Embellishes The Truth Quotes & Sayings

not to prize articles which are difficult to procure is the way to keep them from becoming thieves; — Lao-Tzu

Stupas protect beings from 5 major disasters: war, epidemic diseases, famine, pollution, n poverty. — Akong Rinpoche

Memory is an artist, an impressionist. She adds colour, sound, smell and emotion to events at her whim. She adds, subtracts and embellishes until the event she started documenting is quite unrecognisable to the others who also experienced it, but at the same time, is more truthful to the owner of the memory. There is no reality. There are only impres- sions of past events, made by a million selves, all interacting with each other, vying for superiority. Reality doesn't exist, perhaps in the end, that's my only truth. — Nigel Jay Cooper

In all my years here, I don't think I've ever seen quite so many assholes gathered in one place! — The Undertaker

They say that Death embellishes its victims and exaggerates their virtues, but in general it is actually life that wronged them. Death, that pious and irreproachable witness, teaches us, in both truth and charity, that in each man there is usually more good than evil. — Marcel Proust

It's very common for the victims to understand a system better than the people who are holding the stick. — Noam Chomsky

Champions are not generated from the championship. Champion is generated from something they have in them, desires, dreams, and visions. — Muhammad Ali

If you're just starting out in the workforce, the very best thing you can do for yourself is to get started in your workplace retirement plan. Contribute enough to grab any matching dollars your employer is offering (a.k.a. the last free money on earth). — Jean Chatzky

It was hard to get guys to notice me, period, because I was so skinny and all my friends were curvy. Plus, I used to be very nervous in front of guys. — Tyra Banks

If your head is constantly stuck in a book, you're going to miss a lot. — Meg Cabot

He who closes his eyes sees nothing, even in the full light of day. — Leopold Trepper

I will be rich or I will die trying. — T. Harv Eker

People create their own success by learning what they need to learn and then by practicing it until they become proficient at it. — Brian Tracy

Were I as base as is the lowly plain, And you, my Love, as high as heaven above, Yet should the thoughts of me, your humble swain,. — Joshua Sylvester

And when they encounter works of art which show that using new media can lead to new experiences and to new consciousness, and expand our senses, our perception, our intelligence, our sensibility, then they will become interested in this music. — Karlheinz Stockhausen

I tend to lean more towards the Westerns of the 40s and 50s as opposed to the 60s and 70s. They get a little too drab for me when you get into the Spaghetti Western era. I love the John Ford movies. I love the music. I love the scope. — Seth MacFarlane