Lie Quotes

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There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie. — Aeschylus
Opportunity ideas do not lie around waiting to be discovered. Such ideas need to be produced. — Edward de Bono
A snowdrift is a beautiful thing - if it doesn't lie across the path you have to shovel or block the road that leads to… — Hal Borland
Never to lie is to have no lock on your door, you are never wholly alone. — Elizabeth Bowen
The innocent are so few that two of them seldom meet - when they do meet, their victims lie strewn all round. — Elizabeth Bowen
The topic of trust is an important factor in all matters of the heart - and here's why. Men lie to women. Women lie to… — Joyce Brothers
I don't like guys who will lie down and take it. I want someone who'll fight back. I like people who can argue well. — Sandra Bullock
Love always creates, it never destroys. In this lie's man's only promise. — Leo Buscaglia
Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him. — Samuel Butler
Not only do I never lie, I never respond to lies, no matter how vicious, no matter how hurtful. — Paula Abdul
Picasso said, 'Art is a lie that tells the truth.' What if you just want to tell the truth and not lie about it? — Nicolas Cage
It is long since I could have adventured on eternity, through God's mercy and Christ's merits; but death remained somewhat terrible, and that now is… — Donald Cargill
True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not contempt; its essence is love. It issues not in laughter,… — Thomas Carlyle
I can't say why people lie; they just do. Everyone has their own reasons for not telling the truth. — Eric Carr
We lie to one another every day, in the sweetest way, often unconsciously. We dress ourselves and compose ourselves in order to present ourselves to… — John le Carre
I'll never tell a lie. I'll never make a misleading statement. I'll never betray the confidence that any of you had in me. And I'll… — Jimmy Carter
When I'm singing 'Deanna,' for example, which I sing pretty much every night, it brings forward a kind of imagined, romanticized lie about this particular… — Nick Cave
It's a lie! I am not an anti-Semite. The World Jewish Congress supported me and said that I am not anti-Semitic. — Hugo Chavez
The cure for all the ills and wrongs, the cares, the sorrows, and the crimes of humanity, all lie in the one word 'love'. It… — Lydia M. Child
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on. — Winston Churchill

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