#lie

They keep telling us that in war truth is the first casualty, which is nonsense since it implies that in times of peace truth stays out of the sick bay or the graveyard. ↗

— Alexander Cockburn

#casualty #first #graveyard #implies #keep

Never believe anything until it has been officially denied. ↗

— Claud Cockburn

#been #believe #denied #never #officially

Looking into his eyes, you seemed to see there the yet lingering images of those thousand-fold perils he had calmly confronted through life. A staid, steadfast man, whose life for the most part was a telling pantomime of action, and not a tame chapter of sounds. ↗

— Herman Melville

#manhood #resilience #strength #life

To anyone who has started out on a long campaign believing that the gold medal was destined for him, the feeling when, all of a sudden, the medal has gone somewhere else is quite indescribable. ↗

— Sebastian Coe

#believing #campaign #destined #else #feeling

I joined the Labour party because I believed in equality, in freedom of speech and in tolerance, compassion and understanding for people, irrespective of their background and views. In whatever I decide to do in the future I will hold to those principles. ↗

— Geoff Hoon

#because #believed #compassion #decide #equality

So that's my philosophy: If you believe in yourself, the chances and the opportunities will come around. ↗

— Mindy Cohn

#believe #believe in yourself #chances #come #opportunities

I am obliged to believe certain opinions myself. No man's belief will save me except my own. ↗

— Anthony Collins

#belief #believe #certain #except #i

In Hawaii, we go to this wonderful place, all families. My wife and I go directly from breakfast to a beach chair where we read all day. My daughter goes from water to pool to running around with friends she meets, some of whom are regulars there. ↗

— Stephen Collins

#around #beach #breakfast #chair #daughter

Testimony is an integral part of the Black religious tradition. It is the occasion where the believer stands before the community of faith in order to give account of the hope that is in him or her. ↗

— James Hal Cone

#before #believer #black #community #faith

If you believe in your art, and you love what you do, that energy will go out, and people will respond. ↗

— Ray Conniff

#believe #energy #go #love #out