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Lying Quotes by John Steinbeck
- If there is a magic in story writing, and I am convinced that there is, no one has ever been able to reduce it to…
- Fella in business got to lie an' cheat, but he calls it somepin else. That's what's important. You go steal that tire an' you're a…
- You are not a man anymore. You are a soldier. Your comfort is of no importance and your life isn't of much importance. Most of…
- The lies we tell about our duty and our purposes, the meaningless words of science and philosophy, are walls that topple before a bewildered little…
- An unbelieved truth can hurt a man much more than a lie. It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our times. There's a…
- Our species is the only creative species, and it has only one creative instrument, the individual mind and spirit of man. Nothing was ever created…
- Do you take pride in your hurt?' Samuel asked. 'Does it make you seem large and tragic? . . . Maybe you're playing a part…
- I think the difference between a lie and a story is that a story utilizes the trappings and appearance of truth for the interest of…
- Lennie said quietly, "It ain't no lie. We're gonna do it. Gonna get a little place an' live on the fatta the lan'.
- Sometimes, a lie is told in kindness. I don't believe it ever works kindly. The quick pain of truth can pass away, but the slow,…
- There are people who will say that this whole account is a lie, but a thing isn't necessarily a lie even if it didn't necessarily…
More Lying Quotes
- The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar… — Hannah Arendt
- Revolutionaries do not make revolutions. The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying in the street and then they can… — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do. — Aristotle
- It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. — Aristotle
- Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in… — Aristotle
- I think the responsibility lies with the fashion world as a collective. We have to demand more variety. — Kevyn Aucoin
- I don't want to lie. I dislike dishonesty. And I work in Hollywood, a town and a business that relies on a… — David Arquette
- The design of Rhetoric is to remove those Prejudices that lie in the way of Truth, to Reduce the Passions to the… — Mary Astell
- It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to know in what direction to point that… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- A man should be upright, not be kept upright. — Marcus Aurelius
- The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious. — Marcus Aurelius