#lies

I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#fox #government #i #i am #knowing

Mindfulness helps us get better at seeing the difference between what’s happening and the stories we tell ourselves about what’s happening, stories that get in the way of direct experience. Often such stories treat a fleeting state of mind as if it were our entire and permanent self. ↗

— Sharon Salzberg

#deceit #deception #fable #fake #false

My wife says that my tombstone will read, 'Here lies Mr.C, who used to be Mr.B.' So I think that's probably what I'll be remembered for. ↗

— Tom Bosley

#i #i think #lies #mr #probably

The moment-of-conception fallacy implies that fertilization is a simple process with never a doubt as to whether it has or has not happened. ↗

— George C. Williams

#fallacy #fertilization #happened #implies #never

I didn't do this for the President. When I had this opportunity, not only was it work, but it was something that I could do, as an actor, for the victims and their families. Something I could give back. ↗

— Timothy Bottoms

#back #could #families #give #had

I was amazed at how easy it was for the Clinton Administration to basically cover what they did at Waco in the fog of lies and avoid any responsibility for it. ↗

— James Bovard

#amazed #any #avoid #basically #clinton

As an active member of the Air Force, Army and Mine Warfare Caucuses, I meet with enlisted personnel and officers on a regular basis to learn more about their needs, both on the job and with their families. ↗

— Allen Boyd

#active #air #air force #army #basis

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

— Malcolm Bradbury

#lies #polite #telling #telling lies #telling the truth

America has believed that in differentiation, not in uniformity, lies the path of progress. It acted on this belief; it has advanced human happiness, and it has prospered. ↗

— Louis D. Brandeis

#advanced #america #belief #believed #differentiation

Truth exists; only lies are invented. ↗

— Georges Braque

#invented #lies #only #truth