Trump is unloved in his own house. A figure of ridicule, a theatrical creation, he is almost sympathetic. He was told by the greedy and the outright stupid that he would make a swell president. The Liar's Paradox has spun out of control, with liars lying to a liar who believed the lie. What would that be called? Fox News, I think.
I grew up with a mother who always had every fashion magazine stacked up on the side of her bed. When I was really young, I'd lie in bed with her, and we'd look at the magazines.
Definition of a Statistician: A man who believes figures don't lie, but admits than under analysis some of them won't stand up either.
I have three storage units, and that's no lie. Three storage units. All books.
My mom really let us do our own thing and play with different trends, and my sister was a little older, so she had all the beauty tricks. I would stuff things like rolled-up toilet paper into my hair to get volume, or do the reverse, and I'd lie on my back, and she'd use an actual iron to straighten it.
A myth is a lie that conceals or reveals a truth. But if it reveals even a strand of history or truth, that's what gets my adrenaline going.
The innocent are so few that two of them seldom meet - when they do meet, their victims lie strewn all round.
I haven't seen 'The Empire Strikes Back' - I'm not gonna lie.
A liar often smiles subtly while telling a lie; it's an unconscious expression of his delight in getting away with a whopper.
I cannot lie on the beach or by a swimming pool. I think I'm too Nordic to like a lot of relentless sun.
Tact: to lie about others as you would have them lie about you.
I wouldn't say I was grumpy. It's more pathological - I have seismic tantrums. I get red in the face and cry at least three times a week, and I have to lie down and have a nap afterwards.
Tennessee Williams knew about the South, but he would clean it up and lie about it.
Only in art will the lion lie down with the lamb, and the rose grow without thorn.
Only in art will the lion lie down with the lamb, and the rose grow without the thorn.
I don't have a mortgage or kids, so I can lie low and tighten my belt if I need to.
I sometimes lie awake at night and wonder why I am still so popular and, to be honest, I don't know.
Changes in the traditional way of building are only permitted if they are an improvement. Otherwise stay with what is traditional, for truth, even if it be hundreds of years old has a stronger inner bond with us than the lie that walks by our side.
Painting is a lie. It's the most magic of all media, the most transcendent. It makes space where there is no space.
Without the compassionate understanding of the fear and trepidation that lie behind courageous speech, we are bound only to our arrogance.
