Lying Quotes

8656 Lying quotes by 4266 unique authors

Suppose you came across a woman lying on the street with an elephant sitting on her chest. You notice she is short of breath. Shortness… — Sally Ride
Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment. — Jean de la Bruyere
Emotion is always new and the word has always served; therein lies the difficulty of expressing emotion. — Victor Hugo
The mind leaps, and leaps perhaps with a sort of elation, through the immensities of space, but the spirit, frightened and cold, longs to have… — Joseph Wood Krutch
I have remarked very clearly that I am often of one opinion when I am lying down and of another when I am standing up... — Georg C. Lichtenberg
The man who is anybody and who does anything is surely going to be criticized, vilified, and misunderstood. This is a part of the penalty… — Elbert Hubbard
What a fool, quoth he, am I, thus to lie in a stinking dungeon, when I may as well walk at liberty! I have a… — John Bunyan
The prizes of life are at the end of each journey, not near the beginning; and it is not given to me to know how… — Og Mandino
Never lie; never cheat; never steal. Don't whine; don't complain; don't make excuses. — John Wooden
Your biggest opportunity probably lies under your own feet, in your current job, industry, education, experience or interests. — Brian Tracy
The soul's joy lies in doing. — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Salvation lies in an energetic march onward towards a brighter and clearer future. — Emma Goldman
My grief lies onward, and my joy behind. — William Shakespeare
A flock of sheep that leisurely pass by One after one; the sound of rain, and bees Murmuring; the fall of rivers, winds and seas,… — William Wordsworth
They say that age kills the fire inside of a man, that he hears Death coming, he opens the door and says, "Come in, give… — Anthony Quinn
Maybe if we lie down our brains will work. — Jerry Seinfeld
The anti-marijuana campaign is a cancerous tissue of lies, undermining law enforcement, aggravating the drug problem, depriving the sick of needed help and suckering well-intentioned… — William F. Buckley, Jr.
What early tongue so sweet saluteth me? Young son, it argues a distemper'd head So soon to bid good morrow to thy bed: Care keeps… — William Shakespeare
To put more faith in lies and hate than truth and love, is the true atheism. — James Russell Lowell
So efficient are the available instruments of slavery; fingerprints, lie detectors, brain washings, gas chambers; that we shiver at the thought of political change which… — Bernard Baruch
True evangelical faith, cannot lie dormant, it clothes the naked, it feeds the hungry, it comforts the sorrowful, it shelters the destitute, it serves those… — Menno Simons
Poverty arises and persists where corruption is endemic and enterprise is stifled, where basic fairness provided by the rule of law is absent. In such… — Colin Powell
Literary tradition is full of lies about poverty-the jolly beggar, the poor but happy milkmaid, the wholesome diet of porridge, etc. — Mason Cooley
Almost everything is double like that for adolescents; their lies are true and their truths are lies, and their hearts are broken by the world.… — Ursula K. Le Guin
We ought, so far as it lies within our power, to aspire to immortality, and do all that we can to live in conformity with… — Aristotle

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