False Quotes

1931 quotes by 1326 authors

False modesty can be worse than arrogance. — David Mitchell
My actions constituted pure hacking that resulted in relatively trivial expenses for the companies involved, despite the government's false claims. — Kevin Mitnick
False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always… — Baron de Montesquieu
There's no way I'm going to stand up for bad ingredients. We love seasonal ingredients. It's a false dichotomy to say that modern cooking is… — Nathan Myhrvold
And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was… — Friedrich Nietzsche
A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the things be false, the apprehension… — Isaac Newton
People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to ours. The inference is false, a gift confers no rights. — Friedrich Nietzsche
You proceed from a false assumption: I have no ego to bruise. — Leonard Nimoy
Some people thought we were presenting Archie as a false character. President Nixon thought we were making a fool out of a good man. — Carroll O'Connor
One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you… — Michelle Obama
With science and reason throughout history, what people believed turned out to be false. So I like to keep an open mind to all perspectives… — Conor Oberst
The idea really came to me the day I got my new false teeth. — George Orwell
I don't know what can be so dangerous about giving people hope. Causing people to have better relationships. I'm not leading them to some false… — Joel Osteen
Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come to you if you gamble on its truth and it… — Blaise Pascal
It is natural for the mind to believe and for the will to love; so that, for want of true objects, they must attach themselves… — Blaise Pascal
Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes. — Pope John Paul II
There are no hard distinctions between what is real and what is unreal, nor between what is true and what is false. A thing is… — Harold Pinter
Some argue that now isn't the time to push the green agenda - that all efforts should be on preventing a serious recession. That is… — Lucy Powell
A true servant of God will never teach a false doctrine. He will never deny new revelation. He never will tell you that the canon… — Orson Pratt
Humor distorts nothing, and only false gods are laughed off their earthly pedestals. — Agnes Repplier

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