"All my life I have lied. I lied to escape, I lied to be loved, I lied for placement and power; I lied to lie. It was a way of living; lies are life's almost-anagram."

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Source : John Banville (2011). “Shroud”, p.12, Pan Macmillan

John Banville

#Lying Quotes #Way Quotes #Lied Quotes

“You need to find somebody who will speak the same language. We understand that we couldn't have any kind of discussion without permission, without a legal framework behind it.”
“One of the most important resources that a garden makes available for use, is the gardener's own body. A garden gives the body the dignity of working in its own support. It is a way of rejoining the human race.”
“Religion deserves no more respect than a pile of garbage.”
“Use video to train assistants you'll be surprised how quickly they learn.”
“The unfolding time for the end of globalization or a worldwide deflation is much longer, certainly measured in years, if not decades.”

Source : "What If Everything Went Straight to Hell?". Interview with Austin Allen, bigthink.com.
“Beware of the problem of testing too many hypotheses; the more you torture the data, the more likely they are to confess, but confessions obtained under duress may not be admissible in the court of scientific opinion.”
“Art' is the same word as 'artifice,' that is to say, something deceitful. It must succeed in giving the impression of nature by false means.”
“There is only one hope for mankind â€” and that is democratic Socialism.”

Source : Aneurin Bevan's Statement on his resignation in House of Commons, hansard.millbanksystems.com. April 23, 1951.

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