Lying Quotes

8656 quotes by 4266 authors

If only we try to live sincerely, it will go well with us, even though we are certain to experience real sorrow, and great disappointments,… — Vincent Van Gogh
The good or ill of a man lies within his own will. — Epictetus
It is becoming increasingly difficult to decide where jazz starts or where it stops, where Tin Pan Alley begins and jazz ends, or even where… — Duke Ellington
I cannot play a lie. I have to believe in what I play or it won't come out. — Stan Getz
The beauty of the natural world lies in the details. — Natalie Angier
High horns, low horns, silence, and finally a pandemonium of trumpets, rattles, croaks, and cries that almost shakes the bog with its nearness ... A… — Aldo Leopold
Lie down and listen to the crabgrass grow. — Marya Mannes
Of course, Mr. Hannity was outraged that any American would not cross her hand over her heart and repeat the hypocritical words, one nation. Whenever… — Julianne Malveaux
The God of life summons us to life; more, to be lifegivers, especially toward those who lie under the heel of the powers. — Daniel Berrigan
What is the revolution that we need? We need to dissolve the lie that some people have a right to think of other people as… — Barbara Deming
The governors of the world believe, and have always believed, that virtue can only be taught by teaching falsehood, and that any man who knew… — Bertrand Russell
Peace does not rest in the charters and covenants alone. It lies in the hearts and minds of all people. So let us not rest… — John F. Kennedy
Poetry lies its way to the truth. — John Ciardi
The best time to listen to a politician is when he's on a stump on a street corner in the rain late at night when… — Theodore White
In politics as on a sickbed men toss from side to side in hope of lying more comfortably. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The State is the coldest of all cold monsters, and coldly it tells lies, and this lie drones on from its mouth: 'I, the State,… — Friedrich Nietzsche
It would be impossible to "love" anyone or anything one knew completely. Love is directed towards what lies hidden in its object. — Paul Valery
Only in Relationship can you know yourself, not in abstraction and certainly not in isolation. The movement of behavior is the sure guide to yourself.… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
We have become so accustomed to the religious lie that surrounds us that we do not notice the atrocity, stupidity and cruelty with which the… — Leo Tolstoy
There was a time when I believed in the story and the scheme of salvation, so far as I could understand it, just as I… — H.G. Wells

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