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.
What I claim is to live to the full the contradiction of my time, which may well make sarcasm the condition of truth.
Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial; but if honest, and bent on thorough investigation, it may soon lead to full establishment of the truth.
The day of the daredevil reporter who refuses to see obstacles to getting the truth, and seeing it with his or her own eyes, seems to have died.
I'm still shocked when people say, 'You haven't done a studio record in 20 years.' I try to make excuses for it, but the truth is I just wasn't with it.
The name America has definitely grown on me. I wish there was a big patriotic story behind it, but the truth is that my grandfather was a librarian who knew all sorts of random facts.
The act of witnessing is important to me; somebody's got to tell the truth, you know what I mean?
One may preach a covenant of grace more clearly than another... But when they preach a covenant of works for salvation, that is not truth.
The Cold War had become a battlefield marked by doublespeak. Disguise, distortion, and deception were accepted as reality. Truth was promised in a serum.
Lyrics are kind of the whole thing; it's the message. Something might have a beautiful melody but if it's not the truth coming out of your mouth, it's not appealing.
We're all living in a casino. It's just Vegas. Everything is on camera. Everything is being recorded. Everything is on audio. The truth is we all have access to everybody else's information.
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.
The horrible truth is that I am lazy and I am going to write and do bits that just hand themselves to me.
You'll very rarely find that you can enhance a performance to give it a real emotional centre and truth... after the fact.
The way I navigate scenes is through what I perceive to be the emotional truth of the character: what he wants from moment to moment.
Barack Obama isn't the first politician to break a promise, torture the truth or outright lie to the American people. But, he certainly is among the most accomplished at it.
I hate thinking about it, teaching about it, and writing about it. But the plain truth is that hell is real and real people go there for eternity.
After 'The Poisonwood Bible' was published, several people believed that my parents were missionaries, which could not be further from the truth.
I've always been very direct and have told the truth and have been very willing to stand up and speak out.
Truth be told, most financial television bores me. Two or more people discussing the latest economic trends or hot stocks is not especially entertaining.
I think people must wonder how a white girl like me became a blues guitarist. The truth is, I never intended to do this for a living.
