The price of being close to the President is delivering bad news. You fail him if you don't tell him the truth. Others won't do it.
We must never throw away a bushel of truth because it happens to contain a few grains of chaff.
As a general truth, it is safe to say that any picture that produces a moral impression is a bad picture.
I perceive two things in Scotland of the most fearful omen: ignorance of theological truth, and a readiness to pride themselves in and boast of it.
When the people who are responsible for our country ask you a direct question, I expect them to accept a direct answer, not to be blackballed because you are telling the truth.
This is where you see the truth of entertainment, because it is not edited. You see it on stage as it is happening. Even if we fall down or forget our words, it's a part of live entertainment.
It is claimed, but with what truth we cannot say, that there is a well-defined propaganda among the aliens of colour to bring about the degeneration of the white race.
The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the truth of an opinion we have already formed about ourselves.
To attempt seeing Truth without knowing Falsehood. It is the attempt to see the Light without knowing the Darkness. It cannot be.
I have made the most profound apology in front of the Truth Commission and on other occasions about the injustices which were wrought by apartheid.
No section of the American populace has been more completely deceived by the forces interested in keeping the truth from the people than America's youth.
It is possible to be a master in false philosophy, easier, in fact, than to be a master in the truth, because a false philosophy can be made as simple and consistent as one pleases.
Uniform ideas originating among entire peoples unknown to each other must have a common ground of truth.
It is not meant that the artist, in arriving at truth, must follow the way of the scientist, or, in stating it, the way of the philosopher.
I tell you the solemn truth, that the doctrine of the Trinity is not so difficult to accept for a working proposition as any one of the axioms of physics.
I cling to the fantasy that I could have done something more creative. Like actually writing a script, or writing a book. But the awful truth is that I... probably can't!
Some artists shrink from self-awareness, fearing that it will destroy their unique gifts and even their desire to create. The truth of the matter is quite opposite.
There are some people so addicted to exaggeration that they can't tell the truth without lying.
There is never much to be feared for anyone that is born with sense and truth in him, whatever else he may have or want.
The truth is that health-care reform will always be a nuisance, with version 2.0 followed by next year's 2.1. As long as it boosts productivity, it's worth it.
The only thing I can do is tell the truth as I see it and let the chips fall where they may.
