Lies Quotes - page 30

You are meant to play the ball as it lies, a fact that may help to touch on your own objective approach to life. (Grantland Rice)
One of the lies that we tell ourselves is that we're making progress; but Huey's chair's empty. View quote
H. Rap Brown
To the rest of us the supreme vindication of the scholar's view lies in their invincible allegiance to the Jewish heritage - a steadfastness that has been matched only by that of their rescuers. View quote
Henrietta Szold
It is impossible for someone to lie unless he thinks he knows the truth. A person who lies is thereby responding to the truth, and he is to that extent respectful of it. View quote
Harry Frankfurt
In trying to make something new, half the undertaking lies in discovering whether it can be done. Once it has been established that it can, duplication is inevitable. View quote
Helen Gahagan Douglas
Our invisibility is the essence of our oppression. And until we eliminate that invisibility, people are going to be able to perpetuate the lies and myths about gay people. View quote
Jean O'Leary
Major religions are examples of 'noble lies' aimed at uplifting human stature. View quote
Jack Miller
You never undertake a project because you think other people will like it - because that way lies madness - but rather because you believe in it. View quote
John Simm
There is no lie that a man will not believe; and there is no man who does not believe many lies; and there is no man who believes only lies. View quote
John Sterling
Those who know New York City primarily through tourism or mass culture may think of us natives as possessing certain shared characteristics, not all of them flattering. But the true, volatile charisma of New York lies in how balkanised it is. View quote
Jonathan Dee
To me, the appeal of opera lies in the fact that a myriad of singers and instruments, each possessed of different qualities of voice and sound, against the backdrop of a grand stage and beautiful costumes, come together in one complete and impressive drama. (Junichiro Koizumi)
I think the responsibility lies with the fashion world as a collective. We have to demand more variety. View quote
Kevyn Aucoin
Once it gets to a point where it becomes a matter of life and death to occupy a position of leadership or not, with an eye on future opportunities, therein lies the danger. View quote
Kgalema Motlanthe
Vicksburg lies on top of a bluff on the east side of a large tongue of land jutting out into the Mississippi. View quote
Knute Nelson
The future may be made up of many factors but where it truly lies is in the hearts and minds of men. Your dedication should not be confined for your own gain, but unleashes your passion for our beloved country as well as for the integrity and humanity of mankind. View quote
Li Ka-shing
But little white lies here and there is human nature. Everybody does that. View quote
Lucy Hale
The real exertion in the case of an opera singer lies not so much in her singing as in her acting of a role, for nearly every modern opera makes great dramatic and physical demands. View quote
Maria Jeritza
My only true harmony lies deep within my soul, wherever that is. I know that somehow I am in tune with the universe. View quote
Mercedes McCambridge
To look back all the time is boring. Excitement lies in tomorrow. View quote
Natalia Makarova
At the end of the day, acting is all about telling lies. We are professional imposters and the audience accept that. We've made this deal that we tell you a tale and a pack of lies, but there will be a truth in it. You may enjoy it, or it will disturb you. View quote
Pete Postlethwaite
It's absolutely not acceptable for people to argue that, if we are going to do anything about climate change at all, well, the responsibility lies solely with the individual. (Peter Garrett)
Actually I think Art lies in both directions - the broad strokes, big picture but on the other hand the minute examination of the apparently mundane. Seeing the whole world in a grain of sand, that kind of thing. View quote
Peter Hammill
The increase of scientific knowledge lies not only in the occasional milestones of science, but in the efforts of the very large body of men who with love and devotion observe and study nature. View quote
Polykarp Kusch
Politicians... talk in generalities and lies, and I think they've caused all our grief. They're so awful, they're really funny. I hate thinking this because my dad loved politics. View quote
Paul Lynde
Seeking to forget makes exile all the longer; the secret of redemption lies in remembrance. View quote
Richard von Weizsaecker