Black-and-white photos tell the truth. That's why insurance companies use them. Votes: 3
Allan SekulaHappiness consists of being able to tell the truth without hurting anyone. Votes: 3
Marcello Mastroianni... when caught unawares I usually tell the truth, and what's duller than that? Votes: 3
Iris MurdochI always tell the truth, Stella replies. Although I sometimes confuse the facts. Votes: 3
Katherine ApplegateIt has always been desirable to tell the truth, but seldom if ever necessary. Votes: 3
Arthur BalfourTo tell the truth, fishermen remain always boys as far as their amusement goes. Votes: 3
Harold RussellSomebody ought to have the courage to tell the truth. These people are terrorists. Votes: 3
Newt GingrichTruth is sacred; and if you tell the truth too often nobody will believe it. Votes: 3
Gilbert K. ChestertonI always tell the truth about what Iâm selling, and then nobody buys it. Votes: 3
Orson Scott CardWe take refuge in pride, because we are afraid to tell the truth to ourselves. Votes: 3
Okakura KakuzoTo tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it. Votes: 3
Leo TolstoyIf I've learned one thing, it's 'don't tell the truth.' Lies keep you together. Votes: 3
Sam KinisonMy assignment is what every writer's assignment is: tell the truth of his own time. Votes: 3
Leslie FiedlerI tell the truth; listen everyone. Only those who have Loved, will realise the Lord Votes: 3
Guru Gobind SinghWhen in doubt tell the truth. It will confound your enemies and astound your friends. Votes: 3
Mark TwainFollowers who tell the truth, and leaders who listen to it, are an unbeatable combination. Votes: 3
Warren G. BennisThe same principle that forbids me to lie does not allow me to tell the truth. Votes: 3
Giacomo CasanovaA Lawyer will do anything to win a case, sometimes he will even tell the truth. Votes: 3
Patrick MurrayI prefer you like this, when you're in a foul mood, because you tell the truth. Votes: 3
Carlos Ruiz ZafonMan is a mimic animal, happiest acting a part, needing a mask to tell the truth. Votes: 3
Subhash KakIf you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people. Votes: 3
Virginia WoolfTo tell the truth, I don't read children's books. I'm an adult. I just write them. Votes: 3
William SteigBut I suppose the most revolutionary act one can engage in is... to tell the truth. Votes: 3
Howard ZinnIt's hard not to tell the truth with a camera. Artists are particularly good at that. Votes: 3
Edward WestonPoets can tell the truth as they see it. It's the author's story, the author's voice. Votes: 3
Nikki GiovanniIf you tell the truth you get into trouble, and that's why politicians are extremely dull. Votes: 3
Rachel JohnsonAny artist who has that quality of timelessness has that quality because they tell the truth. Votes: 3
Fran LebowitzThere are some people so addicted to exaggeration that they can't tell the truth without lying. Votes: 3
Josh BillingsYou can be socially accepted and tell the truth about what it is to be a woman. Votes: 3
Caitlin MoranYour first obligation as a writer is to tell the truth and to tell a good story. Votes: 3
Lena WaitheI think what makes us human is those choices - whether to tell the truth or not. Votes: 3
Ricky GervaisFor every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth Votes: 3
Bo BennettFor every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth. Votes: 3
Bo BennettFor every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth. Votes: 3
Robert Foster BennettMaybe if we tell the truth about the past, we can tell the truth about the present. Votes: 3
Ken LoachYou can no more make someone tell the truth than you can force someone to love you. Votes: 3
Philip RothComedy is not supposed to be funny. Its supposed to tell the truth and then that's funny. Votes: 3
Paula PattonLots of old slaves closes the door before they tell the truth about their days of slavery. Votes: 3
Martin JacksonWhat a word is truth. Slippery, tricky, unreliable. I tried in these books to tell the truth. Votes: 3
Lillian HellmanWithout the ability of issue groups to tell the truth, who knows what the public will believe. Votes: 3
