Lying Quotes · Page 126

There is no man so low down that the cure for his condition does not lie strictly within himself.

— Thomas Lansing Masson

And he that will this health deny, down among the dead men let him lie.

— John Dyer

The only grandeur of imperialism lies in the nation's losing battle against it.

— Hannah Arendt

There was no normal. There never had been. "Normal" and "natural" were the biggest lies we'd ever created.

— Samantha Shannon

And truth be told I miss you and truth be told I'm lying...

— All American Rejects

Never lie; never cheat; never steal. Don't whine; don't complain; don't make excuses.

— John Wooden

When you lie there's always going to be a consequence. Lying never wins at the end.

— Candace Cameron

Leaders speak truth into people who believe lies about themselves.

— Orrin Woodward

You're lying because you don't want me to know the truth, I'm sad to say; I know the truth and I couldn't…

— Anonymous

If I were in the President's place, I would not get a chance to resign. I would be lying in a pool…

— Dick Armey

AUSTRALIA, n. A country lying in the South Sea, whose industrial and commercial development has been unspeakably retarded by an unfortunate dispute…

— Ambrose Bierce

This whole [presidential] election is being rigged. These lies, spread by the media, without witnesses, without backup or anything else.

— Donald Trump

The earth is soaked and soggy with rain. Everything is drinking its fill and the surplus gluts the drains. The sky is…

— Emily Carr

To ask the 'right' question is far more important than to receive the answer. The solution of a problem lies in the…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

As your training progresses, always remember that the key to gaining the ability for spontaneous and creative technique lies in good ukemi;

— Mitsugi Saotome

“She had come into the garden expecting summer roses and had instead been caught in a bank of twisted, thorny, frostbitten vines.”

— Nenia Campbell

“We know that they are lying, they know that they are lying, they even know that we know they are lying, we…

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

“Playing roles and acting are forms of lying. If people act like they really feel and it rocks the boat, they are…

— John Bradshaw

But the truth is that no person ever understands another, from beginning to end of life, there is no truth that can…

— Orson Scott Card

For hours she had lain in a kind of gentle torpor, not unlike that sweet lassitude which masters one in the hush…

— Edith Wharton

We can bring brilliant flowers of victory to bloom in our lives when we weather the hardships of winter and emerge triumphant…

— Daisaku Ikeda

He wanted all to lie in an ecstasy of peace; I wanted all to sparkle and dance in a glorious jubilee. I…

— Emily Bronte

One Harlem preacher likens us to the pink plastic spoons at Baskin Robbins: we give the world a foretaste of what lies…

— Philip Yancey

“The man stands behind the man. The seated man thinks, "For heaven's sake, stop standing behind me. You are driving me mad.…

— Maira Kalman

“Guard yourself from lying; there is he who deceives and there is he who is deceived.”

— Sextus

Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome. [Though a lie be well dressed, it is ever overcome.]

— George Herbert

Given the choice between accomplishing something and just lying around, I'd rather lie around. No contest.

— Eric Clapton

Priorities Are Like Arms; If You Think You Have More Than A Couple, You’re Either Lying Or Crazy.

— Merlin Mann

You women could make someone fall in love even with a lie.

— Georg Buchner

Where the great force lies, there must be the sanction of peace.

— Woodrow Wilson

I'm a politician, and as a politician I have the prerogative to lie whenever I want.

— Charlie Peacock

Sorry about that got a one track mind but if you say you don't wanna fuck me too then you lying.

— Anonymous

For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as…

— Paul the Apostle

“Anyone who tells you that a greater symphony exists than the breath in your body is lying.”

— Yasmina Khadra

“He’s lying,’ said Melanie. Everyone turned to look at her. ‘Sorry, that sounded really rude,”

— R.A. Spratt

We're in an era in which we want to believe people have roughly equal potential. IQ gives the lie to that.

— Marty Nemko

I think the guy who tells you he knows about music is really dumb, or he's lying to himself.

— Allan Holdsworth

Lies save trouble now, but may return in thunder and lightning.

— Mason Cooley

There Is No Terrorist Threat In This Country. This Is A Lie. This Is The Biggest Lie We've Been Told.

— Michael Moore

Power is domination, control, and therefore a very selective form of truth which is a lie.

— Wole Soyinka