Lies Quotes

Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.

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.

You don't tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive.

Grandeur of character lies wholly in force of soul, that is, in the force of thought, moral principle, and love, and this may be found in the humblest condition of life.

True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself.

Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages a man to be expansive, even reckless, while lie detectors are only a challenge to tell lies successfully.

The secret of living in peace with all people lies in the art of understanding each one by his own individuality.

Do not use that foreign word "ideals." We have that excellent native word "lies."

The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.

Man is wise and constantly in quest of more wisdom; but the ultimate wisdom, which deals with beginnings, remains locked in a seed. There it lies, the simplest fact of the universe and at the same time the one which calls forth faith rather than reason.

Start where you are. Distant fields always look greener, but opportunity lies right where you are. Take advantage of every opportunity of service.

The kids all knew me from Wayne's World. The grown-ups knew me after True Lies.

Seek that which within lies waiting to begin the fight of your life that is everyday.

Lies are told only to convey to someone that one has no need either of him or his good opinion.

The excitement for me lies not so much in interviewing the hard-to-get famous person, but the person whom you are about to discover. You know, like maybe the character actors who are just coming into their own and you're realizing how great they are.

Things won are done, joy's soul lies in the doing.

There is no truth which the prophets press more steadily upon Israel than that all their national life lies in the sight and on the care of God.

Poetry lies its way to the truth.

Words that are saturated with lies or atrocity, do not easily resume life.

Lies that do not hurt, which are different from lies that protect oneself or hurt another person. That is not my business. But the truth is mostly very boring, and you can help it along with lies. There is no harm in that.

Uneasy lies the head that craves the crown.

As a child I was a great liar. Fortunately my mother liked my lies. I promised her marvelous things.

Lies and distortions can be spread, via the Internet, in an inexpensive way, and the effects are astounding.

Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead, that is where your future lies.

I believe the preservation of the home in the future lies almost entirely in the hands of men.

From lies to forgeries the step is not so long, and I have written technical essays on the logic of forgeries and on the influence of forgeries on history.

Lies are essential to humanity. They are perhaps as important as the pursuit of pleasure and moreover are dictated by that pursuit.

They may then be willing to cast principled votes based on an educated understanding of the public interest in the face of polls suggesting that the public itself may have quite a different understanding of where its interest lies.

We don't suggest that because San Francisco lies on top of an earthquake fault that it should be moved.