Lying Quotes · Page 164

The desire to confess ... lies at the root of most fiction writing.

— Lucy Poate Stebbins

The way to attain the virtue of mercy lies in our constant awareness of being encompassed by mercy.

— Dietrich von Hildebrand

Just lying in my big bed with Frette sheets. Oh my god, there's nothing better.

— Robin Wright

A lie, as you probably know, has a taste all its own. Blocky and bitter and never quite right.

— Jodi Picoult

Anyone who says that awards make no difference to him is lying through his teeth!

— Anu Malik

Truth is love's mother, and we all know it is not wise to lie to anyone's mother.

— Iyanla Vanzant

I will not steep my speech in lies; the test of any man lies in action.

— Pindar

How then is perfection to be sought? Wherein lies our hope? In education, and in nothing else.

— Immanuel Kant

Nicky looked down at me with a knowledge on his face that he was holding the monster in his arms. I'd have…

— Laurell K. Hamilton

Oh! where do fairies hide their heads, When snow lies on the hills, When frost has spoiled their mossy beds, And crystallized…

— Thomas Haynes Bayly

The stomach, when we lie down to rest, should have its work done, that it may enjoy rest, as well as other…

— Ellen G. White

“The kind of lies that someone tells us gives us an idea of how stupid, knowledgeable, intelligent, or ignorant they are ……

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

As far as I'm concerned, that is the end of the matter. We have a big game against Birmingham on Saturday and…

— Bryan Robson

If you have time to breathe you have time to meditate. You breathe when you walk. You breathe when you stand. You…

— Ajahn Amaro

When you dishonor the the utter glory and majesty of black people, you lie. Your heart lies to you and you let…

— Sinead O'Connor

How do you lose a word? Does it vanish into your memory, like an old toy in a cupboard, and lie hidden…

— Amitav Ghosh

We should tell ourselves once and for all that it is the first duty of the soul to become as happy, complete,…

— Maurice Maeterlinck

Prayer is like lying awake at night, afraid, with your head under the cover, hearing only the beating of your own heart.…

— Wendell Berry

The successful memoirist [blogger] respects facts, uses them accurately, rigorously represses the human impulse to lie or embellish, but knows that truth…

— Bill Roorbach

As long as we can conjure, who needs anything else? As long as we can agree on the magical lie and be…

— David Levithan

“Why would you bother lying?” Her eyes darkened. “What would you gain?” “Your ruffles?” He watched her face and knew the moment…

— Catherine Anderson

I never meant to hurt you, Isabel. Had I known what I would find when I came north, I would never have…

— Sarah MacLean

Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of trouble, attempts what is above its strength… It is therefore able to undertake all things,…

— Anonymous

If I should be fated to walk no more with Nature, be compelled to leave all I most devoutly love in the…

— John Muir

I have three storage units, and that's no lie. Three storage units. All books.

— Junot Diaz

Perfect people don't drink, don't fight, don't lie, don't make mistakes and...don't exist

— Paulo Coelho

I dont wanna fight and I'm sick of your lying. I hate how you treat me and I'm tired of crying.

— She's_gone

A world of facts lies outside and beyond the world of words.

— Thomas Huxley

Nothing lies beyond the reach of prayer except that which lies outside the will of God.

— Phillips Brooks

Our purity lies in our originality. Our intuition lies in our innocence.

— Harbhajan Singh Yogi

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

— William J. Clinton

U told me that u loved me, were u lying or not? Should I stick with my heart or go back to…

— Author Name

That is a lie. I'm not for wanton violence, I'm for justice.

— Malcolm X

Lying on top of a building, the clouds looked no nearer than when I was lying on the street.

— Liam Gillick

If you feel the urge to write, just lie down and read a book: it will pass.

— Fran Lebowitz

The art of love is to embrace the world and that which lies beyond it.

— Frederick Lenz

I picture my epitaph: 'Here lies Paul Newman, who died a failure because his eyes turned brown.

— Paul Newman

I would be lying if I told you that I hadn't had aspirations to run for a statewide office.

— Wendy Davis

I don't lie because I don't like getting caught lying, & my attention span is too short for keeping up with it.

— Anonymous

I don't want to lie. I can't tell the truth. So it's over.

— Patrick Marber