“In your personal morality code, make it the most serious kind of sin to tell a lie to yourself. Allow nothing to be as sacred as your own word. Make this one change in your life, and your whole life will change.” KindWholeLyingSinSelf EsteemSeriousMoralitySacredSelf ConfidenceWhole LifeEsteemCodeBoost Self ConfidenceBoost Self Esteem Book:The Forgotten Secret to Phenomenal Success Source: The Forgotten Secret to Phenomenal Success
“I think love is serious. It's like an invention: sometimes it lies deep down inside you, great and quiet--and at other times it racks you and keeps you from sleeping.” ThinkingSometimesLyingSleepLove IsSeriousQuietInventionDeep DownRacks Book:Septimus Source: Septimus
“Oppression tries to defend itself by its utility. But we have seen that it is one of the lies of the serious mind to attempt to give the word "useful" an absolute meaning; nothing is useful if it is not useful to man; nothing is useful to man if the latter is not in a position to define his own ends and values, if he is not free.” IfsMenGivingTryingMindEndsLyingValuesPositionSeriousAbsolutesOppressionLatterUtilityMeaning Nothing Book:The Ethics of Ambiguity Source: The Ethics of Ambiguity
“If I had my choice in life I would have had the gifts of Tennessee Williams or Eugene O'Neill. Unfortunately my gifts lie in comedy and so comedy comes fairly easy to me and I occasionally have an idea for a very serious piece and I do it, but the ideas don't come that readily to me.” IfsIdeasLyingChoicesEasyComedyPiecesSeriousLife ChoicesTennesseeEugene O Neill Author:Woody Allen
“The most serious problems lie in the financial sphere, where the economy's debt overhead has grown more rapidly than the 'real' economy's ability to carry this debt. [...] The essence of the global financial bubble is that savings are diverted to inflate the stock market, bond market and real estate prices rather than to build new factories and employ more labor.” RealProblemLyingAbilityEconomySeriousLaborEssenceFinancialDebtSavingSpheresFactoriesBubblesEstatesSavingsOverheadBond Market Author:Michael Hudson
“I like mindless disco... they say the lyrics are stupid and repetitious. So what's wrong with that? So is lying in the sun. Not everything has to be serious.” LyingSunStupidSeriousMindlessDisco Author:Lou Reed
“The percentage of gays is the same, probably, as anywhere. Most bodybuilders are straight, regular street guys, though a lot aren't serious. Many in California are punks, beach bums just lying around in the sun and maybe collecting unemployment.” LyingGuySunStreetsSeriousGayBeachCaliforniaPunkUnemploymentPercentagesCollectingBodybuilder Author:Arnold Schwarzenegger
“Anyone observing U.S. politics in recent years could easily conclude that lying about having sex is a serious offense worthy of impeachment, while lying about taking the country to war is hardly worth mentioning.” YearsWarCountryLyingSexSeriousWorthyOffenseObservingHaving SexImpeachment Author:Linda McQuaig
“In June 2002, airport security searched Al Gore. There's a lot not to like about Gore, but he's not a terrorist. Gore said he was glad he was searched. Why? To spare a terrorist the trouble? This is a serious national issue; why must liberals lie? Searching Al Gore is purely a religious act. It is the purposeless fetishistic performance of ritual in accordance with the civic religion of liberalism.” SaidLyingReligiousIssuesTroubleSecuritySeriousPerformancesGladTerroristLiberalismAlsRitualSparesAirportsJuneGoreCivicsAirport Security Author:Ann Coulter
“We can't write a serious novel in the 21st century without acknowledging the inescapable self-awareness we're stuck with. The idea we're surrounded by falsehoods and lies. It's hard for the thinking person to believe in narratives. And yet we want some place to invest our belief.” ThinkingWantWritingBelievePersonsIdeasSelfHardLyingBeliefNovelCenturyAwarenessSeriousSelf AwarenessStuckNarrativeFalsehood21st CenturyThinking Person Author:Michael Helm
“So, in addition to being a full-time father of two and everything else in life, it isn't so much that I'm sitting around plotting an album. I just kinda follow my muse and wherever my interests lie, and at some point I decide, "Right. It's been a while, time to figure out how to get serious and make some music."” TwoLyingFatherInterestFiguresSeriousSittingAlbumsMuseSitting Around Author:DJ Shadow
“There are serious budgetry issues that need to be worked through. Playing a game of lying about what's in the content of legislation isn't going to get them anywhere.” NeedsLyingGamesIssuesSeriousLegislation Author:Tony Burke
“Trump has not masked who he is. Trump has not behaved like the Democrats do. He does not go out and camouflage. He doesn't present a side of him that isn't real. He doesn't lie to people about what he believes. Although he has broken a serious promise. And he's got some immigration people that voted for him that are a little angry about that. That must be mentioned. But other than that, Trump voters know Trump is who he is. He doesn't act, he doesn't put on a front, he doesn't make up things - as opposed to the Democrats who can't be honest about who they are.” PeopleBelieveRealLyingHonestSeriousBrokenPromiseDemocratImmigrationBeing Honest Author:Rush Limbaugh