If truth is the first victim of war, then read on – I’ve got some great lies for you this month.
Strength lies not in defence but in attack.
I don’t think Roger Dodger is really about men. I think it is more about relationships and about how you present yourself, not only to the opposite sex, but to yourself. What lies are you going to tell yourself in order to get through the day?
Polite strangers often tell soothing lies about our physical appearance that prevent many of us from facing, discussing and solving our real problems.
We do not know what lies ahead, yet whatever the challenge, leaders will rise, finding the heart, the language, the caring that embraces and sustains.
The pleasure of those who injure you lies in your pain. Therefore they will suffer if you take away their pleasure by not feeling pain.
My sense of humor lies a little closer to the middle.
The lark that shuns on lofty boughs to build, Her humble nest, lies silent in the field.
The insidiousness of science lies in its claim to be not a subject, but a method.
Implicit in true freedom of spirit lies a proud and virile will. Such glorious power of free will to choose, envisages beneficent social responsibility as manifest and welcome.
The road to freedom lies not through mysteries or occult performances, but through the intelligent use of natural forces and laws.
Lies can be verbal or nonverbal, kindhearted or self-serving, devious or bald-faced; they can be lies of omission or lies of commission; they can be lies that undermine national security or lies that make a child feel better. And each type might involve a unique neural pathway.
The real peril of war lies not in military defeat. It lies in war itself, whether we win or lose.
If even in science there is no a way of judging a theory but by assessing the number, faith and vocal energy of its supporters, then this must be even more so in the social sciences: truth lies in power.
The future of American film lies on television.
Our very strength as lesbians lies in the fact that we are outside of patriarchy; our existence challenges its life.
The public is not to see where power lies, how it shapes policy, and for what ends. Rather, people are to hate and fear one another.
Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.
It doesn’t benefit me to lie to people. They’re eventually going to find out the truth, and then where am I? That’s the problem with liberalism and socialism, by the way: it has to be propped up by lies.
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.
The discontent that lies in the human condition is not satisfied simply by material things.
Oh, what lies there are in kisses.
I prefer drawing to talking. Drawing is faster, and leaves less room for lies.
America has believed that in differentiation, not in uniformity, lies the path of progress. It acted on this belief; it has advanced human happiness, and it has prospered.
One tells as few lies as possible only by telling as few lies as possible, and not by having the least possible opportunity to do so.
In human relationships, kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.
I’ve made six films since I made Secrets and Lies but I still live in London and I’d love to do theater.
The real success in golf lies in turning three shots into two.
Let me go over this again on the reclaiming the civil rights movement. People of faith that believe that you have an equal right to justice – that is the essence. And if it’s not the essence, then we’ve been sold a pack of lies. The essence is everyone deserves a shot – the content of character, not the color of skin.
Good lies need a leavening of truth to make them palatable.
My only real claim to anyone’s attention lies in my writing.
Character, I am sure, lies in the genes.
All writing is the same: It’s just making up lies until it starts to sound like the truth. That’s what I do.
To me, the appeal of opera lies in the fact that a myriad of singers and instruments, each possessed of different qualities of voice and sound, against the backdrop of a grand stage and beautiful costumes, come together in one complete and impressive drama.
The central genius of the American Constitution lies in its use of structure to protect individual liberty. It does not rely solely, or even primarily, on grants of substantive rights.
American culture is probably the least Christian culture that we’ve ever had because it is so materialistic and it’s so full of lies. The whole advertising world is just, it’s just intertwined with lies, appealing to the worst of the instincts we have.
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.
Intellectuals are in a position to expose the lies of governments, to analyze actions according to their causes and motives and often hidden intentions.
The mortal mind alone cannot devise an answer to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, because the true answer lies on a level of consciousness that’s beyond our mortal thinking. Quite simply, when it comes to Israel and the Palestinians, we need a miracle.
Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.
Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.
Telling lies and showing off to get attention are mistakes I made that I don’t want my kids to make.
When I worked with Jamie Lee Curtis in ‘True Lies’, she told me, You need a plan B, because when you have six months to a year off, you can go nuts. You need to have another focus.
When we talk about pay equality, I think we’re misunderstanding where the problem lies.
I’m definitely interested in doing movies. I’ve always focused more on acting than singing because that’s where my true passion lies.
Chernobyl’ is supposedly about the lies, arrogance, and suppression of criticism under Communism, but the mini-series portrays life in the Soviet Union in the 1980s as inaccurately, and melodramatically, as it portrays the effects of radiation.
As far as a nuclear weapons-free zone, you know, when the lion lies down with the lamb, and you don’t need a new lamb every day to satisfy the lion, then we might have this kind of transformation in the Middle East.
I’m a big believer in the notion that our greatest potential lies in our darkest parts. To a certain extent it’s only in facing those parts of ourselves that we can truly grow, and I think that’s true of all of the characters I’ve played, certainly in the past few years.
Winter lies too long in country towns; hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen.
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.
The ultimate end is a nation that lies under the concept of the Declaration of Indepen dence. The Declaration of Independence is such an extraordinary statement – it was designed by people skeptical of government, local or national, but in particular national.
And if there’s any hope for America, it lies in a revolution, and if there’s any hope for a revolution in America, it lies in getting Elvis Presley to become Che Guevara.
There’s something really interesting about having those close friends that you’ve had incredible times with but growing up and away from them. The underlying tensions, the shifting in the group dynamic, the little lies you tell to big yourself up: it’s something that happens to us all.
I don’t like to tell lies.
You can’t raise the standard of women’s morals by raising their pay envelope. It lies deeper than that.
It is for others one must learn to do everything; for there lies the secret of happiness.
The ultimate pleasure of architecture lies in the most forbidden parts of the architectural act, where limits are perverted and prohibitions are transgressed.
We tell lies, yet it is easy to show that lying is immoral.
It is up to the public to stop attending these theatrical, and aquatic shows, and circuses with wild animals. The rhetoric about how the animals are happy and well cared for are lies. Don’t be swayed by them. The money behind these shows is huge; there is nothing good about them.
I tell myself lies and soon I believe them.
My zombies will never take over the world because I need the humans. The humans are the ones I dislike the most, and they’re where the trouble really lies.
Idealism that makes no distinction between areas where our national interest lies and those from which it is remote does no good for America. The weariness of the post-Versailles, post-Korea, post-Vietnam eras is never far from the national mood.
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.
