Telling The Truth Quotes - Page 9

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.

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 speakes he lies.

Telling the truth without sensitivity can be a form of abuse.

Theology is an attempt to explain a subject by men who do not understand it. The intent is not to tell the truth but to satisfy the questioner.

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

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

Fear is a place where you just tell the truth

Everything can be forgiven in this world, save telling the truth.

Good writing is about telling the truth.

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

For all that the papers would say I was a liar, I took the words I was saying at briefings as seriously as Tony Blair took what he would say at the Despatch Box. I find it very difficult not to tell the truth. I felt I was accountable for what I said.

I am my own judge of what truths I shall tell. The truth can do just as much harm as a lie.

There's nothing more oily and cynical in politics than telling the truth.

The definition of a gaffe is when a politician tells the truth.

Truth-telling frightens me. Lying confuses me.

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

But, the relationships that I see work - As long as they're telling the truth, and saying the things that you don't ever want to have to say to another human being.

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

I think Assange has been very courageous. I've also defended Bradley Manning. I think they've been tremendously courageous in telling the truth, and the public has the right to the truth.

I could never be a career politician, because I believe in telling the truth.

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

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

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

Always tell the truth or the truth will tell on you.

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