People do not believe lies because they have to, but because they want to

Quote by Malcolm Muggeridge

Topics: Belief Quotes, Lies Quotes

On television I feel like a man playing piano in a brothel; every now and...

On television I feel like a man playing piano in a brothel; every now and...

Bad humor is an evasion of reality; good humor is an acceptance of it.

Bad humor is an evasion of reality; good humor is an acceptance of it.

Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.

Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.

Sex is the mysticism of materialism and the only possible religion in a materialistic society.

Sex is the mysticism of materialism and the only possible religion in a materialistic society.

Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the...

Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the...

My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind...

My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind...

St. Teresa of Avila described our life in this world as like a night at...

St. Teresa of Avila described our life in this world as like a night at...

Television was not invented to make human beings vacuous, but is an emanation of their...

Television was not invented to make human beings vacuous, but is an emanation of their...

History will see advertising as one of the real evil things of our time. It...

History will see advertising as one of the real evil things of our time. It...

Good taste and humor are a contradiction in terms, like a chaste whore.

Good taste and humor are a contradiction in terms, like a chaste whore.

Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.

Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.

My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind...

My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind...

One of the many pleasures of old age is giving things up.

One of the many pleasures of old age is giving things up.

An orgy looks particularly alluring seen through the mists of righteous indignation.

An orgy looks particularly alluring seen through the mists of righteous indignation.

It was a somber place, haunted by old jokes and lost laughter. Life, as I...

It was a somber place, haunted by old jokes and lost laughter. Life, as I...

Surely the glory of journalism is its transience.

Surely the glory of journalism is its transience.

Good taste and humour...are a contradiction in terms, like a chaste whore.

Good taste and humour...are a contradiction in terms, like a chaste whore.

Middle age is when youre faced with two temptations and you choose the one that...

Middle age is when youre faced with two temptations and you choose the one that...

I've got seven kids, the three words you hear most around my house are: Hello,...

I've got seven kids, the three words you hear most around my house are: Hello,...

Among the virtues and vices that make up the British character, we have one vice,...

Among the virtues and vices that make up the British character, we have one vice,...

A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor...

A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor...