#lying

As a scholar I am interested in the philosophy of language, semiotics, call it what you want, and one of the main features of the human language is the possibility of lying. ↗

— Umberto Eco

#call #features #human #human language #i

I think at a certain level compared - as was pointed out earlier, compared to what is happening in Europe, the United States still gets the safe-haven money. But underlying that, the United States is not the safe haven but perhaps the most dangerous place of all. ↗

— Mark Steyn

#certain level #compared #dangerous #dangerous place #earlier

I was walking along and this chair came flying past me, and another, and another, and I thought, man, is this gonna be a good night. ↗

— Liam Gallagher

#another #came #chair #flying #gonna

I could not claim them because I was not supposed to be flying in combat. ↗

— Adolf Galland

#claim #combat #could #flying #i

People equate success with youth. And if you haven't had a certain amount of success by a certain time in your life, it's never going to happen. There's a fear about that. So people start lying about their age really young. I've never done that because I think it's so insignificant. ↗

— Jennifer Jason Leigh

#age #amount #because #certain #certain time

I wish to Christ I could make up a really great lie. Sometimes, after an interview, I say to myself, 'Man, you were so honest - can't you have some fun? Can't you do some really down and dirty lying?' But the puritan in me thinks that if I tell a lie, I'll be punished. ↗

— Willem Dafoe

#christ #could #dirty #down #fun

There is no real justification for a requirement that a budget of any sort should be balanced, except as a rallying point for those who seek to hamstring government. ↗

— William Vickrey

#balanced #budget #except #government #justification

I thought the attractions of being an astronaut were actually, not so much the Moon, but flying in a completely new medium. ↗

— Neil Armstrong

#astronaut #attractions #being #completely #flying

Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds. ↗

— John Perry Barlow

#asking #blinds #government #install #like

Obama specializes in knocking down straw men. "I reject the view that says our problems will simply take care of themselves," he said, implying that's the view of Republicans. It's the view of almost no one. ↗

— Fred Barnes

#care #down #i #implying #knocking