necessary to life is part and parcel of the terrible and questionable character of existence.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Hee that lies long a bed, his estate feeles it.

— George Herbert

[In] death at least there would be one profit; it would no longer be necessary to eat, to drink, to pay taxes,…

— Anton Chekhov

Beneath the surface of states and nations, ideas and language, lies the fate of individual human beings in need. Answering their needs…

— Kofi Annan

I can remember thinking, at the age of 3, that I invented the concept of lying. By a brilliant thought process, I…

— Katt Williams

Your friends will notice at once that glib vacuities fail to impress, and hate you, and tell lies about you. It's worth…

— Aleister Crowley

The depth lies in the valleys where we seek her, and not upon the mountain-tops where she is found.

— Edgar Allan Poe

If you focus on what you left behind, you'll never be able to see what lies ahead.

— Anonymous

Suddenly I awake to a stark amazement at everything... To be alive is so incredible that all I can do is to…

— W.N.P. Barbellion

Ephemeral work made outside, for and about a day, lies at the core of my art and its making must be kept…

— Andy Goldsworthy

Hell has a climate, but no situation. It lies in the spirit, and not in space.

— Osbert Sitwell

I believe in talent. I know you're not supposed to believe in that anymore because you're supposed to believe if you just…

— Fran Lebowitz