"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."

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"Our normal waking consciousness, rational consciousness as we call it, is but one special type of consciousness, whilst all about it, parted from it by the filmiest of screens, there lie potential forms of consciousness entirely different."

William James, American Philosopher

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"Weaklings must lie."

Jean Paul, German Author

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"The moment a man talks to his fellows he begins to lie."

Hilaire Belloc, English Poet

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"Guilt always hurries towards its complement, punishment; only there does its satisfaction lie."

Lawrence Durrell, British Writer

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"When Shakespeare was writing, he wasn't writing for stuff to lie on the page; it was supposed to get up and move around."

Ken Kesey, American Author

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"Your intellect may be confused, but your emotions will never lie to you."

Roger Ebert, American Critic

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"Any man who has once proclaimed violence as his method is inevitably forced to take the lie as his principle."

Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Russian Author

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"The great masses of the people will more easily fall victims to a big lie than to a small one."

Adolf Hitler, German Criminal

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"Opportunity ideas do not lie around waiting to be discovered. Such ideas need to be produced."

Edward de Bono, English Psychologist

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"One ought to have a good memory when he has told a lie."

Pierre Corneille, French Dramatist

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"The girl with a future avoids a man with a past."

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"Definition of Statistics: The science of producing unreliable facts from reliable figures."

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"America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week."

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"Our normal waking consciousness, rational consciousness as we call it, is but one special type of consciousness, whilst all about it, parted from it by the filmiest of screens, there lie potential forms of consciousness entirely different."

"Weaklings must lie."

"The moment a man talks to his fellows he begins to lie."

"Guilt always hurries towards its complement, punishment; only there does its satisfaction lie."

"When Shakespeare was writing, he wasn't writing for stuff to lie on the page; it was supposed to get up and move around."

"Your intellect may be confused, but your emotions will never lie to you."

"Any man who has once proclaimed violence as his method is inevitably forced to take the lie as his principle."

"The great masses of the people will more easily fall victims to a big lie than to a small one."

"Opportunity ideas do not lie around waiting to be discovered. Such ideas need to be produced."

"One ought to have a good memory when he has told a lie."

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"The girl with a future avoids a man with a past."

"Definition of Statistics: The science of producing unreliable facts from reliable figures."

"A signature always reveals a man's character - and sometimes even his name."

"A hamburger by any other name costs twice as much."

"Hope is tomorrow's veneer over today's disappointment."

"Character is what you have left when you've lost everything you can lose."

"Housework is what a woman does that nobody notices unless she hasn't done it."

"Zoo: An excellent place to study the habits of human beings."

"A husband is like a fire - he goes out when unattended."

"America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week."