The real secret of magic lies in the performance.
Not all lies are harmful. Sometimes we’re willing participants in deception for the sake of social dignity, maybe to keep a secret that should be kept secret, secret. We say, ‘Nice song.’ ‘Honey, you don’t look fat in that, no.’
Believing: it means believing in our own lies. And I can say that I am grateful that I got this lesson very early.
WikiLeaks exposed the most dangerous lies of all, which are those that are told to us by elected governments.
The real biographies of poets are like those of birds, almost identical – their data are in the way they sound. A poet’s biography lies in his twists of language, in his meters, rhymes, and metaphors.
Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all.
People often say Beckett is difficult or bleak, but engaging with it is the most life-affirming, uplifting thing. It’s his use of language. The music of the words works on your subconscious. You end up deeply moved but don’t know why. That’s where the magic lies.
The Second Amendment is not just words on parchment. It’s not some frivolous suggestion from our Founding Fathers to be interpreted by whim. It lies at the heart of what this country was founded upon.
White lies always introduce others of a darker complexion.
Every one knows how the snow lies in the valleys of the Alps, forming a plain which slopes gradually downward towards the outlet Imagine such a valley ten miles across, with just such a sloping plain, not of snow but of earth.
Man’s greatness lies in his power of thought.
I heard that after you throw away a ‘New York Times,’ it takes over a hundred years for the lies to biodegrade.
I like to say that the greatest handicap of deafness does not lie in the ear, it lies in the mind. I hope that through my example, such as my role on ‘The West Wing,’ I can help change attitudes on deafness and prove we can really do everything… except hear.
I am a California girl, born and raised, so flip-flops and cutoff shorts are my go-to look. An easy Angeleno uniform, so to speak. But for my role on ‘Suits,’ I’m dressed in Alexander McQueen, Tom Ford, and Prada almost every day. And therein lies the difference. For work, I wear art; in real life, I wear clothes.
Kids delight in ‘magical thinking’, whether in the form of the Tooth Fairy or the saints: whether you see these as comforting lies or eternal verities, they are part of how we help kids make sense of the world.
India is a vibrant nation whose strength lies in its commitment to equal rights and to speech, religious and economic freedoms that enrich the lives of all citizens. India is not only the world’s largest democracy; it is also a secular, pluralistic society committed to inclusive growth.
I, for one, hope that youth will again revolt and again demoralize the dead weight of conformity that now lies upon us.
People have different impressions of themselves, and where reality lies is somewhere in between.
Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect.
The hope of a new politics does not lie in formulating a left-wing reply to the right-it lies in rejecting conventional political categories.
The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no other purpose than to tell lies where their interests are involved. One can trust nobody and nothing.
At the heart of every being lies creation’s dream of a principle that will one day give organic form to its fragmented treasures. God is unity.
I guess because I’m so young, I m not sure of what lies ahead for me. I’m more into going the route of producing and directing. I just made a little short film. I’m more excited about going the route of doing a Drew Barrymore or… what’s the one from ‘Star Wars?’
Hamas was born to destroy. Hamas does not know how to build. I doubt they will be able to build a modern Palestinian state and hope their lies will be exposed to the Palestinian public.
I never ever Google myself. That way madness lies.
You can’t take a character anywhere they don’t expect the character to go. But within those confines is where creativity lies.
The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them… Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.
I really don’t have any secrets. I’ve never met a photographer whose work I respected that had a secret because the secret lies within each and every one of us.
Because of lies, we can produce and invent a possible world.
I don’t tolerate liars. When somebody lies to me, that’s really, like, just unbearable.
Judgements prevent us from seeing the good that lies beyond appearances.
If the Great Way perishes there will morality and duty. When cleverness and knowledge arise great lies will flourish. When relatives fall out with one another there will be filial duty and love. When states are in confusion there will be faithful servants.
‘Tanu Weds Manu’s brilliance lies in the fact that it makes the middle class want to be aspirational.
As a writer, I am an intellectual. I believe in the ideals of the Enlightenment, I believe in the written word, in dialogue and in truth. I hate lies more than anything else. Most of the time I react by writing.
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.
This contradiction lies here: they wish God, and they wish humanity. They persist in connecting two terms which, once separated, can come together again only to destroy each other.
Hope lies in having more faith in the power of God to heal us than in the power of anything to hurt or destroy us. In realizing that as children of God we are bigger than our problems, we have the power at last to confront them.
Of course, politicians always say they’re just describing their opponents’ positions, even if they are in fact offering absurd caricatures, if not outright lies.
People for the most part can smell lies.
True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself.
I have opened newspapers and read incredible lies.
Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors, friendships; the poor man everywhere lies low.
Its success lies in the fact that it’s an insurance plan, not an investment plan or a welfare plan.
Anybody who deliberately propagandizes with lies should be held up to scorn and ridicule.
It’s part of the general global hypnotism to accept lies as the new truth.
There’s a wealth of talent that lies in all of us. All of us, including those who work in schools, must nurture creativity systematically and not kill it unwittingly.
I conceive there lies a clear rule in Titus that the elder women should instruct the younger and then I must have a time wherein I must do it.
I’m God’s chosen child. I don’t worry or carry anything extra to feel the strength. I’ve always felt the power of God beside me. Your strength lies in instilling honesty, truth, and sincerity in you.
The lies the government and media tell are amplifications of the lies we tell ourselves. To stop being conned, stop conning yourself.
Half the lies our opponents tell about us are untrue.
I firmly believe that success lies in the combination of both talent and business savvy, and that the magic comes through partnership between both.
Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be.
Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are alike.
The future lies in designing and selling computers that people don’t realize are computers at all.
The man forget not, though in rags he lies, and know the mortal through a crown’s disguise.
And all your future lies beneath your hat.
The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant.
Like many people, I have a fascination with lies and the people who tell them. I wouldn’t say I’ve never told a lie, but I don’t think I’ve ever told one without both assuming I would be found out and feeling absolutely rotten about it.
At the Summer Solstice, all is green and growing, potential coming into being, the miracle of manifestation painted large on the canvas of awareness. At the Winter Solstice, the wind is cold, trees are bare and all lies in stillness beneath blankets of snow.
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.
Hollywood doesn’t even have respect for itself. Hollywood lies to itself.
I think the root of minor problems is separation from a belief system of interconnectedness and compassion and oneness, so when we multiply that over and over again, it turns into lies and chaos and terrorism.
Jean-Luc Godard said that cinema is the truth 24 frames a second. I think cinema is lies 24 frames a second.
I’ve always felt that the quality of the voice is where the real content of a song lies. Words only suggest an experience, but the voice is that experience.
