A Quote by Thomas Paine

Prophesying is lying professionally.

Thomas Paine

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Thomas Paine
English - Activist
January 29, 1737 - June 8, 1809

We, in the ages lying In the buried past of the earth, Built Nineveh with our sighing, And Babel itself with our mirth; And o'erthrew them with prophesying To the old of the new world's worth; For each age is a dream that is dying, Or one that is coming to birth.

Arthur O'Shaughnessy

I have aspirations to try and compete professionally. Any golfer that competes in tournaments would be lying if they said they didn't.

Lucas Black

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

My fear of coming out wasn't about rejection. I was scared people would say: 'Why were you lying to me? If you've been lying about that what else are you lying about?' Lying is my biggest regret.

Gareth Thomas

There are lying looks, as well as lying words; dissembling smiles, deceiving signs, and even a lying silence.

Ellin Devis

If anyone accuses me of lying, I'll simply say I'm not lying, which is just an extension of the overall lying strategy.

Mitt Romney

It is not only by dint of lying to others, but also of lying to ourselves, that we cease to notice that we are lying.

Marcel Proust

I'm male gigolo. Professionally? I don't think I've ever done anything professionally.

Al Jourgensen

She draws patterns on my face / These lines make shapes that can’t replace / the version of me that I hold inside / when lying with you, lying with you, lying with you.

Maggie Stiefvater

The secret to getting away with lying, is believing with all your heart. That goes for lying to yourself even more so than lying to another.

Elizabeth Bear

They are lying every day. They are lying always, and mainly they are lying to their public opinion

Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

Kids, Madison Avenue is lying to you. Your parents are lying to you. The president is lying to you.

Al Feldstein

My job, professionally, is tapping into stuff. We've all got it. But, I just am fortunate enough that, beyond the age of 11, it's what I do professionally.

Stephen Lang

Ancestral voices prophesying war.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

What is acting but lying and what is good lying but convincing lying?

Laurence Olivier

We all grew up on movies with scenes where the actor is lying, and you know he's lying, but he wants to make sure you know it's a lie, and so he overacts and all but winks at you, and everybody in the world except for the girl he's talking to knows he's lying.

Gene Wilder

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