Explore Quotes on Lying

Lying at the root of the social agreements of 1980 are the courage, sense of responsibility, and the solidarity of the working people. Both sides have then recognized that an accord must be reached if bloodshed is to be prevented.

The value of the majority lies not in the opportunity to wield great power, but in the chance to use power to do great things.

Most people don't care if you're telling them the truth or if you're telling them a lie, as long as they're entertained by it.

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.

Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies about them when they die.

I should like to lie at your feet and die in your arms.

When he is late for dinner and I know he must be either having an affair or lying dead in the street, I always hope he's dead.

WikiLeaks is exposing our government officials for the frauds that they are. They also show us how governments work together to lie to their citizens when they are waging war.

The SuperPACs and the Citizens United ruling that gives corporations a voice in the political process are all bad news. They made it so you can now lie, and the politician being promoted on that lie will not be held responsible for it.

I would rather be uncomfortable with the truth than to be lied to in comfort. That's just my nature.

You know, there's a big lie in this business. The lie is that it's okay to go out in flames. But that doesn't do anybody much good. I may be wrong, but I think Hendrix was trying to come around.

In order to feel loved, be respected and stay connected, we humans have a tendency to lie. We lie about who we are, what we want, what we need, what we have done or will do. Perhaps 'lie' is too strong a word. Let me say that what we do is withhold the truth.

In almost every interview someone asks what does HIM stand for. I can't even remember our latest lie about that. When Hanson was hot, we said it means Hanson Is Murder. The name doesn't have a particular history. His Infernal Majesty was a totally different band. I think HIM derives from some death metal joke.

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.

I won't lie, I've had a lot of discouraging moments in the past years, moments I wasn't sure about things and doubted myself.

George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie.

It is better to take what does not belong to you than to let it lie around neglected.

One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.

There are lies, damned lies and statistics.

If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.