Quotes of: Telling-lies Keyword

If you ask me to tell you anything about the nature of what lies beyond the phaneron… my answer is “How should I know?”… I am not dismayed by ultimate mysteries… I can no more grasp what is behind such questions as my cat can understand wha...

The Whys of a Philosophical Scrivener

Harry: Tell me about Peter Pettigrew! Professor Lupin: He was at school witth us, we thought he was our friend. Harry: No, Pettigrew's dead. [to Sirius] Harry: You killed him. Professor Lupin: No he didn't! I thought so too, until you mentioned seein...

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Hope? Hope is not the absence of tragedy, my friend. It is the conviction that tragedy can be endured. Hope is the spark in you that is not subdued in the face of the vast and callous indifference of the universe. Hope is that which is not shattered ...

Love

Li Mu Bai: You need practice. I can teach you to fight with the Green Destiny, but first you must learn to hold it in stillness. Jen Yu: Why do you want to teach me? Li Mu Bai: I've always wanted a disciple worthy of Wudan's secrets. Jen Yu: And if I...

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

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

Geek Love

You said you didn’t care what I thought. Or what I did. Or if I died, if I’m not mistaken." “I lied! And you know I lied, you stupid bastard!

The Assassin's Blade

In a world where language and naming are power, silence is oppression, is violence.

On Lies, Secrets, and Silence: Selected Prose, 1966-1978

All stories are lies. But good stories are lies made from light and fire. And they lift our hearts out of the dust, and out of the grave.

Lucifer, Vol. 11: Evensong

What thief does not fight to hold what he has?" "One that has something better" - Locke Lamora to the Gray king

The Lies of Locke Lamora

Love never dies but the affection/passion you have for each other may fade over time when you don't personally connect with each other.

Love, Sex, Lies and Reality

You think I'm deranged! How refreshing. Everyone here takes me so seriously, it's a wonderful change to be thought mentally deficient.

Sex, Lies and Vampires

You lying liar," Vaan said, "who lies to me with lies. Nobody actually likes Shakespeare! They just pretend to sound more cultural and pretentious.

Pretty Shade of Grey

Books. People have no idea how beautiful books are. How they taste on your fingers. How bright everything is when you light it with words.

Tolstoy Lied: A Love Story

I’m an artist; I do not destroy, but create scars. And above that, I am an inventor of new ways to create them.

Within Serenity Lies A Siren

America—where we hate our fathers, love our mothers, and everyone is hung up on trying to be a man

White Wedding Lies, and Discontent: An American Love Story

Science of happiness lies in our understanding. The secrets of happiness lie in our capacity to expand our heart.

Yoga and Vipassana: An Integrated Life Style

Each day a few more lies eat into the seed with which we are born, little institutional lies from the print of newspapers, the shock waves of television, and the sentimental cheats of the movie screen.

Norman Mailer

I believe in God, but I detest theocracy. For every Government consists of mere men and is, strictly viewed, a makeshift; it adds to its commands "Thus saith the Lord", it lies, and lies dangerously.

C.S. Lewis

I remain terrified of the capacity of the media, the capacity of spin doctors, here and abroad, particularly the United States media, to perpetuate false lies, perpetuate lies.

John le Carre

Always there is a bitch lies in every virgin heart, and a virgin always lies in the heart of a bitch. To be honest, there cannot ever be anyone who is one-man or one-woman human, in action or may be in thought!

Argha

Tell me I'm clever, Tell me I'm kind, Tell me I'm talented, Tell me I'm cute, Tell me I'm sensitive, Graceful and wise, Tell me I'm perfect - But tell me the truth.

Shel Silverstein