Lies Quotes

That's the one for my tombstone... Here lies David Byrne. Why the big suit?

They say you can rap about anything except for Jesus, that means guns, sex, lies, video tapes, but if I talk about God my record won't get played Huh?

What does the truth matter? Haven't we mothers all given our sons a taste for lies, lies which from the cradle upwards lull them, reassure them, send them to sleep: lies as soft and warm as a breast!

Perhaps nobody ever accomplishes all that he feels lies in him to do; but nearly every one who tries his power touches the walls of his being.

In moderating, not satisfying desires, lies peace.

It's true that I have very little idea what I shall be writing next, but at the same time I have a powerful premonition of everything that lies ahead of me, even ten years ahead.

Unfortunately, the American justice system is just riddled with lies and inconsistencies.

The salvation of this human world lies nowhere else than in the human heart, in the human power to reflect, in human meekness and human responsibility.

Robert Benchley has a style that is weak and lies down frequently to rest.

The essence of mathematics lies in its freedom.

My friend James Cameron and I made three films together - True Lies, The Terminator and Terminator 2. Of course, that was during his early, low-budget, art-house period.

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 faith rather than reason.

History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.

I know there is much mystery, much question to what happened, and I must also say, many lies.

Creede is built of new pine boards and lies between two immense mountains covered with pines and snow.

My religion lies in my composition.

The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them.

All of us are trying to achieve 100 percent in our work. That's all we struggle to do. We never do, but we never stop trying until the day we die. It's that struggle to achieve 100 percent, that's where our performance lies, that's what the audience gets. They get the struggle.

True valor lies between cowardice and rashness.

I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.

The worlds I paint leave a lot to engage the imagination by hinting at what lies beyond the four edges of the painting. I think getting beyond the four edges of an opportunity or challenge is one of the basic skills you need in business.

Don't be an art critic. Paint. There lies salvation.

Dare to err and to dream. Deep meaning often lies in childish plays.

The body never lies.

For us to maintain our way of living, we must tell lies to each other and especially to ourselves. The lies are necessary because, without them, many deplorable acts would become impossibilities.

Never forget that the key to the situation lies in the will and not in the imagination.

Telling lies does not work in advertising.

Remember that it is not enough to abstain from lying by word of mouth; for the worst lies are often conveyed by a false look, smile, or act.

The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.

My only true harmony lies deep within my soul, wherever that is. I know that somehow I am in tune with the universe.