Lies Quotes

War has always been the grand sagacity of every spirit which has grown too inward and too profound; its curative power lies even in the wounds one receives.

My actual personality probably lies someplace between the two.

Physical nature lies at our feet shackled with a hundred chains. What of the control of human nature? Do not point to the triumphs of psychiatry, social services or the war against crime. Domination of human nature can only mean the domination of every man by himself.

Bahrain lies at the epicenter of Gulf security and any violent upheaval in Bahrain would have enormous geopolitical consequences. Global economic stability depends on the uninterrupted export of crude oil from the Gulf to markets around the world - a job that historically has been assigned to the U.S. Fifth Fleet.

When a Cabinet Minister who is sacked for telling lies is re-appointed, in the face of every constitutional convention, only for the same man to be sacked again from the same Cabinet for the same offence by the same Prime Minister no wonder the public are cynical about politics.

A degree of lying - you know, white lies - seems to be inherent in all languages and all forms of communication.

Time will inevitably uncover dishonesty and lies; history has no place for them.

It has been rightly said that nothing is unimportant, nothing powerless in the universe; a single atom can dissolve everything, and save everything! What terror! There lies the eternal distinction between good and evil.

One of my movies was called "True Lies." It's what the Democrats should have called their convention.

Reading the epitaphs, our only salvation lies in resurrecting the dead and burying the living.

Thus, that one can find no place to walk through the breadth of the earth is not because the earth is not tranquil but because the danger to every step of the traveler lies generally with words.

A feature film is twenty-four lies per second.

Mankind's true moral test, its fundamental test (which lies deeply buried from view), consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals. And in this respect mankind has suffered a fundamental debacle, a debacle so fundamental that all others stem from it.

God touches and moves, warns and desires all equally, and He wants one quite as much as another. The inequality lies in the way in which His touch, His warnings, and His gifts are received.

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

American Idol' is a $900 million-a-year corporation. When you are dealing with that, you can't come off with lies - it's either the truth or nothing.

Happiness lies neither in vice nor in virtue; but in the manner we appreciate the one and the other, and the choice we make pursuant to our individual organization.

So much of our future lies in preserving our past.

The light, that lies In woman's eyes, Has been my heart's undoing.

Now that he has disavowed as outright lies many of the stories he told himself, it's hard to know what to make of those who still insist that David Brock had it right the first time.

I always liked the idea that America is a big facade. We are all insects crawling across on the shiny hood of a Cadillac. We're all looking at the wrapping. But we won't tear the wrapping to see what lies beneath.

A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.

Most human beings today waste some 25 to 30 years of their lives before they break through the actual and conventional lies which surround them.

It is time we in Scotland put England in its proper place and instead of our leaning on England and taking inspiration from her, we should lean and turn to Europe, for it is there our future prosperity lies.

In human relationships, kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.

And remember, it's also very funny, because side by side with grief lies joy.

I deeply detest social distinction and snobbery, and in that lies my strong aversion to titular honours.

I'm an algebra liar. I figure two good lies make a positive.