Lying Quotes

8656 Lying quotes by 4266 unique authors

Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve! — Andrew Carnegie
If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the lack of… — Dale Carnegie
I can't say why people lie; they just do. Everyone has their own reasons for not telling the truth. — Eric Carr
But I think the real tension lies in the relationship between what you might call the pursuer and his quarry, whether it's the writer or… — John le Carre
We lie to one another every day, in the sweetest way, often unconsciously. We dress ourselves and compose ourselves in order to present ourselves to… — John le Carre
I have always loved truth so passionately that I have often resorted to lying as a way of introducing it into the minds which were… — Giacomo Casanova
Real love is the love that sometimes arises after sensual pleasure: if it does, it is immortal; the other kind inevitably goes stale, for it… — Giacomo Casanova
I'll never tell a lie. I'll never make a misleading statement. I'll never betray the confidence that any of you had in me. And I'll… — Jimmy Carter
Winter lies too long in country towns; hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen. — Willa Cather
To note an artist's limitations is but to define his talent. A reporter can write equally well about everything that is presented to his view,… — Willa Cather
Practically all the relationships I know are based on a foundation of lies and mutually accepted delusion. — Kim Cattrall
When I'm singing 'Deanna,' for example, which I sing pretty much every night, it brings forward a kind of imagined, romanticized lie about this particular… — Nick Cave
Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water. — Miguel de Cervantes
Valor lies just halfway between rashness and cowardice. — Miguel de Cervantes
Don't be an art critic. Paint. There lies salvation. — Paul Cezanne
The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world. In this long vigil he often… — Marc Chagall
It's a lie! I am not an anti-Semite. The World Jewish Congress supported me and said that I am not anti-Semitic. — Hugo Chavez
The heart never grows better by age; I fear rather worse, always harder. A young liar will be an old one, and a young knave… — Lord Chesterfield
Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had a colored pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I wanted readers to be genuinely unsure as to whether she's telling the truth or lying. It meant making her partly sympathetic, and partly unsympathetic,… — Lee Child
The cure for all the ills and wrongs, the cares, the sorrows, and the crimes of humanity, all lie in the one word 'love'. It… — Lydia M. Child
So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The public is not to see where power lies, how it shapes policy, and for what ends. Rather, people are to hate and fear one… — Noam Chomsky
Today, the biggest challenge we must meet is the one we present to ourselves. To not become a nation that places entitlement ahead of accomplishment.… — Chris Christie
Keep up appearances; there lies the test. The world will give thee credit for the rest. — Charles Churchill

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