Lies Quotes

5942 Lies quotes by 3132 unique authors

The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living. What we lack is not a will to… — Madeleine L'Engle
A singular disadvantage of the sea lies in the fact that after successfully surmounting one wave you discover another behind it just as important and… — Stephen Crane
We are accustomed to see men deride what they do not understand, and snarl at the good and beautiful because it lies beyond their sympathies — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Economic history is a never-ending series of episodes based on falsehoods and lies, not truths. It represents the path to big money. The object is… — George Soros
American radicals cannot afford to become their own worst enemies. In unity lies their only hope. — Elena Kagan
Somewhere in your make-up there lies sleeping, the seed of achievement which, if aroused and put into action, would carry you to heights, such as… — Napoleon Hill
MAN’S ONLY LIMITATION, within reason, LIES IN HIS DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF HIS IMAGINATION. — Napoleon Hill
My only real claim to anyone's attention lies in my writing — Philip Pullman
The camera lies all the time -- lies 24 times/second. — Brian De Palma
Our men think earning money and ordering around others is where power lies. They don't think power is in the hands of the woman who… — Malala Yousafzai
I am persuaded that a leader is not made in one life. He has to be born for it. For the difficulty is not in… — Swami Vivekananda
Why multiply instances? It is written, the Heavens and the Earth shall fade away like a Vesture; which indeed they are: the Time-vesture of the… — Thomas Carlyle
Novels are fictions and therefore they tell lies, but through those lies every novelist attempts to tell the truth about the world. — Paul Auster
Turns out if you never lie, there's always someone mad at you. — Scott Westerfeld
Why, lies are like a sticky juice overspreading the world, a living, growing flypaper to catch and gum the wings of every human soul. .… — John Dos Passos
Be not dismayed; in the future lies the Promised Land. — Helen Keller
When you know that something's going to happen, you'll start trying to see signs of its approach in just about everything. Always try to remember… — David Eddings
Among the heaps of brick and plaster lies/ a girder, still itself among the rubbish — Charles Reznikoff
It lies upon the people's shoulders to prepare for the war, but it lies upon the Israeli army to carry out the fight with the… — Moshe Dayan
Instead of agitating for war, the Jewish groups in this country should be opposing it in every possible way, for they will be among the… — Charles Lindbergh
The whole strength of England lies in the fact that the enormous majority of the English people are snobs. — George Bernard Shaw
I have tried my best to give the nation everything I had in me. There are probably a million people who could have done the… — Harry S. Truman
Traditionally, sex has been a very private, secretive activity. Herein perhaps lies its powerful force for uniting people in a strong bond. As we make… — Thomas Szasz
Philanthropy lies at the heart of human greatness. — Unknown Author
Why is the sea king of a hundred streams? Because it lies below them... If the sage would guide the people, he must serve with… — Laozi

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