I could never put anything into a picture that wasn't actually there in front of me. That would be a pointless lie,… — Lucian Freud Copy Share Image
Hamas was born to destroy. Hamas does not know how to build. I doubt they will be able to build a modern… — Mosab Hassan Yousef Copy Share Image
I can sleep anywhere! I can come off stage during the interval of a play, lie down for four minutes then wake… — Helen McCrory Copy Share Image
Lies, injustice, and hypocrisy are a part of every ordinary community. Most people achieve a sort of protective immunity, a kind of… — Nella Larsen Copy Share Image
Lies and half-truths fall like snow, covering the things that I remember, the things I saw. A landscape, unrecognizable after a snowfall;… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“even lying to myself. Maybe there was nothing I could do on this that the Bureau or Secret Service wasn’t already covering.” — James Patterson Copy Share Image
“Some people are in such utter darkness that they will burn you just to see a light. Try not to take it… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
“Lying isn't something you should be proud of, but be grateful if you've gained a talent for doing it correctly.” — Kate C. Conner Copy Share Image
Science is feasible when the variables are few and can be enumerated; when their combinations are distinct and clear. We are tending… — Paul Valery Copy Share Image
Perhaps the meaning of all human activity lies in the artistic consciousness, in the pointless and selfless creative act? Perhaps our capacity… — Andrei Tarkovsky Copy Share Image
There are kinds of action, for good or ill, that lie so far outside the boundaries of normal behavior that they force… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
He [the "specialist"] is one who, out of all that has to be known in order to be a man of judgment,… — Jose Ortega y Gasset Copy Share Image
“Lying to Aedion about the blood oath was … awful. She would tell him—she would find a way to tell him. When… — Sarah J. Maas Copy Share Image
Evolution is a blind giant who rolls a snowball down a hill. The ball is made of flakes-circumstances. They contribute to the… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Political correctness is a major defect of the western ethos. Some Western countries have even passed blasphemy laws that would put you… — Ali Sina Copy Share Image
...What is more like love than the ocean? You can play in it, drown in it...it can be clear and bright enough… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
The laws all true wanderers obey are these: 'Thou shalt not eat nor drink more than thy share,' 'Thou shalt not lie… — Rosita Forbes Copy Share Image
There are three signs of a hypocrite: when he speaks he speaks lies, when he makes a promise he breaks it, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I told her I loved her and all. It was a lie, of course, but the thing is, I meant it when… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't think lying has any ultimate justification. I don't think it ever leads to anything positive. The good fight to have… — Andy Garcia Copy Share Image
Knowledge is the stuff from which new ideas are made. Thus, the real key to being creative lies in what you do… — Roger von Oech Copy Share Image
If God does not save men by truth, he certainly will not save them by lies. And if the old gospel is… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, To speak dishonorably is pardonable. — Sophocles Copy Share Image
I've been told my old city possesses a 'thriving arts scene,' whatever that is; personally, I think artists should lie low and… — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
Bottom line is that I have had a totally criminal moral code and operated with a totally criminal mind attitude that I… — Mike Rinder Copy Share Image
As I have pointed out, it is the Christian tradition that is the most fundamental element in Western culture. It lies at… — Christopher Dawson Copy Share Image
When passion and habit long lie in company it is only slowly and with incredulity that habit awakens to finds its companion… — Ouida Copy Share Image
George Washington, who said to his father, Dad, if I never tell I lie, how am I ever gonna become President? Never… — Red Buttons Copy Share Image
But why do I notice everything? She thought. Why must I think? She did not want to think. She wanted to force… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
Between being able to and actually doing something lies an ocean, and on its bottom rests all too often the wreck of… — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Copy Share Image
Writing or making anything-a poem, a bird feeder, a chocolate cake-has self-respect in it. You're working. You're trying. You're not lying down… — Sharon Olds Copy Share Image
Now, I know from experience that the trouble with one lie is that it usually takes more lies to cover it up.… — Wendelin Van Draanen Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“The kind of lies that someone tells us gives us an idea of how stupid, knowledgeable, intelligent, or ignorant they are …… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
If you have time to breathe you have time to meditate. You breathe when you walk. You breathe when you stand. You… — Ajahn Amaro Copy Share Image
Reason, it is true, is DICTATOR in the Society of Mankind; from her there ought to lie no Appeal; But here we… — Daniel Defoe Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image