Lies Quotes

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.

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.

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.

The value of an idea lies in the using of it.

Man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep.

Whoever is spared personal pain must feel himself called to help in diminishing the pain of others. We must all carry our share of the misery which lies upon the world.

I suppose everyone tells little white lies. Quite often they're necessary to make someone feel better or prevent feelings from being hurt. Whoppers? No, that's dangerous and they'll boomerang.

Art lies by its own artifice.

The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from old ones.

The three-year-old who lies about taking a cookie isn't really a liar after all. He simply can't control his impulses. He then convinces himself of a new truth and, eager for your approval, reports the version that he knows will make you happy.

In the frank expression of conflicting opinions lies the greatest promise of wisdom in governmental action.

He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.

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.

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.

Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies was homey, appetizing: a habit.

There is in every woman's heart a spark of heavenly fire which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.

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.