It’s not enough to be able to lie with a straight face; anybody with enough gall to raise on a busted flush can do that. The first way to lie artistically is to tell the truth — but not all of it. The second way involves telling the truth, too, b...
Think about how much of your Bible, Old and New Testaments, is in the form not of doctrinal statements but of stories. Statements declare doctrinal truth; stories illustrate doctrinal truth. Doctrinal statements are like skeletons - bare bones, but a...
A fable is a bridge that leads to truth.
The tongue of experience utters the most truth.
Truth lies at the bottom of a well.
Truth and oil come to the surface.
Truth should not be dressed up.
Tell a lie and find the truth.
Speak the truth and shame the devil.
Truth fears nothing but concealment.
In my crazy world, above all others...you were the only one who was the ugliest. And you were the only one...who was the most beautiful.... This is the unspoken truth.
My childhood home backed onto wheat and cotton fields.
I do not fear truth. I welcome it. But I wish all of my facts to be in their proper context.
The lies they've convinced their eyes that they're seeing, will not mar the truth in my lens.
My assignment is what every writer's assignment is: tell the truth of his own time.
My work is about giving voice to the unheard, and reiterating the voice of the heard in such a way that you question, or re-examine, what is the truth.
I've always told the truth. I think that's been part of the foundation of my career. I don't put myself above people. I don't put myself different than people. And I, for one, know that none of us is immune.
All I'm ever looking for in my work in general is honesty and truth and people being real to themselves.
My truth - what I believe - is that there are no answers here and, if you are looking for answers, you'd better choose the question carefully.
I think most of my songs are based on an emotion and in every song I write, there's at least a partial truth.
I would rather be uncomfortable with the truth than to be lied to in comfort. That's just my nature.
