False Quotes
1931 quotes by 1326 authors
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Every solitary one of these aristocratic conspirators and would-be murderers claims to be an arch-patriot; every one of them insists that the war is being…
— Eugene V. Debs
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It's very helpful to start with something that's true. If you start with something that's false, you're always covering your tracks. Something simple and true,…
— Paul Simon
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I'll give anything for a good copy now, be it true or false, so it be news.
— Ben Jonson
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The whole fauna of human fantasies, their marine vegetation, drifts and luxuriates in the dimly lit zones of human activity, as though plaiting thick tresses…
— Louis Aragon
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I give myself the luxury of time in shaping a song. It's very common for me to work three months or more on a single…
— David Massengill
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Abstract: Careful review of a vast array of relevant evidence clearly leads to the conclusion that some unidentified flying objects are intelligently controlled vehicles whose…
— Stanton T. Friedman
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The occultist is brought into intelligent communication with the spirits of the air, and can receive any knowledge which they possess, or any false impression…
— G. H. Pember
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Optimism is not only a false but also a pernicious doctrine, for it presents life as a desirable state and man's happiness as its aim…
— Arthur Schopenhauer
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For the most part we humans live with the false impression of security and a feeling of being at home in a seemingly familiar and…
— Albert Einstein
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Sometimes a beautiful face is false advertising
— Amy Harmon
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We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the US public believes is false.
— William J. Casey
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There are twenty-four characters in this book named Max. Let there be an end to this silly business of authors never giving their own names…
— Max Shulman
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Controlling the position of one's body and keeping a straight back are not contemplation, but can in fact become an obstacle to contemplation. ...when leaving…
— Namkhai Norbu
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Maybe everyone is a little too reassuring that things are going to be OK to college graduates. It gives them a false sort of security.
— Peter Dinklage
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Rock 'n' roll smells phony and false. It is sung, played and written, for the most part, by cretinous goons. And, by means of its…
— Frank Sinatra
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As I look back on it, I'm glad that I had this false image. I was who everyone else - my parents, my friends, society…
— Natalie Portman
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Religions do make claims about the universe--the same kinds of claims that scientists make, except they're usually false.
— Richard Dawkins
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Jesus, music has always been my first love. I use music in my work because it's the fastest way to an emotional place. You hear…
— Johnny Depp
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Facts can be so misleading, where rumors, true or false, are often revealing.
— Christoph Waltz
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False hope is sometimes much worse and sometimes much better than no hope.
— Mike Caro
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