A Quote by Susan Sontag

Lying is the most simple form of self-defence.

Susan Sontag

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Defence Form Lying Most Self Simple

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Susan Sontag
American - Author
January 16, 1933 - December 28, 2004

Rather than studying the most complex form of memory in a very complicated animal, we had to take the most simple form - an implicit form of memory - in a very simple animal. So I began to look around for very simple animals. And I focused in on the marine snail Aplysia.

Eric Kandel

I can't bear to be on a train without a book", she announced. " It's a form of self-defence in a way" .

John Boyne

Lying damages others. Lying subtly permits us to destroy ourselves as we are caught in the snare and shatter our own self-image and credibility. Freedom from deceit and lying improves self and gives all of us peace of mind.

Marvin J. Ashton

We dream of a day when India is completely self-reliant in defence production & exports defence equipment worldwide.

Narendra Modi

The most offensive is not their lying - one can always forgive lying - lying is a delightful thing, for it leads to truth - what is offensive is that they lie and worship their own lying.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Trump's lying, his self-regard, his self-soothing, his lack of empathy, his narcissistic rage, his contempt for norms, rules, laws, facts and simple truths - have all come home to roost.

George T. Conway III

Self-defence, self-confidence, discipline and self control. The values you learn are priceless.

Rickson Gracie

Autobiography is probably the most respectable form of lying.

Humphrey Carpenter

... silence (can) be the most eloquent form of lying.

Pat Conroy

But to cut off relations with an aggressor may often invite retaliation by armed action, and this would, in its turn, make necessary some form of collective self-defence by the loyal members of the League.

Arthur Henderson

The only form of lying that is absolutely beyond reproach is lying for its own sake.

Oscar Wilde

A criminal is a person with predatory instincts who has not sufficient capital to form a corporation.Most government is by the rich for the rich. Government comprises a large part of the organized injustice in any society, ancient or modern.Civil government, insofar as it is instituted for the security of property, is in reality instituted for the defence of the rich against the poor, and for the defence of those who have property against those who have none.

Adam Smith

Savasana is the easiest and most important yoga move because it's so simple. Lying there is meditative.

Nina Dobrev

In early psychoanalytic thought, narcissism was - and still, of course, is - self-love. The early psychoanalysts used to talk of libido directed at the self. That now feels a little quaint, that kind of language. But it does include the most fierce and self-displaying form of one's individual self. And in this way, it can be dangerous. When you look at Donald Trump, you can really see someone who's destructive to any form of life enhancement in virtually every area. And if that's what Fromm means by malignant narcissism, then it definitely applies.

Robert Jay Lifton

Well, you have a defence attache here, that's a step forward. Your Defence Minister has been here, our defence people have exchanges with you. So friendly relations at the military level are already in existence.