Lying Quotes

8656 Lying quotes by 4266 unique authors

In order to write a book, it is necessary to sit down (or stand up) and write. Therein lies the difficulty. — Edward Abbey
Why do I write? I write to entertain my friends and to exasperate our enemies. To unfold the folded lie, to record to truth of… — Edward Abbey
Music begins where words leave off. Music expresses the inexpressible. If there is a Kingdom of Heaven, it lies in music. — Edward Abbey
The world is what it is, no less and no more, and therein lies its entire and sufficient meaning. — Edward Abbey
History is the lies of the victors, — Julian Barnes
Those who don’t read the newspapers are better off than those who do insofar as those who know nothing are better off than those whose… — Thomas Jefferson
Yet this is trash that the Church imposes upon the world as the Word of God; this is the collection of lies and contradictions called… — Thomas Paine
Camera lies all the time. It’s all it does is lie, because when you choose this moment instead of this moment, when you… the moment… — Richard Avedon
Never mind that the story had turned out to be lies and foolishness—there was always folks stupid enough to say, Where there's smoke there's fire,… — Orson Scott Card
Don't lie to me! Don't seem so normal when I know you have cut yourself off from me in your heart! If you can put… — Orson Scott Card
I watched him [a 'fat Russian agent'] with some interest, for it was the first time that I had seen a person whose profession was… — George Orwell
It's a feature of our age that if you write a work of fiction, everyone assumes that the people and events in it are disguised… — Margaret Atwood
We refuse to lie here in dishonor! We are not criminals, but Irishmen! This is the crime of which we stand accused. — Bobby Sands
Opportunities may come along for you to convert something -something that exists into something that didn't yet. That might be the beginning of it. Sometimes… — Bob Dylan
Wherever the real power in a Government lies, there is the danger of oppression. — James Madison
On a lazy Saturday morning when you're lying in bed, drifting in and out of sleep, there is a space where fantasy and reality become… — Lynn Johnston
And here, I believe, the wit is generally misunderstood. In reality, it lies in desiring another to kiss your a-- for having just before threatened… — Henry Fielding
A lie with a purpose is one of the worst kind, and the most profitable — Finley Peter Dunne
Make men work together show them that beyond their differences and geographical boundaries there lies a common interest. — Jean Monnet
The third error leading to the assumption that there is nothing to be learned about love lies in the confusion between the initial experience of… — Erich Fromm
I may say that the only differences I expect to see revealed between the behavior of the rat and man (aside from enormous differences of… — B.F. Skinner
As there is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it, so reasonable arguments, challenges to magnanimity, and appeals to sympathy… — William James
If you want to create a masterpiece, you must always avoid beautiful lies. — Jerzy Grotowski
Truthfulness has never been counted among the political virtues, and lies have always been regarded as justifiable tools in political dealings. — Hannah Arendt
I won't lie to you, fatherhood isn't easy like motherhood. — Homer

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