Lies And Lying Quotations

Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the attack.

In trying to make something new, half the undertaking lies in discovering whether it can be done. Once it has been established that it can, duplication is inevitable.

A lie will easily get you out of a scrape, and yet, strangely and beautifully, rapture possesses you when you have taken the scrape and left out the lie.

The real success in golf lies in turning three shots into two.

Truth will lose its credit, if delivered by a person that has none.

The insidiousness of science lies in its claim to be not a subject, but a method.

A lie with a purpose is one of the worst kind, and the most profitable.

We have to give the sad news that we have found another victim. Only one more person lies buried under the rubble.

Make positive approach turning towards Divinity. The difference lies only in turning your mind.

Lies, and The Lying Liars who Tell Them

Many, many honest women and men in the world do not believe the lies which are being fabricated in Washington and London and this is a very important international development,

Of course I lie to people. But I lie altruistically -- for our mutual good. The lie is the basic building block of good manners. That may seem mildly shocking to a moralist -- but then what isn t?

My talent lies in putting teams together and helping those teams work.

I got off to a bad start and hit a couple of bad drives and had two bad lies and was hitting it sideways from then on. I made a weak bogey at seven after a great birdie on six.

I don't know where the responsibility lies, but I know I've done everything I can do.

I am so excited about what lies ahead here at CNN, ... I am delighted.

Cause all we are is what we're toldAnd most of that's been lies.

I can't lie to you. I wanted to size him up, see how tall he was, how much he really weighed. I just wanted to get my own view of him.

If a lie is repeated often enough all the dumb jackasses in the world not only get to believe it, they even swear by it.

Formidable is that enemy that lies hid in a man's own breast

He doesn't even know when he's telling lies anymore, he's lied so much in this story, in this case.

What you got is a bunch of lies, and I won't address a bunch of lies,

His oath should have been, 'I Tony Harwood swear to lie, I say you should reject Tony Harwood 100 percent. Throw him out. He ain't worth nothing.

It is not what you say that matters but the manner in which you say it; there lies the secret of the ages.

I think the yield has worried investors. Some investors believe that it's a signal that a recession lies ahead. I believe that is a faulty interpretation.

Pale hands I loved beside the Shalimar, / Where are you now? Who lies beneath your spell?

Over the five days we will discuss the season which lies ahead, our ambitions and what we want to achieve during 2006. We will get some good work done and get a greater picture of things.

Please don't lie to me, unless you're absolutely sure I'll never find out the truth.

Playing doesn't lie, you've got to go out there and get it done. And if you do, it doesn't matter how you got there, they'll find a place for you to play.

Presevo is about 90 percent ethnic Albanian -- it is a very tense place, I have been there myself -- it lies in a strategic valley,

Marge, it takes two to lie. One to lie and one to listen

The answer really lies in prestige first, direct economic and social applications second, and using the space program as a cutting-edge tool for technology third.

I would never lie. I willfully participate in a campaign of misinformation.

We don't suggest that because San Francisco lies on top of an earthquake fault that it should be moved.

Well we know the whole situation's full of lies, Dad. That's just the way it is.

When of a gossiping circle it was asked, What are they doing? The answer was, Swapping lies.

We're tired of his lies, and we're going to expose them.

When you give them those extra opportunities and they're having one of those nights, therein lies a butt-kicking.

While the U.S. consumer appears to be in reasonably good shape, the risk lies in the potential for higher heating bills this winter to sharply curtail discretionary household spending,

While the prosecution has said this is about the defendants' lies, one worries that those lies already have been buried under too much discussion of technical issues. The jury may be lost already.

We will be telling lies if we said there has been a genocide.

With lies you may go ahead in the world, but you can never go back.

And with great lies about his wooden horse/ Set the crew laughing and forgot his course.

I've been outright lied to by public works. If they lied to me once, they'll lie to me again.

The worst, the most corrupting of lies, are problems poorly stated,

The rumors are lies. There were a lot of people said we're not going to play; that we don't have a contract. ... We got it worked out; got it hammered out.

It would be a lie if I said I didn't have any reservations about returning to Manchester,

The streets lie, the sidewalks lie, everything lies You can try and read it but you're gonna get it wrong...all wrong The summer evenings burn and melt and the nights glitter but you're gonna get it wrong And it's gonna sink its teeth into your flesh and pull you to the bottom.

Predestination! how remote and dim Thy root lies hidden from the intellect Which only glimpses the First Cause Supreme! And you, ye mortals, keep your judgment checked, Since we, who see God, have not therefore skill To know yet all the number of the

People tell about two lies a day, or at least that is how many they will admit to.

