Deceit Quotes - Page 28

• There is nothing by which men display their character so much as in what they consider ridiculous... Fools and sensible men are equally innocuous. It is in the half fools and the half wise that the great danger lies.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Wise, Lying, Character

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• In our system, grand juries take every charge, every lie, and they try to sort the truth from the lies, and then they move forward into the system. And that's how the system ought to work. We should respect the secrecy of the grand jury so they can sort through what's true and what's not. And someone is leaking, and if they are leaking from the grand jury investigation, then that's a violation of the law.

  Paul Begala

  Lying, Moving, Law

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• I don't think that in a technical legal sense it matters, ... It's neutral as to Libby because he has been indicted for perjury and for lying, and nothing in his account seems to sanitize those lies if in fact they turn out to be lies.

  Rodney A. Smolla

  Lying, Thinking, Matter

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• The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving. Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine, With hollow shriek the steep of Delphos leaving. No nightly trance or breathed spell Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell.

  John Milton

  Running, Lying, Cells

  John Milton (1824). “The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors, Principally from the Edition of Thomas Newton, Charles Dunster, and Thomas Warton, to which is Prefixed, Newton's Life of Milton”, p.368

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• If she is given full immunity ... in order to verify that she's telling the truth, which I'm sure she is, I would be happy to submit her to a polygraph examination. Lie detector's not a good word because they can't detect lies.

  William H. Ginsburg

  Lying, Order, Would Be

  "Lewinsky Attorney Says His 'Media Blitz' Over", www.cnn.com. February 1, 1998.

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• People for the most part can smell lies.

  Joe Rogan

  Lying, Smell, People

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• Getting back to inflation, it is important to note that the producer price Index does not reflect wage pressures - and that is where the inflation threat really lies.

  Larry Wachtel

  Lying, Important, Doe

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• Which means she to deceive, father or mother?

  William Shakespeare

  Mother, Father, Lying

  William Shakespeare (2012). “Comedies of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)”, p.2601, BookCaps Study Guides

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• I can categorically say I will not be putting my hat in the ring. It's not something I have ever coveted and it's not a position I am interested in taking up at this point in time. I am loyal to Newcastle and they have been fabulous to me. I feel that is where my responsibility lies.

  Rob Andrew

  Lying, Responsibility, Loyal

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• It is a war built on lies that has fanned the flames of international terrorism

  Alex Salmond

  War, Lying, Flames

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• If solid happiness we prize, Within our breast this jewel lies, And they are fools who roam. The world has nothing to bestow From our own selves our joys must flow, And that dear hut, our home.

  Nathaniel Cotton

  Happiness, Lying, Home

  Nathaniel Cotton (1800). “Poems by Nathaniel Cotton: With the Author's Life”, p.83

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• Lies, injustice, and hypocrisy are a part of every ordinary community. Most people achieve a sort of protective immunity, a kind of callousness, toward them. If they didn't, they couldn't endure.

  Nella Larsen

  Lying, People, Hypocrisy

  Nella Larsen (2014). “Quicksand & Passing”, p.27, Serpent's Tail

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• 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.

  Paul Lynde

  Dad, Lying, Hate

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• We have to repair that trust ... I think anytime a public official lies, he undermines his own authority and squanders the public trust.

  Bill Bradley

  Lying, Thinking, Authority

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• Remember that it is not enough to abstain from lying by word of mouth; for the worst lies are often conveyed by a false look, smile, or act.

  Abraham Cahan

  Smile, Lying, Looks

  Abraham Cahan (2013). “The Rise of David Levinsky”, p.43, Courier Corporation

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• We live in a regime built on force and lies. In essence, it's the same here as in Uzbekistan, except the government here is better at presenting itself to the outside world.

  Isa Gambar

  Lying, Essence, Uzbekistan

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• Was it a friend or foe that spread these lies; Nay, who but infants question in such wise, twas one of my most intimate enemies.

  Dante Gabriel Rossetti

  Wise, Lying, Enemy

  Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1911). “The Collected Works of Dante Gabriel Rossetti”

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• We mean business, George Bush, ... and we're going to go to Congress and we're going to ask them, 'How many more of other people's children are you willing to sacrifice for the lies' And we're going to say, Shame on you. Shame on you for giving him the authority to invade Iraq.

  Cindy Sheehan

  Children, Lying, Mean

  Cindy Sheehan (2005). “Not One More Mother's Child”, Koa Books Incorporated

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• It makes more sense to find out where the middle- and long-term common ground lies.

  Gerhard Schroder

  Lying, Long, Common

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• 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.

  John Sterling

  Lying, Believe, Men

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• The English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth.

  Malcolm Bradbury

  Lying, Telling The Truth, Polite

  Malcolm Bradbury (2012). “Stepping Westward”, p.172, Pan Macmillan

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• Their record is a little bit deceiving. I still think they are a very good team.

  Laura Halldorson

  Lying, Team, Thinking

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• What our grandmothers told us about playing hard to get is true. The whole point of the game is to impress and capture. It's not about honesty. Many men and women, when they're playing the courtship game, deceive so they can win. Novelty, excitement and danger drive up dopamine in the brain. And both sexes brag.

  Helen Fisher

  Sex, Honesty, Lying

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• Clearly Democrats are not united in what is the critique of what we're doing there and what is the answer to what we do next. The difficulty of coming to a unified position is that for a lot of people who voted for it, they have to decide whether they can admit that they were misled.

  Steve Elmendorf

  Lying, People, Answers

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• In moderating, not satisfying desires, lies peace.

  Ben Hecht

  Lying, Desire, Satisfying

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