Paul WeyrichI tell the truth: your enemy is also your friend-his presence makes your life fuller and richer. Votes: 3
Muhammad IqbalWhenever it feels uncomfortable to tell the truth, that's often the most important time to tell it. Votes: 3
Jennifer LopezA lot of times in sport if you try to tell the truth it seems like an excuse. Votes: 3
Sanya Richards-RossAnyway, I try to be a good guy. I try to tell the truth, but I'm not religious. Votes: 3
William H. MacyThe moral of the story was that if you can talk, it's better not to tell the truth. Votes: 3
Louis de BernieresIf you want to play the game of truth, I'll tell the truth, and the truth will burn. Votes: 3
Scott RitterThere can be no higher law in journalism than to tell the truth and to shame the devil. Votes: 3
Walter LippmannI aim to tell the truth about any subject, not a romance or fantasy, not avoid the truth. Votes: 3
Anita DesaiMaybe the hardest thing in writing is simply to tell the truth about things as we see them. Votes: 3
John SteinbeckThey say the only people who tell the truth are drunkards and children. Guess which one I am. Votes: 3
Stephen ColbertIt is better to tell the truth and face the punishment, than to lie and face the consequences. Votes: 3
Anthony LiccioneI say, when you tell the truth, you never offend nobody, particularly if you do it with dignity. Votes: 3
Pat CooperAlways tell the truth, and take an interest in serving the people around you as much as possible. Votes: 3
Jimmy CarterSo you know what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna do something really outrageous, I'm gonna tell the truth. Votes: 3
John TravoltaI want to use my gifts to tell the truth, and to tell it as beautifully as I can. Votes: 3
Andrew PetersonIt's not a lie if you don't tell the truth.But it's fucked up if you falsify the fact. Votes: 3
Toba BetaThe impulse to tell the truth was not as great as the fear of being left off the page. Votes: 3
Jonathan MessingerWrite,' she said, 'as if you'll never be read. That way you'll be sure to tell the truth. Votes: 3
Lori LansensAs a novelist, I ask of myself only that I tell the truth and that I tell it beautifully. Votes: 3
Taiye SelasiYou can't lie a lifetime,son. Either you gon' tell the truth, or the truth's gon' tell on you Votes: 3
Daniel BlackI trust kids far more than I do adults. Kids give you the honest opinion. They tell the truth. Votes: 3
Johnny DeppIn all my years as a news commentator I was never once, able to tell the truth, about anything. Votes: 3
Walter CronkiteNever trust a mirror,' his mother had told him. 'They never tell the truth unless you make them. Votes: 3
Isobelle CarmodyYou can say or write anything about me you like. Just don't, for any reason, ever tell the truth. Votes: 3
Katharine HepburnOne of the drawbacks to life is that it contains moments when one is compelled to tell the truth, Votes: 3
P. G. WodehouseA writer is congenitally unable to tell the truth and that is why we call what he writes fiction. Votes: 3
William FaulknerWe reveal more of ourselves in the lies we tell than we do when we try to tell the truth. Votes: 3
Dorothy Salisbury DavisAny fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well. Votes: 3
Samuel ButlerI have a responsibility to tell the truth. The truth about what we`ve done, and what we`ll do. Votes: 3
Rick SnyderIt amused me to think that one can tell the truth when one is drunk and nobody will believe it. Votes: 3
Francoise SaganLet's tell the truth. Mr. Reagan will raise taxes, and so will I. He won't tell you. I just did. Votes: 3
Walter MondaleThe job of the travel writer is to go far and wide, to make voluminous notes, to tell the truth. Votes: 3
Paul TherouxLet's tell the truth. Mr. Reagan will raise taxes, and so will I. He won't tell you. I just did. Votes: 3
Walter F. MondaleWhen you fail to tell the truth, you are kept bound to the past in ways that devastate your soul. Votes: 3
Debbie FordTo tell the truth is an act of love. To withhold the truth is an act of hate. Or worse, apathy. Votes: 3
Gene KimA lie is profanity. A lie is the worst thing in the world. Art is the ability to tell the truth. Votes: 3
Richard PryorTo tell the truth I never had it so good. But I lacked the strength of character to bear such joy. Votes: 3
