I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me.

A lie, sometimes, can be truer than the truth, which is why fiction gets written.

Be careful of the lie you believe about yourself, sooner or later, you will be convinced of it.

In the power of fixing the attention lies the most precious of the intellectual habits.

If it were true love, he would never make you sacrifice your dignity to be with him. He would respect you and treat you as if you were sacred to his heart. If he loved...

Back then we gave it our all, we neither lied nor made mistakes, we didn’t fail and didn’t do anything wrong.It’s just that…TIME has passed and changed it all.

Do you really think what you read in those books is true? Sure, some of it may be but have you ever actually paid attention to it? It’s all false set upon us as truth....

Freedom is the most sophisticated form of control. The best lies use the truth.

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

Mythology is a set of primitive lies that people rarely believe. This is rather different from history, which is a set of lies that people believe.

NASA needs to focus on the things that are really important and that we do not know how to do. The agency is a pioneering force, and that is where its competitive advantage lies.

Tell me right now.

No.” I lied.

The eye of danger and the face of fear are what really pull off a person’s mask.

The only thing more frustrating than slanderers is those foolish enough to listen to them.

JAY: Why is a story more upfront than life?LENORE: It just seems more honest, somehow.JAY: Honest meaning closer to the truth?LENORE: I smell trap.JAY: I smell breakthrough. The truth is that there’s no difference between...

In the debate over guns, both sides are angry. The pro-gunners are angry at the ignorance, lies, and distortions of the anti-gunners, and the anti-gunners are angry with the pro-gunners for presenting facts.

But may the truth be told. May the true self may be found. May the truth rule the world more than ever. How easy life will be if everyone is just true to themselves, true...

But men love abstract reasoning and neat systematization so much that they think nothing of distorting the truth, closing their eyes and ears to contrary evidence to preserve their logical constructions.

A storyteller makes up things to help other people; a liar makes up things to help himself.

The shape of her smile is curved like a lie, like a boomerang she knows she has to catch quickly when it comes back to her.

After all, the lies did serve to keep something from somebody, and the somebody was us.

Lies have always been easier to invent than reality.

Satan is behind the theory of evolution. Satan hates God and us. Satan is the father of all lies. So he wants nothing more than to make every human being alive believe lies about God,...

Never shut off pain till it eats you up completely. Ensure you find someone you can confide in and trust, share your burdens, cry if you need to by letting it all out. No one...

Writing fiction is the act of weaving a series of lies to arrive at a greater truth.

The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious.

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.

If history is written by the victorious, what if the victors lied?

Some girls had mothers who never called them beautiful but swore their love up and down. It’s all the same, really. All bullshit.

Not only do I never lie, I never respond to lies, no matter how vicious, no matter how hurtful.

Seeking the truth you will find lies from the past.

Lies are a little fortress; inside them you can feel safe and powerful. Through your little fortress of lies you try to run your life and manipulate others. But the fortress needs walls, so you...

What lies behind us & what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Lie to yourself if you want, but you’re not fooling me. Your excuses tell me that you didn’t really want it.

Humility is nothing but truth, and pride is nothing but lying.

Don’t forget that we lawyers, we’re a higher breed of intellect, and so it’s our privilege to lie. It’s as clear as day. Animals can’t even imagine lying: if you were to find yourself among...

There are no guarantees with finally being honest and coming clean with people. Sometimes you don’t win love back. Sometimes you lose the love you had. Sometimes you crush people that cared. Sometimes you break...

Better the comfort of a lie than the absurdity of the truth.

All we shared was a mattress, and a lie, and an addressBaby I don’t need you, well baby I don’t need youOnce occupied by a goddess, now it’s a room full of boxesShe said, “it’s...

Garden design is all about concealment and surprise.

The words he said, too, must be human enough to bleed.

Blessed are ones who are all dressed-up in the outfit of the life’s simplicity in reality and the stressed-out are all those who are busy keeping the practicality in totality in life.

I am stuffing your mouth with yourpromises and watching you vomit them out upon my face.

There are two reasons why we don’t trust people, First, we don’t know them. Second, we know them.

A mundane lie hiding an exotic truth is deception; an exotic lie hiding a mundane truth is storytelling. Deception may be necessary to preserve life, but storytelling makes life worth living.

As mentiras têm vida. Elas vivem. Depois de as contarmos, temos de cuidar delas, de as alimentar, acarinhar, de lhes dar atenção, fazer companhia… dar amor e afeto, talvez, como qualquer outro ser vivos pelo...

What do you have to forget or overlook in order to desire that this dysfunctional clan once more occupies the White House and is again in a position to rent the Lincoln Bedroom to campaign...

Never pretend to be something you are not, especially to be accepted. Be loved for who you are, it will be tough at times but worth it.

When you become complacent with someone lying, whether it is a close friend, the media, or your government, then you have essentially given them permission to continue to do so and most often at your...