Lying Quotes

8656 Lying quotes by 4266 unique authors

The moon has set In a bank of jet That fringes the Western sky, The pleiads seven Have sunk from heaven And the midnight hurries… — Sappho
In practice we always base our preparations against an enemy on the assumption that his plans are good; indeed, it is right to rest our… — Thucydides
We rich men count our felicity and happiness to lie in these superfluities, and not in those necessary things. — Plutarch
Peace does not rest in charters and covenants alone. It lies in the hearts and minds of the people. — John F. Kennedy
If you're worried about caribou, take a look at the arguments that were used about the pipeline. They'd say the caribou would be extinct. You've… — George H. W. Bush
I am absorbed in the magic of movement and light. Movement never lies. It is the magic of what I call the outer space of… — Martha Graham
I know that a creed is the shell of a lie. — Amy Lowell
How shall freedom be defended? By arms when it is attacked by arms, by truth when it is attacked by lies, by faith when it… — Archibald MacLeish
Corruption never has been compulsory; when the cities lie at the monster's feet there are left the mountains. — Robinson Jeffers
In the political environment that exists today, the opposition research of the Obama campaign is looking for anything they can use to distract from the… — Mitt Romney
I didn't get into politics because I thought government had a better answer. I got into politics because I knew government didn't have the real… — Mike Huckabee
I appreciate both men and women. I love the female body and truly appreciate the female form. I really enjoy sketching women, especially their backs.… — Miranda Kerr
Drama lies in extreme exaggeration of the feelings, an exaggeration that dislocates flat everyday reality. — Eugene Ionesco
My interest in desperation lies only in that sometimes I find myself having become desperate. Very seldom do I start out that way. I can… — Willem de Kooning
I don't think anybody can take the word of Saddam Hussein and his regime, and certainly an American president and allies who are obligated to… — Condoleezza Rice
They're lying bastards. Jews were always lying bastards throughout their history. They're a filthy, dirty, disgusting, vile, criminal people. — Bobby Fischer
The greatest threat to mankind comes from the renunciation of individual scruple in favor of institutional denominators. . . . Real heroism lies, as it… — John le Carre
The cruelest lies are often told in silence. A man may have sat in a room for hours and not opened his mouth, and yet… — Robert Louis Stevenson
America is a nation of liars, and for that reason science fiction has a special claim to be our national literature, as the art form… — Thomas M. Disch
Our future lies with today's kids and tomorrow's space exploration. — Sally Ride
A phrase is born into the world both good and bad at the same time. The secret lies in a slight, an almost invisible twist.… — Isaac Babel
On the chessboard, lies and hypocrisy do not survive long. The creative combination lays bare the presumption of a lie; the merciless fact, culminating in… — Emanuel Lasker
AÂ form of intellectual productiveness, therein lies its peculiar charm. Intellectual productiveness is one of the greatest joys - if not the greatest one -… — Siegbert Tarrasch
Chess is a form of intellectual productiveness, therein lies its peculiar charm. Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy. — Siegbert Tarrasch
The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living. What we lack is not a will to… — Madeleine L'Engle

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