The Four Rules of Life: 1. Show Up 2. Pay Attention 3.Tell the Truth 4. Don't be upset at the results. — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
A lie is profanity. A lie is the worst thing in the world. Art is the ability to tell the truth. — Richard Pryor 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
I prefer you like this, when you're in a foul mood, because you tell the truth. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
I could never be a career politician, because I believe in telling the truth. — Jesse Ventura Copy Share Image
If you are telling the truth, then you can speak gently, and your words will have power. — Chogyam Trungpa 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
When there is breakdown in a relationship, you must have the hard conversation. It may not be pretty and it may not… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
Friends tell the truth to one another. Friends don't slam the door to correction or reflection when it is offered with affection. — Amy Dickinson Copy Share Image
I think I'm telling the truth. I sat by Ray Perkins at the Hall of Fame dinner in New York, and at… — Bear Bryant Copy Share Image
Its hard to believe that a guy is telling the truth when you know you would lie if you were in his… — Ana Copy Share Image
It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Telling the truth to yourself and someone you can trust are great ways to help elevate your whole emotional quality. — Jewel Copy Share Image
I believe that it is better to tell the truth than to lie. I believe that it is better to be free… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
People will know if you are telling the truth or lying. If you are doing commentary, why not tell the truth? — Phil Taylor Copy Share Image
I think it's kind of a stretch. You know, it's one thing if somebody working for the U.S. government has sold secrets… — Robert M. Gates Copy Share Image
“You know," I said to my sister later at the funeral. "I think Mom is telling the truth about losing us. We're… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“Acharya, is it the sacred duty of the king to always speak the truth?’ ‘Hah! The king doesn’t need the truth. What… — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
With "Margaret," I remember clearly it was, you know because I did remember it clearly. I was young. I was young in… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
“The task of calling things by their true names, of telling the truth to the best of our abilities, of knowing how… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
My daddy always told me to just do the best you knew how and tell the truth. He said there was nothin… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
“Okay, you're telling the truth. By the way, Nick, you have the most screwed-up life. You're either boring as all get out,… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
If McNamee is lying, then he has acted inexcusably, and he has made Clemens an innocent victim. If Clemens isn't telling the… — Jim Lehrer Copy Share Image
“His mouth, his tongue, his voice box, seem to be working separately at first. His Adam's apple shivers, the skulls vibrate, his… — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
In my first publication I might have claimed that I had come to the conclusion, as a result of serious study of… — Alexander Fleming Copy Share Image
Some people accused me of being pro-Muslim in Bosnia, but I realised that our job is to give all sides an equal… — Christiane Amanpour Copy Share Image
“Telling the truth is a pretty hard thing. And in a young man's first attempt, with the distortions of his vanity, egotism,… — Thomas Wolfe Copy Share Image
There's a misconception about girls accusing people of sexual assault. There's this sense of, Well, she might be lying, she might be… — Jon Shenk Copy Share Image
[Eugene Smith] was always writing these diatribes about truth, and how he wanted to tell the truth, the truth, the truth. It… — Larry Clark Copy Share Image
“It was Day Three, Freshman Year, and I was a little bit lost in the school library,looking for a bathroom that wasn't… — Melissa Jensen Copy Share Image
“Despite the chaos that was tearing her head apart, Tevi understood what scene Yenneg was attempting to play out, with herself as… — Jane Fletcher Copy Share Image
I'm just a guy entertaining people and telling the truth and teaching them science. — Tom Noddy Copy Share Image
Pornography tells lies about women. But pornography tells the truth about men. — John Stoltenberg Copy Share Image
Comedy is not supposed to be funny. Its supposed to tell the truth and then that's funny. — Paula Patton Copy Share Image
When you're dealing with your life, my God, you gotta tell the truth. — Elaine Stritch Copy Share Image
In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act. — George Orwell Copy Share Image
It takes two seconds to tell the truth and it costs nothing. A lie takes time and it costs everything. — Randi Rhodes Copy Share Image
![“Telling the truth is a pretty hard thing. And in a young man's first attempt, with the distortions of his vanity, egotism, hot passion, and lacerated pride, it is almost impossible. "Home to Our Mountains" was marred by all these faults and imperfections...[Webber] did know that it was not…” quote by Thomas Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/682/thomas-wolfe-4237_books_telling-the-truth-is-a-pretty-hard-thing_3067664.png)
![“[Eugene Smith] was always writing these diatribes about truth, and how he wanted to tell the truth, the truth, the truth. It was a real rebel position. It was kind of like a teenager's position: why can't things be like they should be? Why can't I do what I want? I latched on to that philosophy…” quote by Larry Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e56/larry-clark-25877_hey_eugene-smith-was-always-writing-these-di_31228.jpg)
