Lying

Famous quotes containing the word lying:

“Truth-telling frightens me. Lying confuses me.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

“Through all the lying days of my youth
I swayed my leaves and flowers in the sun;
Now I may wither into the truth.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

“The happiest part of a man’s life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)