Lies Quotes
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Sticks and stones can break our bones, but lies can break our hearts and our careers.
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Honesty I can take. Lies I get upset about.
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From the point of view of art, there are no concrete or abstract forms, but only forms which are more or less convincing lies.
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Nor all that heralds rake from coffin'd clay, Nor florid prose, nor honied lies of rhyme, Can blazon evil deeds, or consecrate a crime.
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Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true.
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The press is like a woman: sublime when it lies, it will not let go until it has forced you to believe it. The public, like a foolish husband, always succumbs.
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I never knew a man could tell so many lies, he had a different story for every set of eyes. How can he remember who he's talking to?
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I never sold any of those "lose 10 pounds every week" scams. I've not changed my tune in all these years. I've seen everything pass by me, and I've been offered millions of dollars to put my name on products that were just lies. And I never did it.
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Just think how many thoughts a blanket smothers while one lies alone in bed, and how many unhappy dreams it keeps warm.
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The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies. The fearful thing about it is that, not knowing what truth may be, we can still recognize lies.
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Compliments are only lies in court clothes.
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When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies? Perhaps to be too practical may be madness. To surrender dreams, this may be madness ...Maddest of all is to see life as it is and not as it should be.
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The way to truth lies through ahimsa (nonviolence).
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The greatest sources of our suffering are the lies we tell ourselves.
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Belonging to oneself--the whole essence of life lies in that.
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Let a man be ne'er so wise, he may be caught with sober lies.
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My personal view is that until there is a disincentive to write lies and abusive comments it's going to continue.
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Do the duty which lies nearest to thee.
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The responsibility for good government lies not just with governments themselves but also with every other part of the system they operate in, including media, non-governmental organisations and the public.
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Truth travels slowly and gets weaker as it goes. Suitable lies are strong and run faster.
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Intelligence services exist to do things that are illegal abroad. They exist to tell lies.
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Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.
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Nature, so far as in her lies, imitates God.
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The true Church of England, at this moment, lies in the Editors of the newspapers.
