False Quotes

1931 quotes by 1326 authors

We are all engaged in the task of peeling off the false selves, the programmed selves, the selves created by our families, our culture, our… — Anais Nin
The ring of a false coin is not more recognizable than that of a rhyme setting forth a false sorrow. — Thomas Bailey Aldrich
But perhaps the next step isn't to, once again, expand the otherwise narrow definition of marriage but to altogether abolish the false distinction between married… — Sally Kohn
If you're going to be passionate about something, be passionate about learning. If you're going to fight something, fight for those in need. If you're… — Daniel Goldston
Yet as I cast my eye over the whole course of science I behold instances of false science, even more pretentious and popular than that… — Arthur Lynch
Heaven truly knows that thou art false as hell. — William Shakespeare
A false enchantment can all too easily last a lifetime. — Wystan Hugh Auden
Dissembling harlot, thou art false in all! — William Shakespeare
Sentences are not as such either true or false. — J L Austin
After a duration of a thousand years, the power of astrology broke down when, with Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo, the progress of astronomy overthrew the… — Franz Cumont
The fact about himself that the liar hides is that he is attempting to lead us away from a correct apprehension of reality; we are… — Harry Frankfurt
Honesty is the foundation of a sound character and the keystone of all other virtues. It is the cement without which all other redeeming features… — William Grant Bangerter
We've witnessed a fire sale of American liberties at bargain basement prices, in return for the false promise of more security... The America being designed… — Wayne LaPierre
A personal note to the Founding Fathers: We're sorry. We blew it. You made it possible for us to live free and we blew it.… — Philip D. Murphy
A metaphysical conclusion is either a false conclusion or a concealed experimental conclusion. — Hermann von Helmholtz
For if as scientists we seek simplicity, then obviously we try the simplest surviving theory first, and retreat from it only when it proves false.… — Nelson Goodman
Facts are certainly the solid and true foundation of all sectors of nature study ... Reasoning must never find itself contradicting definite facts; but reasoning… — Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur
We live in a world where unfortunately the distinction between true and false appears to become increasingly blurred by manipulation of facts, by exploitation of… — Arne Tiselius
If 'god' is a metaphysical term, then it cannot be even probable that a god exists. For to say that 'God exists' is to make… — A.J. Ayer
There is nothing that can be said by mathematical symbols and relations which cannot also be said by words. The converse, however, is false. Much… — Clifford Truesdell

Who Wrote These False Quotes

1,326 authors contributed a total of 1,931 False Quotes, led by these top contributors: