“Just because something isn't a lie does not mean that it isn't deceptive. A liar knows that he is a liar, but one who speaks mere portions of truth in order to deceive is a craftsman of destruction.” KnowsMeanDoeLyingReligionOrderSpeakLeadershipDestructionMereLawyerLiarsPortionsDeceivingDeceptiveCraftsman Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“To hell with the truth! As the history of the world proves, the truth has no bearing on anything. It's irrelevant and immaterial, as the lawyers say. The lie of a pipe dream is what gives life to the whole misbegotten mad lot of us, drunk or sober.” WorldGivingWholeDreamTruthLyingHellProveMadLawyerDrunkSoberIrrelevantWorld HistoryPipePipe Dreams Book:Plays: Source: Plays:
“The great lawyer who employs his talent and his learning in the highly emunerative task of enabling a very wealthy client to override or circumvent the law is doing all that in him lies to encourage the growth in the country of a spirit of dumb anger against all laws and of disbelief in their efficacy.” CountryLawSpiritLyingGrowthCourageTalentTasksLawyerDumbWealthyClientsDisbeliefEnablingEfficacy Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“The socially redeeming aspect of golf lies in the vast number of lawyers and bankers and managers who play it, and when you think of the damage they would do if they were at the job instead, you can see why golf courses are a wise investment for any municipality.” IfsThinkingPlayJobsLyingCoursesNumbersWiseAspectGolfInvestmentLawyerManagersDamageBankersGolf CourseRedeemingMunicipality Author:Garrison Keillor
“As we watched Judge Clarence Thomas's Supreme Court confirmation hearings, all of the commentators said the same thing: 'One of these people in the room is lying.' Do you believe that? You've got two lawyers and 14 senators in the room, and only one of them is lying?” PeopleBelieveSaidTwoLyingRoomsJudgingCourtHearingLawyerSupremeSenatorsSupreme CourtCommentatorsConfirmation Author:Jay Leno
“[On Christianity:] Its lip-service and its empty rites have made it the easiest of all tasks for the usurer to cloak his cruelties, the miser to hide his avarice, the lawyer to condone his lies, the sinner of all social sins to purchase the social immunity from them by outward deference to churches.” MadeLyingReligionSocialChurchSinChristianityTasksEmptyLipsLawyerCrueltyMade ItHypocrisySinnerAvariceCloaksRiteMisersImmunityDeferenceLip Service Book:Views and Opinions Source: Views and Opinions
“John Kerry described his Republican critics as 'the most crooked, lying group I've ever seen.' Now, that's saying something, because Kerry's both a lawyer and a politician.” LyingGroupsPoliticianRepublicanCriticsLawyerCrookedJohn Kerry Author:Jay Leno
“The Bible says we are to be salt and light. And salt and light means not just in the church and not just as a teacher or as a pastor or a banker or a lawyer, but in government and we have to have elected officials in government and we have to have the faithful in government and over time, that lie we have been told, the separation of church and state, people have internalized, thinking that they needed to avoid politics and that is so wrong because God is the one who chooses our rulers.” PeopleThinkingMeanHas BeensStatesLightGovernmentLyingChurchTeacherNeededScaryLawyerSeparationFaithfulOfficialsSaltRulersPastorBankersChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StateElected OfficialsSalt And Light Author:Katherine Harris