Saul BellowI am not afraid of the pen, or the scaffold, or the sword. I will tell the truth wherever I please. Votes: 3
Mother JonesThe only thing I can do is tell the truth as I see it and let the chips fall where they may. Votes: 3
Jack KempLet me tell so much truth. I want to tell the truth in my work. The truth will lead me to all. Votes: 3
Maya AngelouAt the end of the day, what I show is real life. I tell the truth. And the truth can be shocking. Votes: 3
Larry ClarkThe truth is the truth is the truth. And as long as you tell the truth, you'll be okay in the end. Votes: 3
Don LemonI try not to lie to people - the only way to control the way you're perceived is to tell the truth. Votes: 3
Tom HanksIf you tell the truth, it becomes a part of your past. If you lie, it becomes a part of your future. Votes: 3
John SpenceOne may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth. Votes: 1
Friedrich NietzscheWhen a woman tells the truth she is creating the possibility for more truth around her. Votes: 1
Adrienne RichPoets are all who love, who feel great truths, And tell them; and the truth of truths is love. Votes: 1
Philip James BaileyAlways tell only the truth, and all the truth, and do so promptly - right now.
R. Buckminster FullerTo tell you the truth, I don't ever talk about characters as separate from myself.
Billy Bob ThorntonTell the truth, but lead so improbable a life that the truth will never be believed.
Aleister CrowleyWhy tell me that a man is a fine speaker, if it is not the truth that he is speaking?
Thomas CarlyleWhen one woman tells her truth, it makes a space for other women to tell their truths.
Adrienne RichWhat is more simple than to tell to a little boy, 'This is not the truth, it is a game?'
Roberto BenigniI don't have a dream project. I don't really think in those terms, to tell you the truth.
Robert BarryYou must have respect for those who tell you the truth about you, no matter how hard it is
Anil SinhaAll things to all men only fools will tell, Truth profits none but those that use it well.
John Stuart BlackieIf someone lies to you, be quick to forgive & they'll be more apt to tell you the truth.
Marshall SylverI do know that the slickest way to lie is to tell the right amount of truth--then shut up.
Robert A. HeinleinI think we have erred on the side of being too conservative so far, to tell you the truth.
Roone ArledgeTell people the truth, they laugh. The truth is so tragic they have to pretend it's a joke.
Lucille KallenYou tell a man the truth about himself and, well, they find they have trouble accepting it.
Patrick NessI am my own judge of what truths I shall tell. The truth can do just as much harm as a lie.
Thornton WilderWhat I do with my kids is I tell them I love them every day, but also I tell them the truth.
Todd BridgesFour Rules For Life Show up. Pay attention. Tell the truth. Don't be attached to the results.
Angeles ArrienYou didn't elect me to tell you what you wanted to hear. You elected me to tell you the truth.
Barack Obama...the indispensable requirement for a good newspaperman - as eager to tell a lie as the truth.
Norman MailerIf you are going to tell people the truth, you had better make them laugh or they will kill you.
Oscar WildeTell 'em the truth and they call you a traitor, Talk to 'em honestly and they call you a hater.
Immortal TechniqueIf you want the truth, I will tell you the truth: Friend, listen: the God whom I love is inside.
Robert BlyGrave-stones tell truth scarce forty years. Generations pass while families last not three oaks.
Thomas BrowneI could tell you the truth about me... but to seduce you, I will tell you the truth about you...
Zan PerrionPeople only tell lies when the truth is disagreeable to them, or frightens them, or to cover sin.
Anne PerryIn the global marketplace of the future the price of every product will tell the ecological truth.
Kalle LasnLove people enough to tell them the truth and respect them enough to trust that they can handle it.
Iyanla VanzantBecause to tell you the truth, most of the time dying seems pretty much like my only means of escape
Ellen HopkinsTell the truth. Votes: 3 Ian Hunter