Lie Quotes
I believe it to be true that dreams are the true interpreters of our inclinations; but there is art required to sort and understand them.Michel de Montaigne
It is twice as hard to crush a half - Truth as a whole lie.Unknown
I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life.... Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.Abigail Adams, letter to her sister, Mary Smith Cranch, 1784
Travellers from afar can lie with impunity.French Prove
Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you.William Arthur Ward
It is said that the camera cannot lie, but rarely do we allow it to do anything else, since the camera sees what you point it at: the camera sees what you want it to see.James Baldwin
A belief is not true because it is useful.Henri Frdric Amiel
When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.La Rochefoucauld
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in determination.Tommy Lasorda
Nothing got him angrier than when people implied he was paranoid. It made him feel persecuted.Robert Sheckley
The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact than a drunken man is happier than a sober one.George Bernard Shaw
Behavior is what a man does, not what he thinks, feels, or believes.Author Unknown
As we read the school reports on our children, we realize a sense of relief that can rise to delight that - Thank Heaven - Nobody is reporting in this fashion on us.J. B. Priestley
Political language - And with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists - Is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.George Orwell, 1946
Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone.John Maynard Keynes
Nothing can so alienate a voter from the political system as backing a winning candidate.Mark B. Cohen
We should seek by all means in our power to avoid war, by analysing possible causes, by trying to remove them, by discussion in a spirit of collaboration and good will. I cannot believe that such a programme would be rejected by the people of this country, even if it does mean the establishment of personal contact with the dictators.Neville Chamberlain
God, I dont have great faith, but I can be faithful. My belief in you may be seasonal, but my faithfulness will not. I will follow in the way of Christ. I will act as though my life and the lives of others matter. I will love. I have no greater gift to offer than my life. Take it.Real Live Preache
They were so strong in their beliefs that there came a time when it hardly mattered what exactly those beliefs were; they all fused into a single stubbornness.Louise Erdrich
If you achieve success, you will get applause, and if you get applause, you will hear it. My advice to you concerning applause is this; enjoy it but never quite believe it.Robert Montgomery
Walking women want to see the southern cross at night And so they set aside a sock, and tie their laces tight Yes mournful is the melody that echoes in their heads Without a beat they march along, believing Bach is dead.The Residents "Duck Stab": Bach is Dead
When all is summed up, a man never speaks of himself without loss; his accusations of himself are always believed; his praises never.Michel de Montaigne
We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Authenticity matters little, though - - Our willingness to accept legends depends far more upon their expression of concepts we want to believe than upon their plausibility.David P. Mikkelson, snopes. com, February 25, 2000
You know what I say to people when I hear they? re writing an anti - war book?? I say, why don? t you write an anti - Glacier book instead? What he meant, of course, was that there would always be wars, that they were as easy to stop as glaciers. I believe that, too.Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughter - House 5
Hope is both the earliest and the most indispensable virtue inherent in the state of being alive. If life is to be sustained hope must remain, even where confidence is wounded, trust impaired.Erik H. Erikson
It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.John Burroughs
Each time you are honest and conduct yourself with honesty, a success force will drive you toward greater success. Each time you lie, even with a little white lie, there are strong forces pushing you toward failure.Joseph Sugarman
If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence.Bertrand Russell
I believe that freedom is the deepest need of every human soul.George W. Bush, Press Conference, White House, Tuesday, April 13, 2004
I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.Bertrand Russell
Of all the self - Fulfilling prophecies in our culture, the assumption that aging means decline and poor health is probably the deadliest.Marilyn Ferguson, The Aquarian Conspiracy, 1980
The truth may be out there, but the lies are inside your head.Terry Pratchett, A Discworld Novel
People and things do not upset us, rather we upset ourselves by believing that they can upset us.Albert Ellis, founder of Rational Emotive Therapy
Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. Nothing is that important.Natalie Goldberg, O Magazine, October 2002
Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.Henry David Thoreau
Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.Edgar Watson Howe
