Lies Quotes

Some may claim that is it unscientific to speak of the operations of nature as miracles. But the point of the title lies in the paradox of finding so many wonderful things subservient to the rule of law.

All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.

Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.

The future of publishing lies with the small and medium-sized presses, because the big publishers in New York are all part of huge conglomerates.

No longer is there a quest for the truth so much as there is this apparent need to present both sides of an issue even if one is nothing but lies and distortions.

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

To work with the hands or brain, according to our requirements and our capacities, to do that which lies before us to do, is more honorable than rank and title.

There is an abundance of misinformation, exaggeration, and blatant lies being spread by interest groups regarding the prospects for embryonic stem cell research.

The limitation upon this mode of promoting peace lies in the fact that it consists in an appeal to the civilized side of man, while war is the product of forces proceeding from man's original savage nature.

The insatiable thirst for everything which lies beyond, and which life reveals, is the most living proof of our immortality.

The thing that lies at the foundation of positive change, the way I see it, is service to a fellow human being.

The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision.

The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.

I'm a promoter of the people for the people and by the people and my magic lies in my people ties. I'm a promoter of America. I'm American people. You know what I mean? So therefore, uh, do not send for who the bell tolls 'cause the bell tolls for thee.

Truth is the ultimate power. When the truth comes around, all the lies have to run and hide.

Seeking to forget makes exile all the longer; the secret of redemption lies in remembrance.

But say some, would you expose woman to the contact of rough, rude, drinking, swearing, fighting men at the ballot box? What a humiliating confession lies in this plea for keeping woman in the background!

Half the lies our opponents tell about us are untrue.

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

Polite strangers often tell soothing lies about our physical appearance that prevent many of us from facing, discussing and solving our real problems.

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.

Anyone with a grain of sense would know that if I punched my wife I would rip her head off. It's all lies. I have never laid a finger on her.

The danger chiefly lies in acting well; no crime's so great as daring to excel.

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

Here lies W. C. Fields. I would rather be living in Philadelphia.

The end is in the beginning and lies far ahead.

The difference between religion and morality lies simply in the classical division of things into the divine and the human, if one only interprets this correctly.

I was on a train of lies. I couldn't jump off.

The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies.

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