Lie Quotes: Uncovering the Truth Behind Falsehoods (Page 4)

"My entire life has been a lie"

"One ought to have a good memory when he has told a lie"

"It takes good memory to keep up a lie"

"Remember always that the composer's pen is still mightier than the bow of the violinist; in you lie all the possibilities of the creation of beauty"

John Philip Sousa, Musician

"My whole life has been a lie"

Bobby Darin, Musician

"The danger is not lest the soul should doubt whether there is any bread, but lest, by a lie, it should persuade itself that it is not hungry"

Simone Weil, Philosopher

"The art of dancing stands at the source of all the arts that express themselves first in the human person. The art of building, or architecture, is the beginning of all the arts that lie outside the person; and in the end they unite"

Henry Ellis, Psychologist

"The anxiety of most parents in seeing their sons and daughters enlist does not lie only in the fear of the physical dangers they may encounter"

William Lyon Mackenzie King, Politician

"I used to lie in bed in my flat and imagine what would happen if there was a zombie attack"

Simon Pegg, Comedian

"Eyes lie if you ever look into them for the character of the person"

Stevie Wonder, Musician

"People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election"

Otto von Bismarck, Leader

"Let me say this loud and clear. There is a world of difference between terrorist acts and the Islamic Shari'a. Islam is not only a religion, but a way of life. And at its heart lie the sacred principles of tolerance and dialogue"

King Hussein I, Statesman

"Opportunity ideas do not lie around waiting to be discovered. Such ideas need to be produced"

Edward de Bono, Psychologist

"You know sometimes I just want to curl up on stage and lie there for a while - it's weird"

Michael Hutchence, Musician

"When we don't have information, we go to the simplest outlook, to black and white. But then we have to lie to ourselves. Black is never as black as you're painting it and white is never as white"

Patricia Sun, Author

"I am a lie who always speaks the truth"

Jean Cocteau, Director

"In Hollywood people lie to each other and cheat each other and then go and play tennis. But I don't want to be a tennis player"

David Geffen, Businessman

"As you make your bed, so you must lie in it"

Daniel J. Boorstin, Historian

"It's always been a lie that it's difficult to make films"

Lars von Trier, Director

"But the important thing is to lie down and fall asleep. That little nap means you wake up fresh again and can continue"

James Levine, Musician

"Never lie when the truth is more profitable"

Stanislaw Lec, Poet

"Life is an unfoldment, and the further we travel the more truth we can comprehend. To understand the things that are at our door is the best preparation for understanding those that lie beyond"

Hypatia, Philosopher

"We encourage China to engage as a good global citizen and we are clear-eyed about where differences do lie"

Julia Gillard, Statesman

"Its not where we lie, but whence we fell; the loss of heaven's the greatest pain in hell"

Pedro Calderon de la Barca, Dramatist

"The third time you say a thing it sounds like a lie"

Harrison Ford, Actor

"In writing the history of a disease, every philosophical hypothesis whatsoever, that has previously occupied the mind of the author, should lie in abeyance"

Thomas Sydenham, Scientist

"The dream doesn't lie in victimization or blame; it lies in hard work, determination and a good education"

Alphonso Jackson, Public Servant

"There are a lot of people who lie and get away with it, and that's just a fact"

Donald Rumsfeld, Politician

"Weaklings must lie"

Jean Paul, Author

"You women could make someone fall in love even with a lie"

Georg Buchner, Dramatist

"Keep a watch also on the faults of the patients, which often make them lie about the taking of things prescribed"

Hippocrates, Scientist

"If your stomach disputes you, lie down and pacify it with cool thoughts"

Satchel Paige, Athlete

"Richard Nixon is a no good, lying bastard. He can lie out of both sides of his mouth at the same time, and if he ever caught himself telling the truth, he'd lie just to keep his hand in"

Harry S. Truman, President

"In politics, yesterday's lie is attacked only to flatter today's"

Jean Rostand, Scientist

"I got a feeling about political correctness. I hate it. It causes us to lie silently instead of saying what we think"

Hal Holbrook, Actor

"I've got to take a break, to be honest. I'm not even going to lie"

Puff Daddy, Musician

"Superior strength is found in the long run to lie with those who had right on their side"

James Anthony Froude, Historian

"Justice is rather the activity of truth, than a virtue in itself. Truth tells us what is due to others, and justice renders that due. Injustice is acting a lie"

Horace Walpole, Author

"The hope of a new politics does not lie in formulating a left-wing reply to the right-it lies in rejecting conventional political categories"

Christopher Lasch, Historian

"When I started, I knew I didn't fit any visual that anyone was going to lie down and take their clothes off about. Work doesn't come to me; I go out and look for it"

Whoopi Goldberg, Actress

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