Telling the truth Quotes · Page 38

Let me tell so much truth. I want to tell the truth in my work. The truth will lead me to all.

— Maya Angelou

“That's what we do: tell made-up stories to fend off the night, to put off telling the truth.”

— Bernie Mcgill

The time has come to tell the truth about the corruption of the government employee unions in this country.

— Newt Gingrich

Every night I go over what I did in the day, in ethical or moral terms. Have I treated people properly? Did…

— Jeanne Moreau

I tell the truth, and truth is the ultimate defense against libel.

— Tucker Max

“Telling the truth is always wrong if it threatens those for whom being wrong can never be true.”

— David Rhodes

The women's movement burst forth when I was fifteen. That was when I began to believe that life might semi-work out after…

— Anne Lamott

This business of friendship was a curious thing, almost as difficult to learn as the busuness of acting. Sometimes you were expected…

— Anonymous

I need you to do more than survive. As writers, as revolutionaries, tell the truth, your truth in your own way. Do…

— Dorothy Allison

To tell the truth I never had it so good. But I lacked the strength of character to bear such joy.

— Saul Bellow

[Everyone needs] a woman who'll listen, take your side, tell the truth - or not, as you need it. A woman you…

— Nora Roberts

America is basically a hypocritical society and recognizes that hypocrisy is found throughout. The public doesn't look for politicians to tell the…

— Ernie Chambers

Therefore, faithful Christian, seek the truth, listen to the truth, learn the truth, love the truth, tell the truth, learn the truth,…

— Jan Hus

Jealousy is an ugly emotion, but it tells the truth. You mostly envy those who have what you desire.

— Susan Cain

When you can't tell the truth, tell *a* truth.

— Greg Cox

It was a charming fantasy of romantics that the spies would stop spying, that political conflict would end and politicians would tell…

— John le Carre

A gaffe in Washington is someone telling the truth, and telling the truth has never hurt me.

— Joe Biden

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with telling the truth. I know it isn’t fashionable.

— Craig Ferguson

“The fear of abandonment forced me to comply as a child, but I’m not forced to comply anymore. The key people in…

— Christina Enevoldsen

I tend to be reasonably blunt, maybe a little bit too much. But I just- I always respected people that tell the…

— Michael Bloomberg

I hate solitude but I am afraid of intimacy. The substance of my life is a private conversation with myself and to…

— Iris Murdoch

I always tell the truth about what I’m selling, and then nobody buys it.

— Orson Scott Card

Picasso said, 'Art is a lie that tells the truth.' What if you just want to tell the truth and not lie…

— Nicolas Cage

I do not know why it matters that I should tell the truth to myself at night, why it should matter that…

— Colm Toibin

Publicity is the only thing some people fear. An aroused public opinion has been the cause of most reforms. Telling the truth…

— Muriel Lester