Lies Quotes
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The less time you spend with Truth, the easier it is to believe lies.
Lecrae -
The "seriousness" of a mathematical theorem lies, not in its practical consequences, which are usually negligible, but in the significance of the mathematical ideas which it connects.
G. H. Hardy
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Every successful person finds that great success lies just beyond the point when they're convinced their idea is not going to work.
Napoleon Hill -
An individual should hold an awareness of God and His love all the time. He should not separate his consciousness from the Divine while he journeys on the way, nor when he lies down nor when he rises up.
Nahmanides -
I was a very ancient twelve; my views at that age would have done credit to a Civil War veteran. I am much younger now than I was at twelve or anyway, less burdened. The weight of the centuries lies on children, I'm sure of it.
Flannery O'Connor -
Why there are so many great actresses, so few great woman writers? The erotic urge that lies at the bottom of all art has a feminine and a masculine character. Feminine is the urge to be; masculine the urge to do. Interpretative art always has more of the feminine about it
Max Frisch -
My quarrel with the advocates of contraceptives lies in their taking for granted that ordinary mortals cannot exercise self-control.
Mahatma Gandhi -
I believe that our national security lies not just in protecting our borders, but in bridging divides.
Joe Lieberman
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Happiness is your own treasure because it lies within you.
Prem Rawat -
I could never have gone far in any science because on the path of every science the lion Mathematics lies in wait for you.
C. S. Lewis -
Knowledge builds on the past and has its place. Wisdom is beyond time. It's the direct perception of reality as it is. And in this direct seeing of what is lies the potential of transformation-a transformation that is not merely a redecoration of the past but a transformation of humanity that embodies the eternally new.
H. E. Davey -
The power of the American system of republicanism lies in its capacity to allow religious belief to be a competing, not a controlling, factor in American life.
Jon Meacham -
Well, now is the time to peel back the foreskin of misconception and apply the wire brush of enlightenment to this mass of sticky half-truths and lies. The truth hurts, but not as much as the consequences of willful ignorance.
Charles Stross -
It's the same old story. Nothing in this world happens unless white folks says it happens. And therein lies the problem of being a professional black storyteller - writer, musician, filmmaker.
James McBride
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A lot of the fun lies in trying to penetrate the mystery; and this is best done by saying over the lines to yourself again and again, till they pass through the stage of sounding like nonsense, and finally return to a full sense that had at first escaped notice.
Anthony Hecht -
But I don't want some pretty face To tell me pretty lies All I want is someone to believe.
Billy Joel -
The investor's primary interest lies in acquiring and holding suitable securities at suitable prices.
Benjamin Graham -
I try not to read the social networks too much. I find that way madness lies.
Kit Harington -
The fault always lies in the candidate or the head coach or the guy holding the ball.
Luther Strange -
The poet complains or points out the discontent that lies at the heart of man, the individual man, and how can that be redeemed?
Derek Walcott
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The only trouble with this world today lies in our lack of understanding of the power of imagination.
Napoleon Hill -
The con movie is a little bit different where maybe we tell you what we're going to do but it never goes down the way you expect because there's so much double-crossing and cheats and lies going on along the whole way.
Edward Burns -
I don't want some pretty face to tell me pretty lies, all I want is someone to believe.
Billy Joel -
Art is lies that tell the truth.
Pablo Picasso