The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age. Votes: 2
Lucille BallAn excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded. Votes: 2
Pope John Paul IIFor every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth. Votes: 2
Bo BennettA lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. Votes: 2
Charles SpurgeonA man's best things are nearest him, Lie close about his feet.
Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron HoughtonI also know that you can lie not only by what you say but what you don't say.
Phyllis Reynolds NaylorThe little bit of truth contained in many a lie is what makes them so terrible.
Marie von Ebner-EschenbachBehind many acts that are thought ridiculous there lie wise and weighty motives.
Francois de La RochefoucauldIt is within the power of writers and artists to do much more: to defeat the lie!
Aleksandr SolzhenitsynSometimes, to remain silent is to lie, since silence can be interpreted as assent.
Miguel de UnamunoFor every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth.
Robert Foster BennettWhenever the urge to exercise comes upon me, I lie down for a while and it passes.
Robert M. HutchinsThe people is always expressive of the truth. The life of a people cannot be a lie.
Alexander HerzenIf life is a performance, and I am not an actor, am I supposed to lie down and die?
Juliana HatfieldI only lie for sex or money or to practice for when I need to lie for sex or money.
Stephen SchneiderGo tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here obedient to their laws we lie.
Steven PressfieldI'm a politician, and as a politician I have the prerogative to lie whenever I want.
Charlie PeacockTo see the Summer Sky Is Poetry, though never in a Book it lieâ True Poems fleeâ
Emily DickinsonHonor's a thing too subtle for wisdom; if honor lie in eating, he's right honorable.
Francis BeaumontTo fear death is the way to live long; to lie afraid of death is to be long a dying.
Francis QuarlesThe fine emotions whence our lives we mold Lie in the earthly tumult dumb and cold.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe power of propaganda is to say something enough times that it becomes the Big Lie.
Andrew BreitbartWow. Nice bike,â I said. Which was a lie. It looked like a glossy black death trap.
Becca Fitzpatrickplacid, adj. Sometimes I love it when we just lie on our backs, gaze off, stay still.
David LevithanOnstage, nothing is as important as truth, nothing. As soon as you lie, they know it.
Elaine StritchA lie is more comfortable than doubt, more useful than love, more lasting than truth.
Gabriel Garcia MarquezOpportunities are made, they do not just lie around waiting for someone to grab them.
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum[A cat] will lie the whole evening on your knee, purring and happy in your society...
Theophile GautierAnd, of all lies (be that one poet's boast) / The lie that flatters I abhor the most.
William CowperCrime and legal stories, broadly speaking, are just where my interest happens to lie.
William LandayFor my part, if a lie may do thee grace, I'll gild it with the happiest terms I have.
William ShakespeareAren't the clouds beautiful? I could just lie here all day, and watch them drift by...
Charles M. SchulzThe difference between golf and government is that in golf you can't improve your lie.
George DeukmejianMen judge of Christians by taking as fair samples those that lie rotten on the ground.
Henry Ward BeecherWhoever tells a lie is not pure of heart, and such a person can not cook a clean soup.
Ludwig van BeethovenSin is believing the lie that you are self-created, self-dependent and self-sustained.
Saint AugustineI believe in the dull lie - make your story boring enough and no one will question it.
Sara ParetskyI took out my watch and listened to it clicking away, not knowing it couldn't even lie
William FaulknerWhenever I feel the need to take some exercise I lie down until the feeling goes away.
Winston ChurchillDust into Dust, and under Dust to lie, Sans Wine, sans Song, sans Singer, and-sans End!
Omar KhayyamStones of small worth may lie unseen by day, But night itself does the rich gem betray.
Abraham CowleyIf one cannot invent a really convincing lie, it is often better to stick to the truth.
Angela ThirkellI am ashamed to be an American. And the title of U.S. soldier is just the lie of fools,
Bowe BergdahlI am a big fan of[Barak] Obama.I'd like to lie on the ground and have him walk over me.
Giovanna CauI never lie for the sake of kindness,â he murmured, smiling. âOne of my many flaws.
Lisa KleypasI have never seasoned a truth with the sauce of a lie in order to digest it more easily
Marguerite YourcenarIf the world thinks you're not good enough, it's a lie, you know. Get a second opinion.
Nick VujicicThe fundamental deception of Satan is the lie that obedience can never bring happiness.
R. C. SproulTurns out it was mostly a lie. But, at least for a short while, it was a beautiful one.
Russell BrandOn him does death lie heavily, who, but too well known to all, dies to himself unknown.
Seneca the YoungerI can't lie and say there are no bad writers. Sorry, but there are lots of bad writers.
