100 Quotes About Ly

Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love. Fyodor Dostoyevsky

So you're always honest, " I said." Aren't you?"" No, " I told him. "I'm not."" Well, that's good to know, I guess."" I'm not saying I'm a liar, " I told him. He raised his eyebrows. "That's not how I meant it, anyways."" How'd you mean it, then?"" I just... I don't always say what I feel."" Why not?"" Because the truth sometimes hurts, " I said." Yeah, " he said. "So do lies, though. Sarah Dessen

Things come apart so easily when they have been held together with lies. Dorothy Allison

Knowing can be a curse on a person's life. I'd traded in a pack of lies for a pack of truth, and I didn't know which one was heavier. Which one took the most strength to carry around? It was a ridiculous question, though, because once you know the truth, you can't ever go back and pick up your suitcase of lies. Heavier or not, the truth is yours now. Sue Monk Kidd

The truth is always an insult or a joke, lies are generally tastier. We love them. The nature of lies is to please. Truth has no concern for anyone's comfort Katherine Dunn

The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to such a pass that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love, and in order to occupy and distract himself without love he gives way to passions and coarse pleasures, and sinks to bestiality in his vices, all from continual lying to other men and to himself. Fyodor Dostoyevsky

For Sabina, living in truth, lying neither to ourselves nor to others, was possible only away from the public: the moment someone keeps an eye on what we do, we involuntarily make allowances for that eye, and nothing we do is truthful. Having a public, keeping a public in mind, means living in lies. Milan Kundera

At times to be silent is to lie. You will win because you have enough brute force. But you will not convince. For to convince you need to persuade. And in order to persuade you would need what you lack: Reason and Right Miguel De Unamuno

It is much harder to lie to someone's face. But. It is also much harder to tell the truth to someone's face. David Levithan

I don't like the word 'allegorical', I don't like the word 'symbolic' - the word I really like is 'mythic', and people always think that means 'full of lies', whereas of course what it really means is 'full of truth which cannot be told in any other way but a story'. William Golding

The best lies are based on thetruth, at least in part Cassandra Clare

Young people, " McDonald said contemptuously. "You always think there's something to find out."" Yes, sir, " Andrews said." Well, there's nothing, " McDonald said. "You get born, and you nurse on lies, and you get weaned on lies, and you learn fancier lies in school. You live all your life on lies, and then maybe when you're ready to die, it comes to you – that there's nothing, nothing but yourself and what you could have done. Only you ain't done it, because the lies told you there was something else. Then you know you could of had the world, because you're the only one that knows the secret; only then it's too late. You're too old."" No, " Andrews said. A vague terror crept from the darkness that surrounded them, and tightened his voice. "That's not the way it is."" You ain't learned, then, " McDonald said. "You ain't learned yet. . John Williams

Truth is a risky proposition. It's the nature of mediocre human beings to believe that lies are necessary, that they serve a purpose, that truth is subversive, that candor is dangerous, that the very scaffold of communal life is supported by lies. Anne Rice

It is much easier to believe lies than the truth." "Why?" asked Janna. "Because lies are manufactured to satisfy the emotions. A mother would rather believe her pretty girl lazy than accept the fact that she's a dumb cluck. Germans would rather believe they were stabbed in the back than that they lost a fair fight. And anyone would rather blame someone else for his misfortunes. The truth is hard. Don't fool with it unless you realize that. . Hilda Van Stockum

Know that diamonds and roses are as uncomfortable when they tumble from one's lips as toads and frogs: colder, too, and sharper, and they cut. Neil Gaiman

Semiotics is in principle the discipline studying everything which can be used in order to lie. If something cannot be used to tell a lie, conversely it cannot be used to tell the truth: it cannot in fact be used "to tell" at all. Umberto Eco

When he was in the army he'd picked up a great many girls: sometimes nothing happened except a lot of talk, and that was all right too: because it didn't matter what you said to them, for in those transient moments lies or truth were arbitrary and you were whatever you wanted to be. Truman Capote

Since i was born, i have realized that; all things that people do in this world are mostly based on the lies of their grand grand parents. Unknown

Because we’ve been lied to and lied to, and it hurts to be lied to. It’s ultimately just about that complicated: it hurts. It denies you respect for yourself, for the liar, for the world. Especially if the lies are chronic, systemic, if hard experience seems to teach that everything you’re supposed to believe in’s really a game based on lies. Young Voters have been taught well and thoroughly. You may not personally remember Vietnam or Watergate, but it’s a good bet you remember ‘No new taxes’ and ‘Out of the loop’ and ‘No direct knowledge of any impropriety at this time’ and Did not inhale’ and ‘Did not have sex with that woman’ and etc. etc. It’s depressing and painful to believe that the would-be ‘public servants’ you’re forced to choose between are all phonies whose only real concern is their own care and feeding and who will lie so outrageously with such a straight face that you just know they have to believe you’re an idiot. So who wouldn’t fall all over themselves for a top politician who actually seemed to talk to you like you were a person, an intelligent adult worthy of respect? . David Foster Wallace

