Pablo Picasso said, "Art is the lie that tells the truth," and it's not a terribly radical statement. It's always been that… — Momus Copy Share Image
There's nothing more oily and cynical in politics than telling the truth. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
When you lie, did you ever think of telling the truth? When you say the truth, you do ever believe that it… — Myself Copy Share Image
As I got warmed up, and felt perfectly at home in talk, I heard myself boasting, lying, exaggerating. Oh, not deliberately, far… — Bernard Berenson Copy Share Image
Political correctness is an intellectual sickness. It means lying when telling the truth is not expedient. It is a disgusting habit and… — Ali Sina Copy Share Image
That's the trouble with a story spinner. You never know what's real and what's made up. Even when they are telling the… — Philip Reeve Copy Share Image
The poet's job is to put into words those feelings we all have that are so deep, so important, and yet so… — Jane Kenyon Copy Share Image
I realized that an artist seeking to tell the truth in her art takes great courage. I recognize the courage required to… — Yoko Ono Copy Share Image
A sincere friend conceals all your deformities, deceives and convince others that you are extremely perfect, the insincere will tell the truth… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Burroughs called his greatest novel 'Naked Lunch,' by which he meant it's what you see on the end of a fork. Telling… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
I believe in truth-telling. So let's call it what it is. It's very troubling to see people like Bannon who make anti-Semitic… — Barbara Boxer Copy Share Image
I will never apologize to the Jewish community for telling the truth — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
I don't want realism. I want magic! Yes, yes, magic! I try to give that to people. I misrepresent things to them.… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
But I suppose the most revolutionary act one can engage in is... to tell the truth. — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
Those who think it is permissible to tell white lies soon grow color-blind. — Austin O'Malley Copy Share Image
You can no more make someone tell the truth than you can force someone to love you. — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
“It meant nothing. Some people are like that: everything comes out like a lie. Not that they're brilliant liars, just that they're… — Tana French Copy Share Image
That awkward moment when you're actually telling the truth, but you're laughing so everyone thinks you're lying. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Ugh! How many stories about love, copulation, marriage and death already exist, not one of which tells the truth! How sick I… — Sadegh Hedayat Copy Share Image
“But I do know that in a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” — S. A. David Copy Share Image
I aim to tell the truth about any subject, not a romance or fantasy, not avoid the truth. — Anita Desai Copy Share Image
My responsibility in the past, when I was sleeping outside every night, was just to survive. My responsibility now is to stay… — Jimmy Wayne Copy Share Image