Stephen KingEven the truth, when believed, is a lie. You must experience the truth, not believe it.
Werner ErhardMust not understanding lie open unto wisdom as the pyramids lie open to the stars? (6:2)
Aleister CrowleyNo absolute is going to make the lion lie down with the lamb: unless the lamb is inside.
D. H. LawrenceIt is easy to finish things. Nothing is simpler. Never does one lie so cleverly as then.
Henri de Toulouse-LautrecJournalistic conventions make it hard for reporters to deal with a big, complicated lie.
Michael KinsleyTis not where we lie but whence we fell; the loss of Heaven's the greatest pain in Hell.
Pedro Calderon de la BarcaMost people who have told a lie think they got away with it "¦ when in fact, they didn't
Randy PauschSyn has a brain disorder that causes him to lie most of the time. Ignore him. (Nykyrian)
Sherrilyn KenyonThere is no easy path leading out of life, and few are the easy ones that lie within it.
Walter Savage LandorWe lie by not telling you things...We don't lie by telling you things that aren't true.
Oliver NorthIt is better to ultimately succeed with the truth than to temporarily succeed with a lie.
Adrian RogersAll the important things in life lie beyond reason... and that's just the way things are.
Alister E. McGrathAll liars ... lie to protect themselves, to shield their egos from the raw pain of truth.
Aminatta FornaI hate when things are sugar-coated. I'd rather have the ugliest truth than the best lie.
Chloe Grace MoretzDogs - putting the lie to the age-old saying, I could never love anyone who ate a diaper.
Dana GouldHoly Scripture could never lie or err...its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth.
Galileo GalileiHow much do I love you? I'll tell you no lie. How deep is the ocean? How high is the sky?
Irving BerlinSuperior strength is found in the long run to lie with those who had right on their side.
James Anthony Froude[W]e all lie down in our bed of earth as sure to wake as ever we can be to shut our eyes.
Joseph HallGrace is always natural, though that does not prevent its being often used to hide a lie.
Marquis de CustinePerfect people don't drink, don't fight, don't lie, don't make mistakes and...don't exist
Paulo CoelhoAny fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.
Samuel ButlerThe reason why most people are frustrated is because a lie cannot be turned into a truth.
Vernon HowardCare keeps his watch in every old man's eye, And where care lodges, sleep will never lie.
William ShakespeareDon't lie about it. You made a mistake. Admit it and move on. Just don't do it again. Ever
Anthony BourdainIf you talk about people that lie, this Ted Cruz, this is the biggest liar I've ever seen.
Donald TrumpTake the life-lie away from the average man and straight away you take away his happiness.
Henrik IbsenIf you want to know about governments, all you need to know is two words: Governments lie.
I. F. StoneShe wants to believe my excuses so bad. Every time I lie, she wants to believe me so much.
Jay AsherTo an incompetent judge I must not lie, but I may be silent; to a competent I must answer.
John DonneI guess he believes if a lie is big enough and repeated often enough, it will be believed.
John McCainNothing is real or a lie, it all depends on the color of the glass you're looking through.
Manny TrilloA lie can make it half way around the world before the truth has time to put its boots on.
Mark TwainWhat would it matter if, for the sake of the Christian Church, one were to tell a big lie?
Martin LutherI sometimes believe his lies are the truth, but I have never mistaken his truth for a lie.
Megan Whalen TurnerPeople lie all the time in their divorce proceedings, especially when custody is an issue.
Megyn KellyYou don't make any money when you're my age. The stars get it all. That's a lie, actually.
Michael CaineIf you expect a bad lie for even one second, the gods will know it and give you a bad lie.
Michelle WieIt's a lie to think you're not good enough. It's a lie to think you're not worth anything.
Nick Vujicicâ¦we all lie to ourselves; we tell our own selves more lies than we ever do other people.
Philip K. DickI do know that the slickest way to lie is to tell the right amount of truth--then shut up.
Robert A. HeinleinTo be in front of an audience and pretending, and to lie, this is the principle of acting.
Roberto BenigniTo reach an audacious goal, we sometimes benefit from having it lie just beyond our grasp.
Sarah LewisThe truth is balance. However the opposite of truth, which is unbalance, may not be a lie.
Susan SontagIt is an art to have so much judgment as to apparel a lie well, to give it a good dressing.
Ben JonsonThe big lie is that the people who make a lot of money were the only ones that worked hard.
Chris MatthewsIf you (the press) lie about us, I will hit you, Kurt will shoot you, and we both will sue.