Lying, " he said out loud, hoping no one would hear. "I need to lie. Teach me, quickly." I wouldn't if I were you, came the response. For a start, it's a variable concept here. You are in a culture where ambiguity has been raised to a high level. Let me give an example: depending on phrasing, circumstance, expression, body movement, intonation and context, the statement "I love you" can mean I love you; I don't love you; I hate you; I want to have sex with you; I do, in fact, love your sister; I don't love you any more; leave me alone, I'm tired, or I'm sorry I forgot your birthday. The person being talked to would instantly understand the meaning but might choose to attribute an entirely different meaning to the statement. Lying is a social act and the nature and import of the lie depends in effect on an unspoken agreement between the parties concerned. Please note that this description does not even begin to explore the concept of deep lies, in which the speaker simultaneously says something he knows to be untrue and genuinely believes it nonetheless: politicians are particularly adept at this. Iain Pears

Oddly enough, the only person likely to be an ideal victim of complete manipulation is the President of the United States. Because of the immensity of his job, he must surround himself with advisers, the "National Security Managers", as they have been recently called by Richard Barnet, who "exercise their power chiefly by filtering the information that reaches the President and interpreting the outside world for him". Hannah Arendt

My Mistake - i trusted My fault - i believed My Bad - i open my heart My Muff - i was honest My Lapse - i was caring Good People of today's world do not have all that things. So if someone have. surly deserve Punishment , Betrayal , cheating and wounds on Heart and Soul Mohammed Zaki Ansari

The world is a sewer of lies. We’re all up to our necks in the sweet shit of it. Benjamin Percy

Lies have always been easier to invent than reality. Marty Rubin

People believe in everything, except the reality. Min Kim

Reality blithely ignores the lies we tell ourselves about it. Chris Cogan

Is it possible to tell the truth in a society of lies? Or must you always, of necessity, become a liar? And if you lie to a liar, is the sun somehow negated or reversed? Lauren Oliver

The liar has a bad memory. Idries Shah

What is success? Freedom from lies. Living your truth. J.R. Rim

Words can lie. See beyond them. Victoria Aveyard

When fear and cold make a statue of you in your bed, don’t expect hard-boned and fleshless truth to come running to your aid. What you need are the plump comforts of a story. The soothing, rocking safety of a lie. Diane Setterfield

Yeah, it didn't work like that because lies cannot protect Danielle Bernock

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you. Friedrich Nietzsche

If you say that you have never lied at all, then you give too much trust on anybody. Toba Beta

I am glad that I can tell the truth, for lies are a form of theft; the liar steals from another person's trust. There are liars all over the world who have grown rich on the trust they have stolen. Najaf Mazari

Well the other thing about lying is that the liar is banking on two things when telling the lie. They are hoping that the person being lied to is gullible enough to believe, and it’s also not even that they think they are gullible, it’s that they know the person they are lying to well enough that they know the person won’t push it any further because they know the person they are lying to wants to believe the lie. Garry Crystal

Impact of telling a lie: The day it is spoken to the day it is caught. Neeraj Bhanot

I'd grown to trust Mr. Bradshaw, even though he was the one who had taught me how to lie. Not to mention the day he lectured me on how to get close to someone to find out the truth about them, as if he was the ultimate expert. Nevertheless, I trusted him. I really did. Embee

She said that you--" "I don't care what she said." I stand up. "Everyone lies." "Hey, " he says softly. "It's just a code." "No. Everyone lies." I stub the cigarette out. "It's just another language you have to learn." Then he delicately adds, "I think you need some coffee, dude." Pause. "Why are you so angry? Bret Easton Ellis

We’re gonna lie when the truth is hard? That’s how this relationship is going to work? All righty, then. Gena Showalter

I lied! ' I spat my whisper at him. 'I knew you read my journal. I knew you read my dreams. I wrote there what I thought would hurt you most! I lied to hurt you. For letting him be dead while you lived. For being loved by him more than he loved me! ' I took a breath. 'He loved you more than he ever loved any of the rest of us! Robin Hobb

We need falsifications to make the past inhabitable. Frans Kellendonk

...someone ought to invent a tool, a kind of plane to shave the lies away from stories and deception away from memories. I'm a collector of shavings. Unknown

A wise man once said the fact that everyone lies is a universal truth, the only variable is about what. Cameron Jace

I create lies for people in order for them to find something true about themselves. I teach people that lies are doors that opens up to truth. Either you accept the lie, or you run away from it, thus, eliminating the meaning behind it, and what is could have accomplished. Lionel Suggs

Sexual abuse injects poisonous lies into its victims’ hearts and minds. “You’re not worthy” is one of them. Carolyn Byers Ruch

It was as if she would never be whole until the secrets of the past were exposed. Rachel Abbott

He would argue with her about killing themselves; and explain how wicked people were; how he could see them making up lies as they passed in the street. He knew all their thoughts, he said; he knew everything. He knew the meaning of the world, he said. Virginia Woolf

The real reason we have faces, " Margot Lassiter observes, "is to hold back what we're thinking from the world. Eli Gottlieb

Lying in small doses makes a good storyteller great. Bryan Way

The saddest thing that can happen to a person is to find out their memories are lies. Unknown

If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed. Adolf Hitler

Lies and secrets, Tessa, they are like a cancer in the soul. They eat away what is good and leave only destruction behind. Cassandra Clare

I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won't. Mark Twain

The visionary lies to himself, the liar only to others. Friedrich Nietzsche

The cruelest lies are often told in silence. Robert Louis Stevenson