Periyar E. V. Ramasamy Quotes

Now that he has disavowed as outright lies many of the stories he told himself, it's hard to know what to make of those who still insist that David Brock had it right the first time.

Lying does exist in crazy forms.

The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies.

What bothers me is that Jim Bakker lies. Jim Bakker knows for a fact that I was virgin.

If your faith is opposed to experience, to human learning and investigation, it is not worth the breath used in giving it expression.

Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashions.

The Big Lie: Hitler Invented It. Stalin Perfected It. Nixon Uses It.

The truth is that Christian theology, like every other theology, is not only opposed to the scientific spirit; it is also opposed to all other attempts at rational thinking.

They lied, they cheated, they stole, they had the power to do it and they did.

Whoever knowingly alters, destroys, mutilates, conceals, covers up, falsified, or makes a false entry in any record, document, or tangible object with the intent to impede, obstruct, or influence the investigation or proper administration of any matter within the jurisdiction of any department or agency of the United States or any case filed under Title 11, or in relation to or contemplation of any such matter or case, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.

Charlatanism of some degree is indispensable to effective leadership. There can be no mass movement without some deliberate misrepresentation of facts.

If there's one thing we know about President Trump, it's that he lies and he cheats. Endlessly. And shamelessly. But still, mostly, incompetently.

In my experience in Washington, when people refuse to come clean, it is usually because they are hiding dirty laundry.

Dealing with a government with whom mendacity is a science is an extremely difficult and delicate matter.

The Americans, they always depend on a method what I call ... stupid, silly. All I ask is check yourself. Do not in fact repeat their lies.

People lie for lots of reasons, often because it seems like a way to get what they want with less effort.

Inspect every piece of pseudoscience and you will find a security blanket.

I agree with the sentiment that it's probably more dangerous to believe some things that aren't so than to not believe something - you know, to believe in a lie.

We have at last ascertained that miracles can be perfectly understood; that there is nothing mysterious about them; that they are simply transparent falsehoods.

Conspiracy theories are an irresistible labor-saving device in the face of complexity.

No," said the priest, "you don't need to accept everything as true, you only have to accept it as necessary." "Depressing view," said K. "The lie made into the rule of the world.

Proof is boring. Proof is tiresome. Proof is an irrelevance. People would far rather be handed an easy lie than search for a difficult truth, especially if it suits their own purposes.

I have a certain experience of the way people tell lies.

The history of our race, and each individual’s experience, are sown thick with evidence that a truth is not hard to kill and that a lie told well is immortal.

What sort of truths are they that the majority usually supports? They are truths that are of such advanced age that they are beginning to break up. And if a truth is as old as that, it is also in a fair way to become a lie, gentlemen.