Lie Quotes

"But then Iraq happened after September 2001 and America claimed that Al Qaeda was there, and we all know that was a lie and we now know that our own Prime Minister deceived the country terribly"

Clare Short, Politician

"I would love to work more - I really would - but there is not a lot of stuff around and the stuff that is around is not very complicated; it tends to lie a little flat"

Holly Hunter, Actress

"These newspaper reporters... ever since Sullivan versus New York Times... have got a license to lie"

Edward Bennett Williams, Lawyer

"It is all right for the lion and the lamb to lie down together if they are both asleep, but if one of them begins to get active, it is dangerous"

Crystal Eastman, Lawyer

"I had to lie so much about sex, first when I was 15, because I wasn't supposed to be having it. And then when I got older, I lied to everybody I was having sex with, so I could have sex with other people"

Cybill Sheperd, Actress

"I lie around the floor with my cats Billy and Jazz or watch DVDs with my best friends"

Cathy Freeman, Athlete

"Thank God I have the seeing eye, that is to say, as I lie in bed I can walk step by step on the fells and rough land seeing every stone and flower and patch of bog and cotton pass where my old legs will never take me again"

Beatrix Potter, Author

"Changes in the traditional way of building are only permitted if they are an improvement. Otherwise stay with what is traditional, for truth, even if it be hundreds of years old has a stronger inner bond with us than the lie that walks by our side"

Adolf Loos, Architect

"An ambassador is an honest man sent abroad to lie and intrigue for the benefit of his country"

Henry Wotton, Author

"Humor is imperative, more important than food. You have a choice when someone dies. You can lie down or get back into life. Do something for someone else"

Doris Roberts, Actress

"I lied to everybody. I lie very well, being an actress, naturally"

Lynn Fontanne, Actress

"A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at metaphorically"

Diane Ackerman, Poet

"Washington couldn't tell a lie, Nixon couldn't tell the truth, and Reagan couldn't tell the difference"

Mort Sahl, Journalist

"There is no lie that a man will not believe; and there is no man who does not believe many lies; and there is no man who believes only lies"

John Sterling, Entertainer

"I am such a bad liar. I would like to lie, though"

Natalie Imbruglia, Musician

"I made over forty Westerns. I used to lie awake nights trying to think up new ways of getting on and off a horse"

William Wyler, Director

"The tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach"

Benjamin E. Mays, Educator

"I could lie and tell you I'm a hardcore gamer - I'm not"

Josie Maran, Model

"Only in art will the lion lie down with the lamb, and the rose grow without thorn"

Martin Amis, Author

"I touched Roger's bat and held it to my heart. My bat will lie next to his. I'm damn proud of that"

Mark McGwire, Athlete

"Since it is impossible to know what's really happening, we Peruvians lie, invent, dream and take refuge in illusion. Because of these strange circumstances, Peruvian life, a life in which so few actually do read, has become literary"

Mario Vargas Llosa, Writer

"When American presidents prepare for foreign wars, they lie"

Robert Higgs, Economist

"Even as fog continues to lie in the valleys, so does ancient sin cling to the low places, the depressions in the world consciousness"

Dewitt Bodeen

"Even a secret agent can't lie to a Jewish mother"

Peter Malkin, Public Servant

"Walking your talk is a great way to motivate yourself. No one likes to live a lie. Be honest with yourself, and you will find the motivation to do what you advise others to do"

Vince Poscente

"This only grant me, that my means may lie too low for envy, for contempt too high"

Abraham Cowley, Poet

"But I know newspapers. They have the first amendment and they can tell any lie knowing it's a lie and they're protected if the person's famous or it's a company"

Steve Wozniak, Businessman

"A lot of people are tired around here, but I'm not sure they're ready to lie down, stretch out and fall asleep"

Jim Jones, Criminal

"As for courage and will - we cannot measure how much of each lies within us, we can only trust there will be sufficient to carry through trials which may lie ahead"

Andre Norton, Writer

"When I was 5 years old I would lie in bed, look at the radio, and I wanted to be on the radio. I don't know why"

Larry King, Entertainer

"It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life does not lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy of life lies in having no goal to reach"

Benjamin E. Mays, Educator

"I pefer an ugly truth to a pretty lie. If someone is telling me the truth that is when I will give my heart"

Shakira, Musician

"It was a myth that's often perpetuated at commencement that holds that only hope and promise lie beyond the halls of academe. Don't worry, be happy. Everything is fine"

Paul Tsongas, Politician

"We can't control it, and we've basically quit trying. People are going to talk, and people are going to lie"

Nick Lachey, Musician

"I have no wish for a second husband. I had enough of the first. I like to have my own way to lie down mistress, and get up master"

Susanna Moodie, Author

"Men are liars. We'll lie about lying if we have to. I'm an algebra liar. I figure two good lies make a positive"

Tim Allen, Comedian

"The solution really has to lie within the Iraqi people"

Steve King, Politician

"Some people may believe that their conscience is enough to guide them not to lie, be deceitful or do the other things God has commanded us not to do. I disagree"

Lee Greenwood, Musician

"Most people outside of America won't get it. It's the Easter bunny. It's another lie and I don't understand why we had to invent this character"

Todd Rundgren, Musician

"This lie of political correctness is bringing this country down. You just want to break through it all"

Jon Voight, Actor

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