Half the lies our opponents tell about us are untrue.
Lies that do not hurt, which are different from lies that protect oneself or hurt another person. That is not my business. But the truth is mostly very boring, and you can help it along with lies. There is no harm in that.
Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.
My opposition to Interviews lies in the fact that offhand answers have little value or grace of expression, and that such oral give and take helps to perpetuate the decline of the English language.
I keep reading between the lies.
The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produce no concepts; therefore it is dumb.
All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.
Valor lies just halfway between rashness and cowardice.
The ultimate end is a nation that lies under the concept of the Declaration of Indepen dence. The Declaration of Independence is such an extraordinary statement - it was designed by people skeptical of government, local or national, but in particular national.
Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two.
The joy of style lies not in how we look to other people, but in how we look to ourselves - and the most memorable and beautiful outfits are simply those that, in some rare moment of joy, we found the courage to share with the world.
The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world. In this long vigil he often has to vary his methods of stimulation; but in this long vigil he is also himself striving against a continual tendency to sleep.
What is a good performance? It lies in the hands and head of a performer... the shortest way between two people is not a straight line.
In books lies the soul of the whole past time.
There's an apparent freedom, an apparent liberty of access to everything, but you can't use it because it's too much. Everything is at the same level. You even have fake news. You have to go through fake news to make up your mind. Facts and lies are treated as equal. There are even people who are against the idea of climate change.
Before speaking without knowledge, saying lies, you have to present evidence.
Here Lies Julius Schwartz. He met his last deadline.
What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.
I believe the preservation of the home in the future lies almost entirely in the hands of men.
Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation.
Start where you are. Distant fields always look greener, but opportunity lies right where you are. Take advantage of every opportunity of service.
But from each crime are born bullets that will one day seek out in you where the heart lies.
I will make a bargain with the Republicans. If they will stop telling lies about Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.
Lies can be verbal or nonverbal, kindhearted or self-serving, devious or bald-faced; they can be lies of omission or lies of commission; they can be lies that undermine national security or lies that make a child feel better. And each type might involve a unique neural pathway.
If I have any complaints about my youth... one is that many well-meaning adults lied to me. Not spiteful lies with malicious intent but lies designed to prevent emotional and psychological pain - lies told by the people who cared about me most: my parents, teachers, relatives.
But say some, would you expose woman to the contact of rough, rude, drinking, swearing, fighting men at the ballot box? What a humiliating confession lies in this plea for keeping woman in the background!
What is the use of theorizing as to wherein lies the charm that moves us?
You can't trust politicians. It doesn't matter who makes a political speech. It's all lies - and it applies to any rock star who wants to make a political speech as well.
What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.
My interest lies in my self-expression - what's inside of me - not what I'm in.
When you read something you have written, you have to confront some of the lies you have been telling yourself.
Art lies by its own artifice.
The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant.
Ellis Island lies in New York Harbor 1,300 feet from Jersey City, New Jersey, and one mile from the tip of Manhattan. At the time of the first European settlement, it was mostly mud, sand, and oyster shells, which nearly disappeared at high tide.
Glory lies in the attempt to reach one's goal and not in reaching it.
That's where the future lies, in the youth of today.