Quotes of: Telling-the-truth Keyword

But I suppose the most revolutionary act one can engage in is... to tell the truth.

Marx in Soho: A Play on History

If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.

The Nightingale and the Rose

She had a fierce pleasure in the idea of telling Margaret unwelcome truths, in the shape of performance of duty.

North and South

Because though women lie when they have to and men lie all the time, the mirror always tells the truth.

Snow in Summer

Why are you being so mean?" "Friends tell friends the truth." "yeah, but not to hurt, to help.

Wintergirls

My only real advice to Oscar nominees is, 'If you haven't actually seen a competitor's film, don't fib and say you have and blow smoke up their wahooziewhatsits.' Always best to be frank and tell them the truth.

Vera Farmiga

In the end, Mothers are always right. No one else tells the truth.

The Murderer's Daughters

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask and he'll tell you the truth

Oscar Wilde

They deem him their worst enemy who tells them the truth. -Plato, philosopher (427-347 BCE)

Plato

Judaism for me is a sensibility of collective self-questioning and uncomfortable truth-telling. I feel a debt of responsibility to this past. It is why I am Jewish.

Tony Judt

If I only had three words of advice, they would be, Tell the Truth. If got three more words, I'd add, all the time.

Randy Pausch

For people who say they hate being lied to, just start telling them nothing but the pure truth--about everything. That will teach them

Seth Adam Brown

They say the only people who tell the truth are drunkards and children. Guess which one I am.

Stephen Colbert

I want to go to bed richer than when I woke up. The pursuit of wealth is a wonderful thing, but the thing is you have to be honest about it, you have to tell the truth.

Kevin O'Leary

The whole idea of equal justice under law means that you've got to play by the rules. It has nothing to do with the underlying subject matter. You just tell the truth.

Ken Starr

Search for the truth. I tell you things and I always ask you to verify what I say. I told you yesterday that there was an attack and a retreat at Saddam's airport.

Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

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.

Mark Ruffalo

I'll tell you the truth: I had a double brandy before the game but, before, it used to be four bottles of whisky. Not any more. I was fine. I had a glass of wine after the game. But it was just a mouthful.

Paul Gascoigne

If you're going to be in the business of news and telling people the truth... you've got to be honest. You've got to have the same rules for yourself as you do for everyone else.

Don Lemon

I made it real clear to the business community - if your plan for innovation is to trick people, is to fool them, is not to tell them the truth about the price, then you're right: I'm going to be right in the way.

Elizabeth Warren

Poetry is a special use of language that opens onto the real. The business of the poet is truth telling, which is why in the Celtic tradition no one could be a teacher unless he or she was a poet.

Huston Smith