"I really know nothing more criminal, more mean, and more ridiculous than lying. It is the production either of malice, cowardice, or vanity; and generally misses of its aim in every one of these views; for lies are always detected, sooner or later."

-- Lord Chesterfield

#Lying Quotes #Mean Quotes #Vanity Quotes

“I respect my boundaries, and I insist that others respect them, too.”
“[On spiritualism:] I always knew the living talked rot, but it's nothing to the rot the dead talk.”
“Everything I wrote about wasn't about me, but about the people listening.”

Source : "Chuck Berry: Music legend given rock 'n' roll sendoff", www.foxnews.com. April 9, 2017.
“Low-wage workers are also consumers. It's just common sense: when these workers have more take-home pay it leads to spending that trickles up to benefit many small, locally owned businesses.”
“"Star Trek" expands almost instinctively - the more information you seek from it, the more it gives. It also has the benefit of taking place in our future, our mutual destinies as occupants of a peaceful, non-polluted Earth.”

Source : Source: live.washingtonpost.com
“It used to bother me when people called me a pussy. But the joke's on them - after all, you are what you eat!”
“Itâ€™s easier to look sexy when youâ€™re thinking of one man in particular.”
“In business, I've discovered that my purpose is to do my best to my utmost ability every day. That's my standard. I learned early in my life that I had high standards.”

Source : Interview With Richard Gere, gotham-magazine.com. May 3, 2012.

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