Courtney LoveThe woman who cannot tell a lie in defense of her husband, is unworthy of the name of wife.
Elbert HubbardEvery lie has 2 parts - the lie we tell others and the one we tell ourselves to justify it.
George DeukmejianThe scornful nostril and the high head gather not the odors that lie on the track of truth.
George EliotAre you out of your mind?" It's not polite to lie to your best friend. "It's a possibility.
Ilona AndrewsIf you are going to do something that you have to lie about, don't do it, it's very simple.
Jennifer LawrenceBy repetition, each lie becomes an irreversible fact upon which other lies are constructed.
John le CarreIf you do not know how to lie, cheat, and steal, turn your attention to politics and learn.
Josh BillingsI'll lie here and learn How, over their ground, Trees make a long shadow And a light sound.
Louise BoganA little lie can travel half way 'round the world while Truth is still lacing up her boots.
Mark TwainKnow, man hath all which Nature hath, but more, And in that more lie all his hopes of good.
Matthew ArnoldWisdom lies in recognizing the dangers that lie within us and doing battle with them daily.
Max AndersEvery documentary is subjective. It's a total lie to say there are objective documentaries.
Pirjo HonkasaloThough I never scruple a lie to serve my Master, it hurts one's conscience to be found out!
Richard Brinsley SheridanI am my own judge of what truths I shall tell. The truth can do just as much harm as a lie.
Thornton WilderThank God for sleep! And when you cannot sleep, still thank Him that you live to lie awake.
William Arthur DunkerleyThe grossly impudent lie always leaves traces behind it, even after it has been nailed down.
Adolf HitlerIt's our contention that equity may be in the money, depending on where the liabilities lie.
David TepperThey should have picked a different city to name after a man who reputedly never told a lie.
Doug LarsonNever tell a lie. Anyone who can tell you the slightest of lies is also capable of any evil.
Gautama BuddhaIn the hearts of witches, love and hate lie close together and often tumble over each other.
George MacDonaldEven a liar tells a hundred truths to one lie; he has to, to make the lie good for anything.
Henry Ward BeecherI soon came to the point where I didn't know whether my smiling face was a lie or not. -Lavi
Katsura HoshinoI like doing Pilates because I get to lie down on the floor for the duration of the session.
Lily DonaldsonWhat kind of truth is it which has these mountains as its boundary and is a lie beyond them?
Michel de MontaigneSuffering and drama begin when you lie to yourself, even if you don't realize you are lying.
Miguel Angel RuizSometimes we don't want to accept who we really are, and we lie to each other, to ourselves.
Miguel Angel SilvestreI'm not mad at anybody. I'm not being forced out. It is what it is. I have no reason to lie.
Mike HargroveSaying what you believe others want to hear is, of course, a form of lying. Votes: 3 Karl Ove Knausgard
Please don't lie to me,unless,you're sure I'll never find out the truth. Votes: 2 Ashleigh Brilliant
God does not lie in our collective past, God lies in our collective future; the Garden of Eden is tomorrow, not yetsterday; the Golden Age lies down the road, not up it. Votes: 3 Ken Wilber
A good portion of speaking will consist in knowing how to lie. Votes: 1 Desiderius Erasmus
Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages a man to be expansive, even reckless, while lie detectors are only a challenge to tell lies successfully. Votes: 3 Graham Greene
Please don't lie to me,unless,you're sure I'll never find out the truth. Votes: 2 Ashleigh Brilliant
All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on. Votes: 4 Havelock Ellis
Never lie in bed at night asking yourself questions you can't answer. Votes: 3 Charles M. Schulz
I don't think people understand that being poor means you have to work from dawn until dusk just to survive through the day. I think there's some notion that poor people lie about all day not doing anything. Votes: 2 Emma Thompson
People who lie to themselves about investing are the same as overweight people who blame their genes for their obesity. Votes: 4 Robert Kiyosaki
I really don't have any secrets. I've never met a photographer whose work I respected that had a secret because the secret lies within each and every one of us. Votes: 3 John Sexton
I will make a bargain with the Republicans. If they will stop telling lies about Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them. Votes: 2 Adlai Stevenson
The English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth. Votes: 3 Malcolm Bradbury
The God of life summons us to life; more, to be lifegivers, especially toward those who lie under the heel of the powers. Votes: 4 Daniel Berrigan
[Propaganda] does not have multiple shadings; it has a positive and a negative; love or hate, right or wrong, truth or lie, never half this way and half that way... Votes: 3 Adolf Hitler
Washington, DC is to lying what Wisconsin is to cheese. Votes: 2 Dennis Miller