Lying Quotes
- Heaven lies about us in our infancy and the world begins lying about us pretty soon afterward. — Ambrose Bierce
- Immortality: A toy which people cry for, And on their knees apply for, Dispute, contend and lie for, And if allowed Would be right proud… — Ambrose Bierce
- Lies are told only to convey to someone that one has no need either of him or his good opinion. — Theodor Adorno
- There are some people so addicted to exaggeration that they can't tell the truth without lying. — Josh Billings
- People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election. — Otto von Bismarck
- I do believe sometimes discipline is very important. I'm not just lying around like a lazy cow all the time. — Bjork
- What makes it difficult for people trying to follow a dream is that the whole time you feel like you're slamming your head against the… — Lewis Black
- There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie. — Aeschylus
- The purpose of terrorism lies not just in the violent act itself. It is in producing terror. It sets out to inflame, to divide, to… — Tony Blair
- A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent. — William Blake
- Neither a life of anarchy nor one beneath a despot should you praise; to all that lies in the middle a god has given excellence. — Aeschylus
- A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth. — Aesop
- The value of the majority lies not in the opportunity to wield great power, but in the chance to use power to do great things. — John Boehner
- Liars share with those they deceive the desire not to be deceived. — Sissela Bok
- History is a set of lies agreed upon. — Napoleon Bonaparte
- I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other. — Napoleon Bonaparte
- I apologize for lying to you. I promise I won't deceive you except in matters of this sort. — Spiro T. Agnew
- Opportunity ideas do not lie around waiting to be discovered. Such ideas need to be produced. — Edward de Bono
- People don't throw your bags out of windows because of lies; they throw them out because of the truth. — Russell Brand
- 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