Whatever the intellectual is too certain of, if he is healthily playful, he begins to find unsatisfactory. The meaning of his intellectual… — Richard Hofstadter Copy Share Image
An unbelieved truth can hurt a man much more than a lie. It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
He who fights with priests may make up his mind to have his poor good name torn and befouled by the most… — Heinrich Heine Copy Share Image
The truth of the matter is, you die, all you do is die, and yet you live, yes you live, and that's… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
One of the most heinous, insidious lies is the notion that you have to be an asshole to be a successful business… — Alan Cooper Copy Share Image
Hope is much more than a mood. It involves a commitment to action… What we hope for should be what we are… — John Polkinghorne Copy Share Image
I still wonder if the United States realizes how much planning went into this. When we talk about "mindless terrorists," we are… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
After a stronghold has been made of the bones, it is covered with flesh and blood, and there dwell in it old… — Friedrich Muller Copy Share Image
Alas, human vices, however horrible one might imagine them to be, contain the proof (were it only in their infinite expansion) of… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
People have been willing to accept that the government is lying to us, but they are now more willing to accept the… — Gillian Anderson Copy Share Image
The one thing about kids is that you never really know exactly what they're thinking or how they're seeing. After writing about… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
He that comes to Christ cannot, it is true, always get on as fast as he would. Poor coming soul, thou art… — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
Poor humanity, to saddle the gods with such a responsibility and throw in a vindictive temper. What griefs they hatch for themselves,… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
Up to a point a person’s life is shaped by environment, heredity, and changes in the world about them. Then there comes… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
Science is the only truth and it is the great lie. It knows nothing, and people think it knows everything. It is… — Remy de Gourmont Copy Share Image
You can't think about what you're going to do. It just gets in the way. You have to be just available for… — Bill Murray Copy Share Image
People say 'Are you going to retire?' To me, that sort of equates with lying down and dying. When you're doing something… — Rolf Harris Copy Share Image
A beggar's mistake harms no one but the beggar. A king's mistake, however, harms everyone but the king. Too often, the measure… — R. Scott Bakker Copy Share Image
To realize that I was the victim of what was apparently someone's sick joke and constant lies was, and is, painful and… — Manti Te'o Copy Share Image
Lie still, lie still, my breaking heart; My silent heart, lie still and break: Life, and the world, and mine own self,… — Christina Rossetti Copy Share Image
You don't have to shoot me," says the young lion. "I will be your rug and I will lie in front of… — Shel Silverstein Copy Share Image
Our cultural dilemma has nothing to do with children who don't read very well. It lies instead in the difficulty of finding… — John Taylor Gatto Copy Share Image
To one who said, "I do not believe that there is an honest man in the world," another replied, "It is impossible… — William Shenstone Copy Share Image
If I look upon my whole life, I cannot think of another time when I felt more comfortable: when I had no… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
To claim that theft or adultery or lying are "evil" simply reflects our degraded idea of good-—that it has something to do… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
There is no logical way to the discovery of these elemental laws. There is only the way of intuition, which is helped… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
A printer publishes a lie: for which he ought to stand in the pillory, for the people believe in and act upon… — George Clymer Copy Share Image
You lie like butter wouldn't melt in your mouth, Edward." He smiled. "I don't lie to you." "Really," I said. The smile… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
The warm sun is failing, the bleak wind is wailing, The bare boughs are sighing, the pale flowers are dying, And the… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
It's really hard to foster self-love; it really is. I think a lot of people who claim that they do have a… — Devin Townsend Copy Share Image
Man has no choice but to love. For when he does not, he finds his alternatives lie in loneliness, destruction and despair. — Leo Buscaglia Copy Share Image
You face adversity all the time. I accept what lies ahead and then I do my best. You can't take things too… — Kristine Lilly Copy Share Image
“You, my friend, are so good at lying to yourself you're actually starting to believe the bullshit coming out of your mouth” — Simone Elkeles Copy Share Image
I believe that God prays in us and through us, whether we are praying or not (and whether we believe in God… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Running the race Like a mouse in a cage Getting nowhere but I'm trying Forging ahead But I'm stuck in the bed… — Fine Frenzy Copy Share Image
I believe all Southern liberals come from the same starting point--race. Once you figure out they are lying to you about race,… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
It wasn't a question of deceit. Just the opposite; he wanted to heat up the truth, to make it burn so hot… — Tim O'Brien Copy Share Image
I'm never really comfortable; I think it's kind of natural to feel uncomfortable, and I think if people say they are comfortable,… — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
Of course money is important. Very important. Important to everybody. If I said it wasn't, I'd be lying. Especially because it's not… — Zaza Pachulia Copy Share Image
In humility alone lies true greatness, and knowledge and wisdom are profitable only in so far as our lives are governed by… — Nicholas of Cusa Copy Share Image
