Theodor W. Adorno Quotes

All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie.

For a moment, the lie becomes truth.

A lie to me is a dream that might come true.

What is a lie? It is to say what is real is not real. It is to deny the existence of what exists.

The camera cannot lie. But it can be an accessory to untruth.

A lie was something that hadn't happened but might just as well have.

Everybody lies...every day, every hour, awake, asleep, in his dreams, in his joy, in his mourning. If he keeps his tongue still his hands, his feet, his eyes, his attitude will convey deception.

My whole life has been a lie.

A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.

A lie cannot live.

I lied to everybody. I lie very well, being an actress, naturally.

Falsehood is a perennial spring.

Let's not pretend that all of a sudden, this is some new system.

I can fake anything.

The truth may be out there, but lies are inside your head.

I was on a train of lies. I couldn't jump off.

I've been living a lie all my life.

I try to tell one lie in every interview. It keeps people I know amused when they read the article.

An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling lie.

No matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloney.

The essence of lying is in deception, not in words.

Well, when I was younger, I lied all the time, because once you understand the power of lying, it's really like magic because you transform reality for people.

A lie never lives to be old.

The lie is a condition of life.

Every word she writes is a lie, including and and the.