Great Lie Quotes

17 quotes by 16 authors

Science is the only truth and it is the great lie. It knows nothing, and people think it knows everything. It is misrepresented. People think… — Remy de Gourmont
I wish to Christ I could make up a really great lie. Sometimes, after an interview, I say to myself, 'Man, you were so honest… — Willem Dafoe
The great lie is that it is civilization. It's not civilized. It has been literally the most blood thirsty brutalizing system ever imposed upon this… — John Trudell
In this nonfundamentalist understanding of faith, practice is more important than theory, love more important than law, and mystery is seen as an insight into… — Andrew Sullivan
But no sooner had morning broken than he took hold of his whip and ceremoniously stepped out to address his slaves. Each blow was liberating,… — Juhani Peltonen
Socrates said the perfect society would be based on a great lie. People would be told that lie from the cradle, and they would believe… — Anne Frasier
No one knows anything about economics. It's the great lie of the economists. By contrast in football people might have contrasting opinions, each of which… — Vicente del Bosque
Half a truth is often a great lie. — Benjamin Franklin
A great lie is like a great fish on dry land; it may fret and fling and make a frightful bother, but it cannot hurt… — George Crabbe
if you tell yourself the great lie of bad art-that you are in charge-your chance at the truth will be lost. The truth isn't always… — Stephen King
fiction is the great lie that tells the truth — Dorothy Allison
A professionally trained actress should be a better liar, wouldn't you think? But no. I am pathetically underachieved in that area. I can think of… — Kristin Chenoweth
Man has much power of discourse which for the most part is vain and false; animals have but little, but it is useful and true,… — Leonardo da Vinci
All men lie when they are afraid. Some tell many lies, some but a few. Some have only one great lie they tell so often… — George R. R. Martin
Parliaments are the great lie of our time. — Konstantin Pobedonostsev
Half the truth is often a great lie. — Benjamin Franklin
The great lie of the news media: I am the public. — Azgraybebly Josland

Who Wrote These Great Lie Quotes

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