“In the lead-up to the Iraq war and its later conduct, I saw, at a minimum, true dereliction, negligence, and irresponsibility; at worst, lying, incompetence, and corruption.” WarLyingSawsIraqCorruptionMinimumIncompetenceIraq WarIncompetentNegligenceIrresponsibility Author:Anthony Zinni
“When the sun died, I went up to heaven and saw God and all the people who had died a long time ago. God told me to come back and tell my people they must be good and love one another, and not fight, or steal, or lie. He gave me this dance to give to my people.” PeopleGivingLongLyingFightingHeavenSunSawsLong TimeAnd LoveDiedBe GoodStealingNativeNative AmericanLong Time AgoLove One Another Author:Wovoka
“Nature never gives to a living thing capacities not particularly meant for its benefit and use. If Nature gives to us capacities to believe that we have a Creator whom we never saw, of whom we have no direct proof, who is kind and good and tender beyond all that we know of kindness and goodness and tenderness on earth, it is because the endowment of capacities to conceive a Being must be for our benefit and use; it would not be for our benefit and use if it were a lie.” IfsKnowsGivingBelieveKindUseEarthLyingReligionChristianityKindnessSawsGoodnessBenefitsCapacityDirectCreatorProofTendernessLiving ThingsEndowment Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“Christmas Eve I saw a stable, low and very bare, A little child in a manger. The oxen knew Him, had Him in their care, To men He was a stranger, The safety of the world was lying there, And the world's danger.” MenWorldChildrenLittlesCareLyingSawsDangerLowsSafetyStrangerStableChristmas EveOxen Author:Mary Elizabeth Coleridge
“I had always made pictures as I thought I saw the world, focusing on what lay in front, but this is not how one sees the world. It only frames the centre and cuts off the lateral vision, which lies unfocused. Now I found that I could turn my eye to the adjacent field of vision, seeing another focus, an extension which I added to the original. Instead of stopping at two focuses, I looked further to the side, adding another and yet another.” WorldMadeTwoEyeLyingTurnsFoundSidesVisionSawsFocusCuttingSeeingFrontsFieldsOriginalsLaysCentreExtensionsStopping Author:Joseph Plaskett
“I saw a man pursuing the horizon;Round and round they sped.I was disturbed at this;I accosted the man."It is futile," I said,"You can never-""You lie," he cried,And ran on.” MenSaidLyingSawsHe ManRoundsRanHorizonCriedDisturbedSped Book:War Is Kind and Other Poems Source: War Is Kind and Other Poems
“They fought as they revelled, fast, fiery, and true, And, though victors, they left on the field not a few; And they who survived fought and drank as of yore, But the land of their heart's hope they never saw more, For in far, foreign fields, from Dunkirk to Belgrade Lie the soldiers and chiefs of the Irish Brigade.” HeartLyingLeftSawsLandFieldsSoldierChiefsSurvivedDrankFieryBelgradeDunkirk Author:Thomas Davis
“Used to move so much, every time the chickens saw the team put in the wagon, they'd lie down on their backs and hold their legs up to be tied!” MovingUsedLyingSawsTeamLegsChickensTiedWagons Book:Lost Ecstasy Source: Lost Ecstasy
“It was on the first day of Beltaine, that is called now May Day, the Tuatha de Danaan came, and it was to the north-west of Connacht they landed. But the Firbolgs, the Men of the Bag, that were in Ireland before them, and that had come from the South, saw nothing but a mist, and it lying on the hills.” MenFirstsMayLyingSawsWestSouthHillsBagsIrelandMistMay Day Book:The Essential Lady Gregory Collection Source: The Essential Lady Gregory Collection
“Her seductive power, however, did not lie in her looks [...]. In reality, Cleopatra was physically unexceptional and had no political power, yet both Caesar and Antony, brave and clever men, saw none of this. What they saw was a woman who constantly transformed herself before their eyes, a one-woman spectacle.Her dress and makeup changed from day to day, but always gave her a heightened, goddesslike appearance. Her words could be banal enough, but were spoken so sweetly that listeners would find themselves remembering not what she said but how she said it.” MenLooksSaidEnoughRealityEyeRememberPoliticalLyingSawsChangedDressesBraveAppearanceCleverMakeupTransformedListenersDay To DaySeductiveOne WomanPolitical PowerClever ManAntony Author:Robert Greene