Quotes About Lies

Think, man, think of all the oceans of lies through all the ages that must have been necessary to make this possible! Think of this new particular vintage of lies that has been so industriously pumped out of the press and the pulpit. Doesn't it stagger you?

Think, man, think of all the oceans of lies through all the ages that must have been necessary to make this possible! Think of this new particular vintage of lies that has been so industriously pumped out of the press and the pulpit. Doesn't it stagger you? Martin

In that case, the truck driver took the stand, swore to tell the truth, then lied for three hours. He said Gretchen crossed the center line and caused the wreck, made it sound as though she was trying to kill herself. The coal companies are clever and they never send down one truck at a time. They travel in pairs, so there's always a witness ready to testify.

It's amazing how lies grow. You start with a small one that seems easy to cover, then you get boxed in and tell another one. Then another. People believe you at first, and they act upon your lies, and you catch yourself wishing you'd simply told the truth.

He's such a good boy." Maybe. Louie had flirted around the edges of the drug scene throughout high school. There were plenty of red flags but his parents had always chosen to ignore them. At every sign of trouble, they had rushed in to defend him and believe his lies. They had enabled Louie, and now the bill was due.

This country is founded on some very noble ideals but also some very big lies. One is that everyone has a fair chance at success. Another is that rich people have to be smart and hardworking or else they wouldn't be rich. Another is that if you're not rich, don't worry about it, because rich people aren't really happy. I am the white male living proof that all of that is garbage.

When you lie, it makes you feel in charge of your life. Telling lies is very seductive to orphans. I know because I tell them, too. I love to lie. When you lie, you feel as if you have cheated fate - your own, and everybody else's.

To watch my mother onstage, and to watch Dan being awful to her, was such a riveting lie. It was not the play that interested us—it was what a lie it was: that Dan was awful to my mother, that he meant her harm. That was fascinating.

Newspapers reported on the disease with the same mixture of truth and half-truth, truth and distortion, truth and lies with which they reported everything else. And no national official ever publicly acknowledged the danger of influenza.

In 1918 the lies of officials and of the press never allowed the terror to condense into the concrete. The public could trust nothing and so they knew nothing.

In 1918 the lies of officials and of the press never allowed the terror to condense into the concrete. The public could trust nothing and so they knew nothing. Society is, ultimately, based on trust; as trust broke down, people became alienated not only from those in authority, but from each other.

Education is a vast sea of lies, waste, corruption, crackpot theorizing, and careerist log-rolling.

If you live in bad faith, lies will appear to you like the truth.

Faith makes blessed. Consequently it lies.

"Faith" as an imperative is a veto against science-in praxi, it means lies at any price.

My heart as gone cold like the winters blow, My heart has broken into pieces and lost in the woods and each piece of it will never be found, My desperate shouting for love has disappeared, and the calling for happiness has faded away, And now, you've given me a reason to not fall into lies.

I hate when people lie and leave you to die...

I prefer to be broken with the ugly truth then fall in love with your beautiful lies.

Telling me lies when the truth was clear, I think she knew what I wanted to hear.

Relationships end because of rumors, lies, cheating, social networks, being fake, no trust, listing to others, lack of sex and lack of love.

I know you so well. You act like you're so nice. You act like you really care. You act like you truly love me. You act like you understand. You act like you want to see me happy in my life. You know what? Quit acting. I can see right through you and your lies.

I hate it when I'm being lied straight to my face when I know every bit of the truth.

Every little lie you lie brings us closer to goodbye.

None are so hopelessly enslaved, as those who falsely believe they are free. The truth has been kept from the depth of their minds by masters who rule them with lies. They feed them on falsehoods till wrong looks like right in their eyes.