Of course they are a pack of lies.

Some sense a climax lies ahead, and others think we're getting close to the bottom,

Comparative advantage in the production of many of these requirements therefore lies outside China, with suppliers such as Rio Tinto.

An untruthful person speaks lies and as a result, is short lived.

The bread that you store up belongs to the hungry; the coat that lies in your chest belongs to the naked; the gold that you have hidden in the ground belongs to the poor.

That's not a lie, it's a terminological inexactitude. Also, a tactical misrepresentation.

A lie can run around the world before the truth can get it's boots on.

Your speech, Bush, is full of lies and full of unreasonable argument,

This is a simple case. It's not about accounting. It's about lies.

They have been caught today in the web of their lies.

There were so many lies throughout the trial.

There were several of them (lies), weren't there?

This is the punishment of a liar: he is not believed, even when he speaks the truth.

It's all lies. It's what the FBI tells them to make them talk.

It's going to be tough on Wednesday, I'm not going to lie. But I think we'll be ready to go.

Tasmania lies 130 miles southeast of Australia. When it was first visited by Europeans in 1642, Tasmania was occupied by 4,000 hunter-gatherers related to mainland Australians, but with the simplest technology of any recent people on Earth. Unlike mainland Aboriginal Australians, Tasmanians couldn't start a fire.

I told Curtis earlier that he would have to eat all his lies, but the attorney has made this a very long meal,

The world must understand that the responsibility for these military strikes lies not with the United States or its allies, but at the doorstep of Slobodan Milosevic.... Our diplomats, together with those of our British, French and German allies, have gone the extra mile to give Serbia the opportunity for peace. President Milosevic has chosen military confrontation instead.

They were basically using lies as a pre-match tactic. They were trying to qualify for the next round by putting pressure on referees and officials through false statements. They were ready to use disloyal methods and, frankly, this is totally and completely unacceptable.

They wanted it. I'm not going to lie to you. But we want to come back here next year and do this again. Nobody expected us to be here. It's like I told the girls. Only two teams in the state got to play in this game tonight and we were one of them. That's something to be proud of.

At the executive level, inflating responsibilities and falsifying degrees are two common resume lies,

That's correct. Therein lies more of a problem.

I'm not going to lie, ... It scared me.

I'm not a big fan of the ocean because I'm scared of what lies beneath,

I had the feeling that this might be the way it goes, because of all the lies. I'm not happy but I can live with it. At least he's not free.

I'm anxious to get back to D.C. to correct all the inaccuracies and lies that are being said,

I'm anxious to get back to D.C. to correct all the inaccuracies and lies,

In principle, ownership of handwritten documents lies with the author. A large number of my manuscripts have been leaked and are now missing. These are stolen items of sorts, because they were taken without permission and sold for financial gain.

I know a lot about you, and what I don't know I can lie about,

He's spreading lies, slandering individuals. These are vigilantes.

How can these people be so inhumane? Terri is forgotten and lies cold in her grave, and they feel sympathy Morales. What about my daughter, who was there to defend her?

I don't know if it was a mistake or a lie.

Generally speaking, the rule is that any account that lies dormant in a Swiss bank for 20 years, no deposits no withdrawals...the money reverts to the bank. In other words, they keep it.

I detest the man who hides one thing in the depth of his heart and speaks forth another.

For one man's chin is as rough as another's, and one man's lies are as smooth as another's

The jury saw right through the defendant's lies, ... He told them what he is: a cold-blooded murderer.

All he does is lie there like an unemployed whale.

The importance of the ... maneuvers lies in the time and geographical place they are happening as well as the arms used.

And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do.

All we are is what we're told and most of thats been lies.

The cruellest lies are often told in silence. A man may have sat in a room for hours and not opened his mouth, and yet come out of that room a disloyal friend or a vile calumniator.

And both of these kings' hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.

When this poor, lisping, stammering tongue/ Lies silent in the grave.

Lies run sprints, but the truth runs marathons. The truth will win this marathon in court.

One leg by truth supported, one by lies,They sidle to the goal with awkward pace,Secure of nothing -- but to lose the race.

I am different from Washington. I have a higher, grander standard of principle. Washington could not lie. I can lie, but I won't.

Some mathematician has said pleasure lies not in discovering truth, but in seeking it.

We cannot stop at the foothills when Everest lies ahead.

You may deceive all the people part of the time, and part of the people all the time, but not all the people all the time.

We do not remember days, we remember moments. The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten.