Quotes about Tell the Truth

To tell the truth Votes: 3

Songwriters tell the truth. Votes: 3

Above all, tell the truth. Votes: 3

Not all teammates tell the truth. Votes: 3

To tell the truth is revolutionary. Votes: 3

I try to tell the truth. Votes: 3

When in doubt tell the truth. Votes: 3

Art is lies that tell the truth. Votes: 3

No one individual can tell the truth. Votes: 3

Myths are lies that tell the truth. Votes: 3

it's always best to tell the truth. Votes: 3

When all else fails, tell the truth. Votes: 3

Always tell the truth and be true. Votes: 3

When you sing, always tell the truth. Votes: 3

When you tell the truth, people listen. Votes: 3

First tell the truth, then give your opinion. Votes: 3

To tell the truth is to become beautiful. Votes: 3

It is very difficult to tell the truth. Votes: 3

I will tell the truth wherever I please. Votes: 3

The writer's job is to tell the truth, Votes: 3

It feels so good to tell the truth Votes: 3

It takes few words to tell the truth. Votes: 3

To tell the truth, I'd scare me too. Votes: 3

A writer's job is to tell the truth. Votes: 3

I'm not a great collaborator, to tell the truth. Votes: 3

When the tongue lies, the eyes tell the truth. Votes: 3

When you can't tell the truth, tell *a* truth. Votes: 3

Sometimes you tell the truth like you're pulling taffy. Votes: 3

Sometimes you have to lie to tell the truth. Votes: 3

I am never frightened when I tell the truth. Votes: 3

It's a lot easier to tell the truth usually. Votes: 3

I always tell the truth. Even when I lie. Votes: 3

My way of joking is to tell the truth Votes: 3

History is changed by martyrs who tell the truth. Votes: 3

None but the dead are permitted to tell the truth. Votes: 3

Just give yourself permission to tell the truth to yourself. Votes: 3

It's very nearly impossible to tell the truth in television. Votes: 3

Reality is bad enough. Why should I tell the truth? Votes: 3

Normally I tell the truth whether it's nice or not. Votes: 3

Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth. Votes: 3

Fear is a place where you just tell the truth Votes: 3

Always tell the truth, and people will never believe you. Votes: 3

Now now, Emily, it isn't nice to tell the truth. Votes: 3

When you want to fool the world, tell the truth. Votes: 3

but even the facts do not always tell the truth Votes: 3

I leave a lot out when I tell the truth Votes: 3

Never hesitate to tell the truth as you see it. Votes: 3

It does not take many words to tell the truth Votes: 3

Love everyone, serve everyone, remember God, and tell the truth. Votes: 3

You can be prosecuted if you tell the truth about Islam. Votes: 3

I have risked everything to tell the truth. Tell the truth Votes: 3

Always tell the truth - it's the easiest thing to remember. Votes: 3

Always tell the truth; then you don't have to remember anything Votes: 3

If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything. Votes: 3

If you're not gonna tell the truth, then why start talking? Votes: 3

All good writers speak in honest voices and tell the truth. Votes: 3

When you're playing country music, you have to tell the truth. Votes: 3

a writer must always tell the truth (unless he's a journalist) Votes: 3

Black-and-white photos tell the truth. That's why insurance companies use them. Votes: 3

If you tell the truth, you don't need a long memory. Votes: 3

You can be prosecuted if you tell the truth about Islam. Votes: 3

A liar is not believed even though he tell the truth. Votes: 3

To tell the truth, I just lost confidence in Joe Hooker. Votes: 3

Always tell the truth or the truth will tell on you. Votes: 3

Few men have depth enough to hear or tell the truth. Votes: 3

I try to take everyone's head off, to tell the truth. Votes: 3

To tell the truth, I could beat anybody in the world. Votes: 3

You must have plenty of sea-room to tell the truth in. Votes: 3

Try to live so that you can always tell the truth. Votes: 3

As an actor, your main goal is to tell the truth. Votes: 3

For 10 years, Kosovo was taboo. No one could officially tell the truth. Votes: 3

In society, one doesn't tell the truth, one tells the exact opposite. Votes: 3

Lawyers sometimes tell the truth. They'll do anything to win a case. Votes: 3

If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. Votes: 3

always tell the truth and you'll never have to remember your words. Votes: 3

Just tell the truth, and they'll accuse you of writing black humor. Votes: 3

If you tell the truth about how you're feeling, it becomes funny. Votes: 3

Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth. Votes: 3

I tell the truth, and truth is the ultimate defense against libel. Votes: 3

People can tell the truth much more freely when they're apparently lying. Votes: 3

If you tell the truth you do not need a good memory! Votes: 3

Happiness consists of being able to tell the truth without hurting anyone. Votes: 3

Someone needs to tell the truth, but it shouldn't be my job. Votes: 3

Everyone has the right to tell the truth about her own life. Votes: 3

If you want to be thought a liar, always tell the truth Votes: 3

Our task is not to tell the truth; we are opinion molders. Votes: 3

Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it. Votes: 3

If you want to be thought a liar, always tell the truth. Votes: 3

You needn't think there is nothing you can do-you can tell the truth. Votes: 3

Do you ever tell the truth?""Once. In fourth grade. It was overrated. Votes: 3

... when caught unawares I usually tell the truth, and what's duller than that? Votes: 3

I always tell the truth, Stella replies. Although I sometimes confuse the facts. Votes: 3

My collection of rare books concerns only books that don't tell the truth. Votes: 3

When you're dealing with your life, my God, you gotta tell the truth. Votes: 3

I don't want to lie. I can't tell the truth. So it's over. Votes: 3

It requires as much caution to tell the truth as to conceal it. Votes: 3

I decided to tell the truth even if it meant being pointed at. Votes: 3

The end of confession is to tell the truth to and for oneself. Votes: 3

The best liars are those who tell the truth most of the time. Votes: 3

I shall try to tell the truth, but the result will be fiction. Votes: 3

I don't tell the truth, I tell what ought to be the truth. Votes: 3

To tell the truth, fishermen remain always boys as far as their amusement goes. Votes: 3

As long as I tell the truth I feel that nobody can touch me. Votes: 3

We artists have the dignity to tell the truth to the people, unlike politicians. Votes: 3

Always tell the truth. That way you don't have to remember what you said. Votes: 3

I love that I can tell the truth and have people laugh at it. Votes: 3

If you tell the truth all day long, you will end up in jail. Votes: 3

Sometimes you have to lie. But to yourself you must always tell the truth. Votes: 3

It has always been desirable to tell the truth, but seldom if ever necessary. Votes: 3

Only three types of people tell the truth: Kids, the drunk, and the angry. Votes: 3

A true batsman should in most of his strokes tell the truth about himself. Votes: 3

In fiction I think we should have no agenda but to tell the truth. Votes: 3

I insist on the truth. I surround myself with people who tell the truth. Votes: 3

If you will stop all searching right now and tell the truth to yourself, Votes: 3

Somebody ought to have the courage to tell the truth. These people are terrorists. Votes: 3

I'm simply trying to tell the truth about human behaviour as I see it. Votes: 3

Find your mark, look the other fellow in the eye, and tell the truth. Votes: 3

If you tell the truth, then you don't have to have a good memory Votes: 3

Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams. Votes: 3

You can't be reluctant to give up your lie and still tell the truth. Votes: 3

If there is no God, why bother to tell the truth? Why not steal? Votes: 3

Followers who tell the truth, and leaders who listen to it, are an unbeatable combination. Votes: 3

We take refuge in pride, because we are afraid to tell the truth to ourselves. Votes: 3

If I've learned one thing, it's 'don't tell the truth.' Lies keep you together. Votes: 3

My assignment is what every writer's assignment is: tell the truth of his own time. Votes: 3

I tell the truth; listen everyone. Only those who have Loved, will realise the Lord Votes: 3

To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it. Votes: 3

When in doubt tell the truth. It will confound your enemies and astound your friends. Votes: 3

This is our lives. The way to give it dignity is to tell the truth. Votes: 3

Do you want to tell the truth, or do you want to tell a story? Votes: 3

I always tell the truth about what I’m selling, and then nobody buys it. Votes: 3

Truth is sacred; and if you tell the truth too often nobody will believe it. Votes: 3

I tell the truth. And I know what I'm talking about. That's why I'm a threat. Votes: 3

Washington couldn't tell a lie, Nixon couldn't tell the truth, and Reagan couldn't tell the difference. Votes: 3

You know I took an oath to tell the truth when I took the witness stand Votes: 3

To tell the truth, I don't read children's books. I'm an adult. I just write them. Votes: 3

If you tell the truth you get into trouble, and that's why politicians are extremely dull. Votes: 3

If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people. Votes: 3

I usually look in my eyes to tell the truth of how I'm feeling that day. Votes: 3

Man is a mimic animal, happiest acting a part, needing a mask to tell the truth. Votes: 3

The same principle that forbids me to lie does not allow me to tell the truth. Votes: 3

I am a free spirit. I tell the truth, and I like to mix it up. Votes: 3

Any artist who has that quality of timelessness has that quality because they tell the truth. Votes: 3

The existence of the writer is to write, and to write is to tell the truth. Votes: 3

Poets can tell the truth as they see it. It's the author's story, the author's voice. Votes: 3

I wish I had Wonder Woman's magic lasso like her to make people tell the truth. Votes: 3

It's hard to live your life in color, and tell the truth in black and white. Votes: 3

My way of joking is to tell the truth. That's the funniest joke in the world. Votes: 3

I prefer you like this, when you're in a foul mood, because you tell the truth. Votes: 3

There are some people so addicted to exaggeration that they can't tell the truth without lying. Votes: 3

It's hard not to tell the truth with a camera. Artists are particularly good at that. Votes: 3

A Lawyer will do anything to win a case, sometimes he will even tell the truth. Votes: 3

But I suppose the most revolutionary act one can engage in is... to tell the truth. Votes: 3

Comedy is not supposed to be funny. Its supposed to tell the truth and then that's funny. Votes: 3

What a word is truth. Slippery, tricky, unreliable. I tried in these books to tell the truth. Votes: 3

Whenever it feels uncomfortable to tell the truth, that's often the most important time to tell it. Votes: 3

Lots of old slaves closes the door before they tell the truth about their days of slavery. Votes: 3

Without the ability of issue groups to tell the truth, who knows what the public will believe. Votes: 3

I tell the truth: your enemy is also your friend-his presence makes your life fuller and richer. Votes: 3

For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth. Votes: 3

For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth. Votes: 3

All I can hope to teach my son is to tell the truth and fear no man. Votes: 3

How can faceless bureaucrats in an intelligence agency deny brave soldiers a chance to tell the truth? Votes: 3

I think what makes us human is those choices - whether to tell the truth or not. Votes: 3

You can no more make someone tell the truth than you can force someone to love you. Votes: 3

For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth Votes: 3

Maybe if we tell the truth about the past, we can tell the truth about the present. Votes: 3

Your first obligation as a writer is to tell the truth and to tell a good story. Votes: 3

You can be socially accepted and tell the truth about what it is to be a woman. Votes: 3

If you want to play the game of truth, I'll tell the truth, and the truth will burn. Votes: 3

Anyway, I try to be a good guy. I try to tell the truth, but I'm not religious. Votes: 3

I say, when you tell the truth, you never offend nobody, particularly if you do it with dignity. Votes: 3

A lot of times in sport if you try to tell the truth it seems like an excuse. Votes: 3

Whether I'm acting, writing, or directing, I want to tell the truth about human beings, especially my folk. Votes: 3

...but whenever it feels uncomfortable to tell the truth, that's often the most important time to tell it. Votes: 3

Always tell the truth, and take an interest in serving the people around you as much as possible. Votes: 3

So you know what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna do something really outrageous, I'm gonna tell the truth. Votes: 3

It is better to tell the truth and face the punishment, than to lie and face the consequences. Votes: 3

You can read everybody. It's not even interesting to tell the truth because to some extent it's false. Votes: 3

They say the only people who tell the truth are drunkards and children. Guess which one I am. Votes: 3

The moral of the story was that if you can talk, it's better not to tell the truth. Votes: 3

Maybe the hardest thing in writing is simply to tell the truth about things as we see them. Votes: 3

There can be no higher law in journalism than to tell the truth and to shame the devil. Votes: 3

I aim to tell the truth about any subject, not a romance or fantasy, not avoid the truth. Votes: 3

It's not a lie if you don't tell the truth.But it's fucked up if you falsify the fact. Votes: 3

My responsibility to myself, my neighbors, my family and the human family is to try to tell the truth. Votes: 3

The impulse to tell the truth was not as great as the fear of being left off the page. Votes: 3

A writer is congenitally unable to tell the truth and that is why we call what he writes fiction. Votes: 3

One of the drawbacks to life is that it contains moments when one is compelled to tell the truth, Votes: 3

A musicians or artists responsibility is a simple one, and that is, through your music to tell the truth. Votes: 3

You can say or write anything about me you like. Just don't, for any reason, ever tell the truth. Votes: 3

The time has come to tell the truth about the corruption of the government employee unions in this country. Votes: 3

You can't lie a lifetime,son. Either you gon' tell the truth, or the truth's gon' tell on you Votes: 3

Write,' she said, 'as if you'll never be read. That way you'll be sure to tell the truth. Votes: 3

As a novelist, I ask of myself only that I tell the truth and that I tell it beautifully. Votes: 3

A musician's or artist's responsibility is a simple one, and that is, through your music to tell the truth, Votes: 3

Never trust a mirror,' his mother had told him. 'They never tell the truth unless you make them. Votes: 3

In all my years as a news commentator I was never once, able to tell the truth, about anything. Votes: 3

I have always found women difficult. I don't really understand them. To begin with, few women tell the truth. Votes: 3

I want to use my gifts to tell the truth, and to tell it as beautifully as I can. Votes: 3

I trust kids far more than I do adults. Kids give you the honest opinion. They tell the truth. Votes: 3

It would be morally reprehensible not to tell the truth... Everything I have written has stood the test of time. Votes: 3

I've always had a problem with people who couldn't tell the truth or admit a mistake and say they're wrong. Votes: 3

The blues aren’t pessimistic. We’re prisoners of hope but we tell the truth and the truth is dark. Votes: 3

Small movie, small role, giant movie, giant role. Work is work. You've got to tell the truth and show up. Votes: 3

I tell the truth, and I expose myself as a weak, misguided, misdirected, dysfunctional human being I used to be. Votes: 3

Express a mean opinion of yourself occasionally; it will show your friends that you know how to tell the truth. Votes: 3

It takes two seconds to tell the truth and it costs nothing. A lie takes time and it costs everything. Votes: 3

If you tell the truth, you have infinite power supporting you; but if not, you have infinite power against you. Votes: 3

The sexual organs are the most sensitive organs of the human being. They are not diplomats. They tell the truth. Votes: 3

I have a responsibility to tell the truth. The truth about what we`ve done, and what we`ll do. Votes: 3

We reveal more of ourselves in the lies we tell than we do when we try to tell the truth. Votes: 3

It amused me to think that one can tell the truth when one is drunk and nobody will believe it. Votes: 3

Let's tell the truth. Mr. Reagan will raise taxes, and so will I. He won't tell you. I just did. Votes: 3

The job of the travel writer is to go far and wide, to make voluminous notes, to tell the truth. Votes: 3

Let's tell the truth. Mr. Reagan will raise taxes, and so will I. He won't tell you. I just did. Votes: 3

Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well. Votes: 3

When you fail to tell the truth, you are kept bound to the past in ways that devastate your soul. Votes: 3

Is it possible to tell the truth in a society of lies? Or must you always, of necessity, become a liar? Votes: 3

To tell the truth I never had it so good. But I lacked the strength of character to bear such joy. Votes: 3

To tell the truth is an act of love. To withhold the truth is an act of hate. Or worse, apathy. Votes: 3

Lying has become so much the accepted norm that people lie even when it would be simpler to tell the truth. Votes: 3

Waiting for the conspiracy theorists to tell the truth is a little like leaving the front-porch light on for Jimmy Hoffa. Votes: 3

It's in literature that true life can be found. It's under the mask of fiction that you can tell the truth. Votes: 3

I am not afraid of the pen, or the scaffold, or the sword. I will tell the truth wherever I please. Votes: 3

Don't be afraid to tell the truth. It's better to hurt someone by truth than to make them happy by lies. Votes: 3

A lie is profanity. A lie is the worst thing in the world. Art is the ability to tell the truth. Votes: 3

I wished to tell the truth, for truth always conveys its own moral to those who are able to receive it. Votes: 3

I personally feel the most vulnerable when I write. That's where I learned to tell the truth when I was young. Votes: 3

I'm not ashamed to tell the truth about what happened in my family. I think that's what makes my comedy different. Votes: 3

I'm just writing about people. People are dark and complicated. I'm trying to tell the truth; that's all that I do. Votes: 3

There was in Italy a hidden demand for a boring government which would try to tell the truth in non-political jargon. Votes: 3

I need you to do more than survive. As writers, as revolutionaries, tell the truth, your truth in your own way. Votes: 3

Novels are fictions and therefore they tell lies, but through those lies every novelist attempts to tell the truth about the world. Votes: 3

Stephen King has inspired me with his humor and honesty, and his admonition that the author's job is to tell the truth. Votes: 3

If you simply try to tell the truth you will, nine times out of ten, be original without ever having noticed it. Votes: 3

I would do nearly anything for a laugh, to tell the truth. And I'm a particular favourite with young men with earrings. Votes: 3

The only thing I can do is tell the truth as I see it and let the chips fall where they may. Votes: 3

Let me tell so much truth. I want to tell the truth in my work. The truth will lead me to all. Votes: 3

If you tell the truth, it becomes a part of your past. If you lie, it becomes a part of your future. Votes: 3

The only way to tell the truth is to speak with kindness. Only the words of a loving man can be heard Votes: 3

The only way to tell the truth is to speak with kindness. Only the words of a loving man can be heard. Votes: 3

It is much harder to lie to someone's face.But.It is also much harder to tell the truth to someone's face. Votes: 3

You want to cry aloud for your mistakes. But to tell the truth the world doesn't need any more of that sound. Votes: 3

The truth is the truth is the truth. And as long as you tell the truth, you'll be okay in the end. Votes: 3

At the end of the day, what I show is real life. I tell the truth. And the truth can be shocking. Votes: 3

You need to tell the truth to the audience, or they will throw a brick through the TV. They'll turn you off. Votes: 3

I try not to lie to people - the only way to control the way you're perceived is to tell the truth. Votes: 3

It is much harder to lie to someone's face.But.It is also much harder to tell the truth to someone's face. Votes: 3

You may lie with your mouth, but with the mouth you make as you do so you none the less tell the truth. Votes: 3

To tell the truth is to become beautiful, to begin to love yourself, value yourself. And that's political, in its most profound way. Votes: 3

We're in a place where no words can tell the truth about what happened... But they have to. This was hell on earth. Votes: 3

If I could go, I would tell the truth to the North American people. President Reagan personally ordered my visa to be denied. Votes: 3

For me as an actor, daring is to tell the truth - to be yourself, no matter how the world interacts with that. Votes: 3

Surely the job of fiction is to actually tell the truth. It's a paradox that's at the heart of any kind of storytelling. Votes: 3

What I've tried to do in politics is two very simple things: tell the truth and do what I said I would do. Votes: 3

Just because everybody else is engaged in a group hug with Barack Obama doesn't mean that somebody doesn't have to tell the truth. Votes: 3

I want to be distinguished from the rest; to tell the truth, a friend to all mankind is not a friend for me. Votes: 3

Self-portraiture is something one should never get involved in, since it is wrong to lie even though one endeavours to tell the truth. Votes: 3

It is not when it is dangerous to tell the truth that its advocates are hardest to find, but when it is boring. Votes: 3

My intent is to tell the truth as I know it, realizing that what is true for me may be blasphemy for others. Votes: 3

The durability of free speech and free press rests on the simple concept that it search for the truth and tell the truth. Votes: 3

One of the hallmarks of an evolved person is the ability to tell the truth with no fear of punishment or expectation of reward Votes: 3

I'll continue to try and balance like a circus act. And I will just fight to always tell the truth. Even if it's difficult. Votes: 3

I get paid to lie to people as an actor. Country music is the one area that I don't lie. I tell the truth. Votes: 3

A lot of fancier yarns come from people trying to tell the truth. It’s not easy once you’re out of the habit. Votes: 3

I remember the pain I felt, and wonder why a man who was such an accomplished liar had to tell the truth that day. Votes: 3

I no longer count as one of my merits that I always tell the truth as much as possible; it has become my metier. Votes: 3

It's easier to tell a lie, than to tell the truth. It's easier to kill a fly, than it is to turn it loose. Votes: 3

Just tell the truth and you're home free. If there are amends to be made, you make them. You own it and move on. Votes: 3

[On Richard M. Nixon:] Americans began with a president who couldn't tell a lie and now they have one who can't tell the truth. Votes: 3

There are two reasons not to tell the truth--becuase lying will get you what you want, and because lying will keep someone from getting hurt. Votes: 3

Lots of men think that women should tell the truth, explain their feelings. These men should use their wishes more wisely. (Prepare To Die!, p.27) Votes: 3

Whatever we want to think about American business - work hard, tell the truth, have morality - it's a myth. There's a lot of graft. Votes: 3

Picasso said, 'Art is a lie that tells the truth.' What if you just want to tell the truth and not lie about it? Votes: 3

It's essential to tell the truth at all times. This will reduce life's pain. Lying distorts reality. All forms of distorted thinking must be corrected. Votes: 3

People assume actors are born liars, but I'd argue the actor's job is to tell the truth. And I've realised I'm not a good liar. Votes: 3

If I have taught my sons anything in life, it is to have integrity - to always tell the truth, and I believe they have. Votes: 3

Bodies always tell the truth. They give us hints of how to listen for it, and to recognize it when we hear or see it. Votes: 3

Come little cottage girl, you seem to want my cup of tea; and will you take a little cream? Now tell the truth to me! Votes: 3

Being afraid to tell the truth because of the projected consequences, whatever it may be, shows a lack of faith and an abundance of fear. Votes: 3

What generally happens in this county is that our politicians don't serve us well because they don't tell the truth, and they don't keep their promises. Votes: 3

Every religion in the world has denounced every other religion as a fraud. That proves to me that they all tell the truth - about others. Votes: 3

When you put your hand on the Bible, you are saying something much stronger than just telling your peers that you're going to tell the truth. Votes: 3

Follow the wisdom of the great actor, James Cagney, you hit your mark, you look the other guy in the eye, and you tell the truth. Votes: 3

Every night I go over what I did in the day, in ethical or moral terms. Have I treated people properly? Did I tell the truth? Votes: 3

We can lie in the language of dress or try to tell the truth; but unless we are naked and bald, it is impossible to be silent. Votes: 3

You must have love as the core; it takes courage to be willing to constantly tell the truth to each other and risk letting the relationship go. Votes: 3

People say children are charming because they tell the truth. That's a lie. I've got five of them. They only tell the truth if they're in pain. Votes: 3

No. It's actually not okay. And I hate when people say that, when they say it's okay even though it's not. It's better to tell the truth. Votes: 3

A good way to make children tell the truth is to tell it yourself. Keep your word with your child the same as you would with your banker. Votes: 3

She say, Celie, tell the truth, have you ever found God in church? I never did. I just found a bunch of folks hoping for him to show. Votes: 3

If you don't tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth about your own life, someone may claim the right to tell it for you. Votes: 3

I'm not one of those people who have to try and remember what they told people, because I always tell the truth. That should count for something, right? Votes: 3

We don't typically use music. We don't manipulate our audience into what we think it should feel. We tell the truth. That's 'Southland' Style'... and I love it! Votes: 3

When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do. Votes: 3

A lot of people are afraid to tell the truth, to say no. That's where toughness comes into play. Toughness is not being a bully. It's having backbone. Votes: 3

The first function of poetry is to tell the truth, to learn how to do that, to find out what you really feel and what you really think. Votes: 3

We're not going to have the America that we want until we elect leaders who are going to tell the truth - not most days, but every day. Votes: 3

It seems, by today's standards, that it's better to seek approval than to tell the truth. It's better to utter sweet nothings than to boldly say something of substance. Votes: 3

Make sure of two things: Be careful -- microphones are always hot, and understand that in Washington, DC, a gaffe is when you tell the truth. So, be careful. Votes: 3

I don't think that we necessarily lie. I mean, we make our living by pretending that we're someone else. I don't tell tall tales. I always tell the truth. Votes: 3

The whole 'Melrose' series is an attempt to tell the truth, and is based on the idea that there is some salutary or liberating power in telling the truth. Votes: 3

When you get people standing up saying, 'I'm going to just tell the truth; what do we have to fear?,' it encourages others, and it creates a counterresponse. Votes: 3

I deny the lawfulness of telling a lie to a sick man for fear of alarming him; you have no business with consequences, you are to tell the truth. Votes: 3

You'll never get mixed up if you simply tell the truth. Then you don't have to remember what you have said, and you never forget what you have said. Votes: 3

You know what the critics are. If you tell the truth they only say you're cynical and it does an author no good to get a reputation for cynicism. Votes: 3

If you like someone, you tell the truth because that, to me, is respect. If you hate someone, you tell them the truth because what do you have to lose? Votes: 3

My deepest feeling about politicians is that they are dangerous lunatics to be avoided when possible and carefully humored; people, above all, to whom one must never tell the truth. Votes: 3

There are times when a falsehood well told bridges over quite a difficulty, but in the long run, you had better tell the truth, even if you swim the creek. Votes: 3

Let the future tell the truth, and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I have really worked, is mine. Votes: 3

Three of the ten principles governing the City of Joy are (a) tell the truth, (b) stop waiting to be rescued, and (c) give away what you want the most. Votes: 3

The President is not squaring with the American people as to the seriousness of our nation's fiscal condition. It is time for people to stand up and tell the truth. Votes: 3

On Capitol Hill, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales raised his right hand, swore to tell the truth, and then everybody had a good laugh and went back to what they were doing. Votes: 3

I'm actually a very honest person, and sometimes I end up like, 'Man, I said too much.' It's hard for me not to tell the truth when you ask me. Votes: 3

Sure, I am funny and have a good sense of humor. Mostly, though, I just tell the truth. The internal dialogue people have in their heads - I just write it. Votes: 3

I know I fib a good deal. After all, a woman's charm is fifty per cent illusion, but when a thing is important I tell the truth. - Blanche Scene II Votes: 3

To tell the truth, fairytales have never gone out of style. They have been told and retold for thousands of years, finding new shapes and structures with each new generation of tellers. Votes: 3

I cannot tell the truth about anything unless I confess being a student, growing and learning something new every day. The more I learn, the clearer my view of the world becomes. Votes: 3

WikiLeaks serves as a back-up for those who want to tell the truth about the inner workings of government when the mainstream media is not willing or taking too long to publish. Votes: 3

I'm used to writing songs and songs-I can fill em up with symbolism and metaphors. When you write a book (Chronicles, Vol. 1), you gotta tell the truth, and it can't be misinterpreted. Votes: 3

A good character is not only about the good person people know you to be. Your ability to tell the truth about how bad you had been is also a good character. Votes: 3

The whole idea of equal justice under law means that you've got to play by the rules. It has nothing to do with the underlying subject matter. You just tell the truth. Votes: 3

The psychoanalytic liberation of memory explodes the rationality of the repressed individual. As cognition gives way to re-cognition, the forbidden images and impulses of childhood begin to tell the truth that reason denies. Votes: 3

A sincere friend conceals all your deformities, deceives and convince others that you are extremely perfect, the insincere will tell the truth of destruction, leave you open for others to glare and laugh. Votes: 3

We talk about honesty, but the reality is we have lots of human values, and they are not all compatible. We don't always tell the truth about everything, no matter what the consequences. Votes: 3

I have a hard time keeping a story straight when I tell the truth because when you start lying you have to remember what you said, and I'm not very good at that. Votes: 3

I've been & am absurdly over-estimated. There are no supermen & I'm quite ordinary, & will say so whatever the artistic results. In that point I'm one of the few people who tell the truth about myself. Votes: 3

Even a lie told for a good purpose has a way of perpetuating itself, doesn't it? Look at all the trouble I caused by refusing to tell the truth about Sarah's father."- Nell Votes: 3

Don't worry over what the newspapers say. I don't. Why should anyone else? I told the truth to the newspaper correspondents - but when you tell the truth to them they are at sea. Votes: 3

The Kafka paradox: art depends on truth, but truth, being indivisable, cannot know itself: to tell the truth is to lie. thus the writer is the truth, and yet when he speaks he lies. Votes: 3

To tell the truth I cannot call my childhood bad. In your childhood you can't compare things: one eats carrots, one eats candy, both taste good. As a child you cannot tell the difference. Votes: 3

His eyebrows raised. "And you said demons didn't know love."Guido's laugh was harsh. "Ahh, but haven't you learned by now, bestia? Demons may not be able to lie, but we never tell the truth. Votes: 3

The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself. Votes: 3

I think theatre to some extent is always about telling stories, isn't it, and I think what I've learned is that freedom comes when you tell your story; freedom comes when you tell the truth. Votes: 3

The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself. Votes: 3

Strange times are these in which we live when old and young are taught in falsehood's school, and the one man that dares to tell the truth is called at once a lunatic and fool. Votes: 3

Is it possible to tell the truth in a society of lies? Or must you always, of necessity, become a liar?And if you lie to a liar, is the sun somehow negated or reversed? Votes: 3

I told him that the lawyers were always saying 'You can't say that you'll get sued.' He said to me, 'Write fiction Michael, you can tell the truth.' (Kirk Douglas to Michael Caine)" Votes: 3

The best advice I can give to any young man or young woman upon graduation from school can be summed up in exactly eight words, and they are-be honest with yourself and tell the truth. Votes: 3

Is it possible to tell the truth in a society of lies? Or must you always, of necessity, become a liar?And if you lie to a liar, is the sun somehow negated or reversed?" Votes: 3

I tell the truth, and it has gotten me into a lot of trouble. My dad used to say to me, 'If you tell the truth all day long, you will end up in jail.' Votes: 3

Sex is full of lies. The body tries to tell the truth. But, it's usually too battered with rules to be heard, and bound with pretenses so it can hardly move. We cripple ourselves with lies. Votes: 3

It was illegal for black people and white people to play checkers together in Birmingham. And there were even black and white Bibles to swear to tell the truth on in many parts of the South. Votes: 3

It's a weird thing about the truth: It protects you. What really makes you vulnerable is when you're lying because you're going to get caught. When you tell the truth, there's a strange relief that comes. Votes: 3

Now, today is the day we honor, of course, the Presidents, ranging from George Washington, who couldn't tell a lie, to George Bush, who couldn't tell the truth, to Bill Clinton, who couldn't tell the difference. Votes: 3

And to tell the truth I don't want to let go of the wrists of idleness, I don't want to sell my life for money, I don't even want to come in out of the rain. Votes: 3

Sometimes it seem like to tell the truth today is to run the risk of being killed. But if I fall, I'll fall five feet four inches forward in the fight for freedom. I'm not backing off. Votes: 3

Lying eats into the soul. If it becomes a habit it frays the edge of your spirit. Truth telling, although sometimes harder to do, strengthens your heart. It serves a person ill not to tell the truth. Votes: 3

The only people that ever stand up and tell the truth are who? Intelligence officers. Because our culture is, never break faith with the truth. We'll tell you, you don't have to drag it out of us. Votes: 3

When you get real old, honey, you realize there are certain things that just don't matter anymore. You lay it all on the table. There's a saying, 'Only little children and old folks tell the truth.' Votes: 3

Satire must always accompany any free society. It is an absolute necessity. Even in the most repressive medieval kingdoms, they understood the need for the court jester, the one soul allowed to tell the truth through laughter, Votes: 3

Of course I do not regret the Bond days, I regret that sadly heroes in general are depicted with guns in their hands, and to tell the truth I have always hated guns and what they represent. Votes: 3

I want to go to bed richer than when I woke up. The pursuit of wealth is a wonderful thing, but the thing is you have to be honest about it, you have to tell the truth. Votes: 3

Christianity has such a contemptible opinion of human nature that it does not believe a man can tell the truth unless frightened by a belief in god. No lower opinion of the human race has ever been expressed. Votes: 3

My dad raised me with some good advice: 'Always tell the truth. Always shoot from the hip. You might not have many friends, but you'll never have enemies, because people will always know where you're coming from.' Votes: 3

I've realized why I don't tell the truth in interviews. It's because they're printed months later, and you change so quickly - you have new thoughts, new everything - so people are reading an old version of you. Votes: 3

I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant. Votes: 3

I feel the weight of just telling the truth. There really is no weight to telling the truth. It's a little scary sometimes, but if you tell the truth, you don't have to be looking over your shoulder. Votes: 3

The biggest insult is that I've been called an exaggerator... I tell the truth as I know it. I don't glamorize the nightmare and horror that I witness; I just digest it and spew it back, with venom. Votes: 3

It is, perhaps, a debatable question, whether a person who has always been notoriously in the habit of lying, has a right to tell the truth; it is, of course, the only device by which he can deceive people. Votes: 3

Tall and straight I may appear, but I will always be Ada inside. A crooked little person trying to tell the truth. The power is in the balance: we are our injuries, as much as we are our successes Votes: 3

The bathroom mirror has not budged, the woman who lives there can tell the truth from the stuff they say and looks me in the eye- says do you prefer the easy way? No? Well ok then, dont cry. Votes: 3

George Grant's writing is an invaluable asset to Americans in general, and to the pro-life Americans in particular. I am grateful for his leadership and courage to defend the sanctity of life, and to tell the truth at all costs. Votes: 3

The poet's job is to put into words those feelings we all have that are so deep, so important, and yet so difficult to name, to tell the truth in such a beautiful way, that people cannot live without it. Votes: 3

I am glad that I can tell the truth, for lies are a form of theft; the liar steals from another person's trust. There are liars all over the world who have grown rich on the trust they have stolen. Votes: 3

I can only answer that I tried to tell the truth and, if not be objective, at least be fair; history is not served when reporters prize trepidation and propriety over the robust journalistic duty to tell the whole story. Votes: 3

Congressmember Weiner has shown just a pattern of reckless behavior, an inability to tell the truth, and what New Yorkers deserve is a mayor with a record of delivering for them, of vision, and a level of maturity and responsibility. Votes: 3

It is often observed that the first casualty of war is truth, but how do you tell the truth without betraying the sacrifice of those who accepted the terms of battle? War is a sacrificial system that creates its own justification. Votes: 3

You sang in church, you know, and you didn't act at all. You tried not to act, you tried to tell the truth. The idea of being a troubadour on the road singing for your supper was very disturbing to him. Votes: 3

If we talk Lies, we have to tell another set of lies to cover the first lie!And most of the time we forget what we told the first time !If we tell the truth, we don't have to remember anything. Votes: 3

We are, largely, who we remember ourselves to be. That's why habits are so hard to break. If we know ourselves to be liars, we expect not to tell the truth. If we think of ourselves as honest, we try harder." Votes: 3

All I could say was, "I don't know what to do." I remember her taking me by the shoulders and looking me in the eye with a calm smile and saying simply, "Tell the truth, tell the truth, tell the truth. Votes: 3

...he says he can't see why I didn't "just" tell the truth. but the truth is denser than he can imagine, yet it's more delicate than my body; it's more complicated than any love that ever passed between the two of us. Votes: 3

Truth is more of a stranger than fiction. When in doubt, tell the truth. If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything. Most writers regard the truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are economical in its use. Votes: 3

I'm still fighting really hard to get any role I get. If it's comedy, I go for the laughs. And if it's drama, I try to tell the truth, and try to play the real stakes of whatever scenario the character's in. Votes: 3

How terribly hard and almost impossible it is to tell the truth. More than anything else, the artist in us prevents us from telling aught as it really happened. We deal with the truth as the cook deals with meat and vegetables. Votes: 3

It's been my experience when you lie things work out in such a way that you are obliged to tell many more lies to cover up your first one. It's so much easier to just tell the truth the first time around. Votes: 3

Unfortunately, as much as I am gullible, I also hate lying. I tend to tell the truth a lot... lying just isn't worth it. But I think I'm guilty of telling people that I'm 5 minutes away when really I'm about 45 or an hour away. Votes: 3

The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls. Votes: 3

But one of the things I learned is that when you fight for something you believe in and you tell the truth and you do your best, you can always hold your head up high and no one can take that away from you. Votes: 3

I don't value authority. I don't value the systems. I don't value patriarchal religion. I don't value the things that diminish you when you do tell the truth. So I'm not scared of the end result, and that is the biggest asset I have. Votes: 3

Above all, I would teach him to tell the truth Truth-telling, I have found, is the key to responsible citizenship. The thousands of criminals I have seen in 40 years of law enforcement have had one thing in common: Every single one was a liar. Votes: 3

Semiotics is in principle the discipline studying everything which can be used in order to lie. If something cannot be used to tell a lie, conversely it cannot be used to tell the truth: it cannot in fact be used "to tell" at all. Votes: 3

I don't want to tell President Obama how to make a speech. He's a much better speech maker than I am. But I think always to tell the truth in a sometimes blatant way, even though it might be temporarily unpopular, is the best approach. Votes: 3

There is not one single police officer in America that I am not afraid of and not one that I would trust to tell the truth or obey the laws they are sworn to uphold. I do not believe they protect me in any way. Votes: 3

I promised myself that I would write as well as I can, tell the truth, not to tell everything I know, but to make sure that everything I tell is true, as I understand it. And to use the eloquence which my language affords me. Votes: 3

I think all of us could insist on preserving the truth and preserving the peace. We could insist that political candidates tell the truth about controversial issues. And secondly, we should be sure to encourage our political leaders, after they're elected, to preserve the peace. Votes: 3

When I write from the point of view of a child or a young person, I am trying to tell the truth as an adult voice sometimes cannot. We are so often wrapped in the garment of trying to reassure ourselves that we are not afraid. Votes: 3

As a writer, I demand the right to write any character in the world that I want to write. I demand the right to be them, I demand the right to think them and I demand the right to tell the truth as I see they are. Votes: 3

The first trick to lying is to tell the truth as often as possible. If out start lying about everything, big and small, it becomes impossible to keep things straight and you'll get caught. Once suspicion is planted it becomes exponentially harder to sell the next lie. Votes: 3

It is always good policy to tell the truth unless of course you are an exceptionally good liar. Jerome K. Jerome It is a puzzling thing. The truth knocks on the door and you say, go away, I'm looking for the truth. and so it goes away. Puzzling. Votes: 3

I think that all the silence is worse than all the violence. Fear is such a weak emotion, that's why I despise it. We're scared of almost everything, afraid to even tell the truth. So scared of what you think of me, I'm scared of even telling you. Votes: 3

An artist has an obligation to tell the truth. [...] that the true horrors of human history derive not from orcs and Dark Lords, but from ourselves. We are the monsters. (And the heroes too). Each of us has within himself the capacity for great good, and great evil. Votes: 3

The incentive for digging up gossip has become so great that people will break the law for the opportunity to take that picture. Then it crosses the line into invasion of privacy. The thing that's really bad about it, though, is that the tabloids don't tell the truth. Votes: 3

Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it. Votes: 3

As you grow up, always tell the truth, do no harm to others, and don't think you are the most important being on earth. Rich or poor, you then can look anyone in the eye and say, 'I'm probably no better than you, but I'm certainly your equal. Votes: 3

But if the world is watching, we might as well tell the truth. And the truth is, the church doesn't offer a cure. It doesn't offer a quick fix. The church offers death and resurrection. The church offers the messy, inconvenient, gut-wrenching, never-ending work of healing and reconciliation. Votes: 3

The first thing I do in the morning when I awaken is say, 'Thank you, Lord!' I'm grateful to be alive, and I'm going to try to tell the truth as well as I know and tell it as eloquently as I can so that people can hear it. Votes: 3

The President's biggest problem right now is he's gotta tell the truth. And we've seen this in New Jersey. I've told lots of hard truths in New Jersey that people didn't necessarily agree with, but they give you credit for looking them in the eye and telling them the truth. Votes: 3

Even someone as lowly as an assistant U.S. attorney has to undergo a background check, and you're asked a series of very invasive questions, and you're expected to tell the truth and they're under penalty of perjury. And you're asked those questions so you can't be blackmailed or extorted. Votes: 3

Everyday in the heat, rain and cold, I ran, alone in the woods...in the hills near our home. There I felt the gentle touch of God. And I heard His whisper, You're stronger now. It's time to tell the truth of what happened. Tell your story to give someone hope. Votes: 3

Tell the children the truth. Votes: 1

Tell the truth, but tell it slant. Votes: 1

Tell the truth and shame the devil. Votes: 1

Keep it simple. Tell the truth. People can smell the truth. Votes: 1

One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth. Votes: 1

When a woman tells the truth she is creating the possibility for more truth around her. Votes: 1

Poets are all who love, who feel great truths, And tell them; and the truth of truths is love. Votes: 1

Tell the truth. Votes: 0

WHATEVER YOU DO, TELL THE TRUTH. Votes: 0

Tell truth, and shame the devil. Votes: 0

Gravestones tell truth scarce forty years. Votes: 0

This is my truth, tell me yours. Votes: 0

Tell the truth and make it rhyme Votes: 0

Tell the truth and not the facts. Votes: 0

i will always tell you the truth. Votes: 0

When in doubt, tell yourself the truth. Votes: 0

Tell the truth, but make the truth fascinating. Votes: 0

Love your enemies-they may tell you the truth. Votes: 0

Tell the truth or trump-but get the trick. Votes: 0

Don't lie, but don't tell the whole truth. Votes: 0

Tell the truth, lies are difficult to remember. Votes: 0

If you cannot lie, tell a different truth. Votes: 0

The truth, finally, is who can tell it. Votes: 0

Tell the truth no matter who it hurts. Votes: 0

Tell others about the truth that sets you free. Votes: 0

Nobody wants to tell a truth which harms himself. Votes: 0

Follow our hearts. Live our dreams. Tell the truth. Votes: 0

Read critically, write consciously; speak clearly; tell your truth! Votes: 0

Men lie, who lack courage to tell truth--the cowards! Votes: 0

Seek the truth. Tell the truth. Live in truth. Votes: 0

Tell the truth as soon as you know it. Votes: 0

To stretch the truth is to tell a lie. Votes: 0

It's only the dead who'll tell you the truth. Votes: 0

In a myriad of ways you tell one truth. Votes: 0

I thought it was excellent, to tell you the truth. Votes: 0

Better is to speak unpleasant truth than to tell lies. Votes: 0

To tell you the truth, I've just been avoiding everything. Votes: 0

O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the Devil! Votes: 0

If your friends won't tell you the truth, who will? Votes: 0

I hate talking about music, to tell you the truth. Votes: 0

It is hard to tell truth, and hard not to. Votes: 0

I have a great life, to tell you the truth. Votes: 0

Tell the truth, or someone will tell it for you. Votes: 0

Truth is so rare that it is delightful to tell it. Votes: 0

Tell the truth, even if they do look at you funny. Votes: 0

Tell the truth so as to puzzle and confound your adversaries. Votes: 0

I've always been an optimistic guy, to tell you the truth. Votes: 0

Friends should always tell you the truth. But please don’t. Votes: 0

I don't know who I am, to tell you the truth. Votes: 0

Tell the truth, work hard, and come to dinner on time. Votes: 0

Those who tell the Truth love you. Those who tell you Votes: 0

Tell the truth and you won't have so much to remember Votes: 0

Tell the truth once and for all and shut up forever. Votes: 0

If you tell a lie long enough, it becomes the truth. Votes: 0

A story can sing the truth and not just tell it. Votes: 0

I'm a little bit in shock, to tell you the truth. Votes: 0

Truth to tell, we are all criminals if we remain silent.... Votes: 0

It's been a pretty fun ride, to tell you the truth. Votes: 0

Tell the truth... maybe just to see clearly, as clearly as possible. Votes: 0

Tell me anyway--Maybe I can find the truth by comparing the lies. Votes: 0

Tell all the Truth, but tell it slant/Success in Circuit lies... Votes: 0

Sarcasm is when you tell someone the truth by lying on purpose. Votes: 0

Whatever you tell; lie or truth, can both destroy or save you. Votes: 0

Whatever a woman's reason may say, her feelings tell her the truth. Votes: 0

When you tell a lie, you steal someone's right to the truth. Votes: 0

Be a best friend. Tell the truth. And overuse "I love you" Votes: 0

Do not be angry with me if I tell you the truth Votes: 0

i never told the truth so i can never tell a lie... Votes: 0

Give a man a mask and he’ll tell you the truth. Votes: 0

To lie is vile, to tell truth is excellent, if not noble. Votes: 0

They'll call you a liar, if the truth you tell is yours. Votes: 0

To tell you the truth, I never listen to opera at home. Votes: 0

Birth dates and bathroom scales tell more truth than I want to know. Votes: 0

Don't Ask Me Nothing About Nothing, I Just Might Tell You the Truth Votes: 0

People will tell you anything but what they do is always the truth. Votes: 0

Tell the truth through whichever veil comes to hand - but tell it. Votes: 0

To tell you the Truth: It's better to give rather than to receive. Votes: 0

The first step toward telling the truth is to tell the whole lie. Votes: 0

Novelists tell that piece of truth hidden at the bottom of every lie. Votes: 0

Memory is a fiction we tell ourselves: just a piece of the truth. Votes: 0

Tell the truth because then you don't have to have a good memory. Votes: 0

The best way to deceive a knave is to tell him the truth. Votes: 0

Have the boldness to tell yourself the truth - every bit of it. Votes: 0

Don't tell a lie to be loved, speak the truth to be hated. Votes: 0

If it were not for the reporters, I would tell you the truth. Votes: 0

My only goal is to make you laugh, not tell you the truth. Votes: 0

I'll tell you the truth and its up to you to live with it. Votes: 0

The last duty of a central banker is to tell the public the truth. Votes: 0

Real friends tell you the truth...even when you want them to shut up. Votes: 0

We tell the real truth of our life by the stories we repeatedly tell. Votes: 0

You didn't tell a lie, you just left a big hole in the truth. Votes: 0

I owe you the truth in painting, and I will tell it to you. Votes: 0

I came here to tell you the truth, the good, the bad and the ugly. Votes: 0

I tell you in truth: all men are Prophets or else God does not exist. Votes: 0

I want everyone to tell me the truth, even if it costs him his job. Votes: 0

I don't know what is truth,but I can tell you how to find it! Votes: 0

You want me to tell me the truth or do you want me to stroke you? Votes: 0

Too many people looked to me in the eye and did not tell me the truth. Votes: 0