False Quotes

1931 quotes by 1269 authors

A false idea is not only one which is absolutely subjective but one which is absolutely objective. — A. D. Gordon
The danger of prosperity is that it encourages a false independence. — William Barclay
I believe I am looking for rightness. My work has so much to do with reality that I wanted to have a corresponding rightness. That… — Gerhard Richter
Let a person only approach his or her own self with a deep respect, even reverence for all that the creative soul, the God-mystery within… — D. H. Lawrence
Don't drink on an empty stomach: the main point of the refreshment is the enhancement of food. Don't drink if you have the blues: it's… — Christopher Hitchens
The impious presumption of legislators and rulers, civil as well as ecclesiastical, who, being themselves but fallible and uninspired men, have assumed dominion over the… — Thomas Jefferson
It is not the legitimate province of the Legislature to determine which religion is true, or what false. Our government is a civil, and not… — Richard Mentor Johnson
What is true is true, and what is false is false... — Emanuel Swedenborg
Sow truth, if thou the truth wouldst reap: Who sows the false shall reap the vain. — Horatius Bonar
You can read everybody. It's not even interesting to tell the truth because to some extent it's false. — Charles Olson
The system becomes more coherent as it is further extended. The elements which we require for explaining a new class of facts are already contained… — William Whewell
All my life I have been taught to take the high road and never to dignify salacious or false accusations and I have been taught… — Paula Abdul
If we were to abandon concern for what is true, what is false, and what remains indeterminate, the world would be totally chaotic. Even those… — Howard Gardner
I tend to splurge on fancy dresses because I always think I'll get a lot of wear out of them, but it's false logic. You… — Alexa Chung
I make these little films. I'm just a working person. I just study people a little bit more. It's more sociological, and it's funny anyway… — Julie Delpy
Novelists are always resisting autobiographical readings of their work, because they know how false those can be. — Jeffrey Eugenides
All definitions of wilderness that exclude people seem to me to be false. African 'wilderness' areas are racist because indigenous people are being cleared out… — Jay Griffiths
If members of the security apparatus could, with impunity, keep from those elected by the people that which they're entitled to know - or worse,… — Harold H. Greene
What I find interesting is that the people that follow your Twitters are called 'followers.' Talk about false idolatry, right? — Emilio Estevez
It's strange that the newspapers don't see a connection between their false revelations about my private life and my need for seclusion and security. — Agnetha Faltskog

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