#lying

It is a happy thing that there is no royal road to poetry. The world should know by this time that one cannot reach Parnassus except by flying thither. ↗

— Gerard Manley Hopkins

#except #flying #happy #know #poetry

Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuses himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels. ↗

— Henry Adams

#amuses #applying #carries #everyone #himself

Acting is like lying. The art of lying well. I'm paid to tell elaborate lies. ↗

— Mel Gibson

#art #elaborate #i #lies #like

The worst kind of lying I've ever done is keeping things from people. ↗

— Elijah Wood

#ever #i #keeping #kind #lying

Everything has changed. The flying changed. The airports have changed. ↗

— Eydie Gorme

#everything #flying

Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds. ↗

— John Perry Barlow

#asking #blinds #government #install #like

Obama specializes in knocking down straw men. "I reject the view that says our problems will simply take care of themselves," he said, implying that's the view of Republicans. It's the view of almost no one. ↗

— Fred Barnes

#care #down #i #implying #knocking

There's hostility to lying, and there should be. ↗

— Bob Woodward

#lying #should

Life in LA is not lying in the sun for months. It is having a 4pm meeting and leaving at noon to sit in traffic for four hours. It's not glam. ↗

— Billy Boyd

#glam #having #hours #la #leaving

Building a little bonfire at night on the beach and lying on a blanket with my wife under the stars is not only sexy, it's romantic. ↗

— Benjamin Bratt

#blanket #bonfire #building #little #lying