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Quotes About FALSE

To ask whether the natural rights philosophy of the Declaration of Independence is true or false, is essentially a meaningless question.
~ Carl L. Becker
Much of the philosophy of religious education has been based upon a false premise, and perhaps many have missed the essence of Christian experience, having had religious training take its place.
~ Billy Graham
If someone's beliefs are fixed and false, he or she can do anything to justify their beliefs.
~ Debasish Mridha M.D.
When our beliefs are false we can justify anything to prove our beliefs.
~ Debasish Mridha
Ted Cruz has been playing an ad about me that is so ridiculously false, no basis in fact. Take ad down, Ted. Biggest liar in politics.
~ Donald Trump
When I capture my thoughts and compare them to the truth of God's Word, I often find they are false, deceptive, or destructive.
~ Lori Hatcher
False as the adulterate promises of favorites in power when poor men court them.
~ Thomas Otway
How many loved your moments of glad grace, And loved your beauty with love false or true; But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face.
~ William Butler Yeats
Fanaticism soberly defined, is the false fire of an over heated mind.
~ William Cowper
We would all pass for such as have the true faith and not the false. But, be not your own judges; appeal to the Spirit of God, and let him, with the sword of his word, come and decide the controversy. Which faith is thine, the true or false?
~ William Gurnall
False faith, indeed, once foiled, seldom comes on again; but true faith riseth and fights more valiantly, as we see in Peter and other Scripture examples. Temptation
~ William Gurnall
Must the soul's armour be of God's make? Be exhorted then to look narrowly whether the armour ye wear be the workmanship of God or no. There is abundance of false ware put off now-a-days; little good armour worn by the multitude of professors
~ William Gurnall
I was ready to lose everything for a hope I now knew was false. I now knew it was false, impossible, ruined already by my own hand, and still I had no choice
~ William Lashner
If we supposed that theories gave true knowledge, corresponding to 'reality as it is', then we would have to conclude that Newtonian theory was true until around 1900, after which it suddenly became false, while relativity and quantum theory suddenly became the truth. Such an absurd conclusion does not arise, however, if we say that all theories are insights, which are neither true nor false but, rather, clear in certain domains, and unclear when extended beyond these domains.
~ David Bohm
Sociobiology is not incomprehensible, but it is one of the religions which are obviously false. The
~ David C. Stove
I eventually came to suspect that any God who is nervous, defensive, or angry in the face of questions is a false god. I began to realize that I often ascribed to God the traits of people who are ill at ease, anxious, and occasionally hateful and who even presume from time to time to speak on God's behalf.
~ David Dark
metaphysics by showing that these theories are not just false, but unintelligible.
~ David Hume
When any opinion leads us into absurdities, 'tis certainly false; but 'tis not certain an opinion is false, because 'tis of dangerous consequence.
~ David Hume
Misdirection. False signals. Spreading confusion. This is the Tao of deception.
~ David Ignatius
It shows us that it is never wise to turn an entirely deaf ear when the report of a disaster comes to hand, because in this instance the main facts were conveyed across country, striking the great arterial caravan route at Unyanyembé, and getting at once into a channel that would ensure the intelligence reaching Zanzibar. On the other hand, false reports never lag on their journey:—how often has Livingstone been killed in former years!
~ David Livingstone
Security is a false God. Begin to make sacrifices to it and you are lost.
~ Paul Bowles
Throughout the Old Testament, God warns his chosen people about the perils of assimilation, shiksappeal and false gods.
~ David Harsanyi
When we do not adore God, we adore something else. Money and power are false idols which often take the place of God.
~ Pope Francis
No more is your master a god, Nobility, but he wants offerings from all. When Black God claims us, who will be punished for giving worship and power to a false god? The prince? Or Banjiku?
~ Tamora Pierce, Emperor Mage