Lie Quotes
We believe that an artist, in order to be true to himself and his work, must be a free man.John F. Kennedy, Introducing Pablo Casals at a White House dinner, November 1961, at which he performed publicly for the first t
I want to believe in intelligent design, and hence I am suspicious of anything that seems to confirm my desire to believe.James Lileks, The Bleat web log, September 15, 2003
Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as this ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth. said of Mahatma Gandhi.Albert Einstein
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.Anatole France
If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier that other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are.Montesquieu
America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week.Evan Esa
Every man has his follies - - And often they are the most interesting thing he has got.Josh Billings
You are not made happy by the true things you believe from your faith, but by the goodness which comes from your faith.Emanuel Swedenborg, From the book "Arcana Coelestia" #4984
The more the fruits of knowledge become accessible to men, the more widespread is the decline of religious belief.Sigmund Freud, The Future of an Illusion (1927)
He that embarks on the voyage of life will always wish to advance rather by the impulse of the wind than the strokes of the oar; and many foulder in their passage; while they lie waiting for the gale.Johnson
Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.Bern Williams
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.William Shakespeare, "King Henry IV Part II", Act 2 scene 1
In the province of the mind, what one believes to be true either is true or becomes true.John Lilly
I believe it is an established maxim in morals that he who makes an assertion without knowing whether it is true or false is guilty of falsehood, and the accidental truth of the assertion does not justify or excuse him.Abraham Lincoln
Nothing in the entire universe ever perishes, believe me, but things vary, and adopt a new form. The phrase being born is used for beginning to be something different from what one was before, while dying means ceasing to be the same. Though this thing may pass into that, and that into this, yet the sums of things remains unchanged.Ovid, Metamorphoses
When all is summed up, a man never speaks of himself without loss; his accusations of himself are always believed; his praises never.Michel de Montaigne
Baloney is the unvarnished lie laid on so thick you hate it. Blarney is flattery laid on so thin you love it.Fulton John Sheen
It a letter contains a misleading impression, not a lie. It was being economical with the truth.Robert Armstrong
Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously!Friedrich Nietzsche
The teacher must derive not only the capacity, but the desire, to observe natural phenomena. The teacher must understand and feel her position of observer the activity must lie in the phenomenon.Maria Montessori
Not that you lied to me, but that I no longer believe you, has shaken me.Friedrich Nietzsce, Beyond Good and Evil
A lie told often enough becomes the truth.Lenin
Their understanding Begins to swell and the approaching tide Will shortly fill the reasonable shores That now lie foul and muddy.William Shakespeare
I believe in an open mind, but not so open that your brains fall out.Arthur Hays Sulzberge
If you achieve success, you will get applause, and if you get applause, you will hear it. My advice to you concerning applause is this; enjoy it but never quite believe it.Robert Montgomery
The best an American can look forward to is the lonely pleasure of one who stands at long last on a chilly and inhospitable mountaintop where few have been before, where few can follow and where few will consent to believe he has been.George Frost Kennan
I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.Truman Capote
I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief.Gerry Spence
Talk unbelief, and you will have unbelief; but talk faith, and you will have faith. According to the seed sown will be the harvest.Ellen G. White
Nature is earlier than man, but man is earlier than natural science.Von Weizsacke
The good or ill of a man lies within his own will.Epictetus
Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.George Orwell
Now the church is not wood and stone, but the company of people who believe in Christ.Martin Luthe
There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life; but when she does not find him ready to receive her, she walks in at the door, and flies out at the window.Montesquieu
Happiness lies, first of all, in health.George William Curtis
Love flies, runs, and rejoices; it is free and nothing can hold it back.Thomas a Kempis
You can convince anyone of anything if you just push it at them 100% of the time. They may not believe it completely, but they will still use it to form opinions, especially if they have nothing else to draw on.Charles Manson
