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title: "11 Truth Tellers Quotes by 11 authors"
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> [Truth-tellers are not always palatable. There is a preference for candy bars.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwendolyn-brooks/truth-tellers-are-not-always-palatable-there-is-a-preference-for/)

[Gwendolyn Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwendolyn-brooks/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc9/gwendolyn-brooks-5624_bars_truth-tellers-are-not-always-palatable-t_2689944.png)

> [We as artists cannot be politicians. We as artists can only be truth-tellers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viola-davis/we-as-artists-cannot-be-politicians-we-as-artists-can-only-be-truth/)

[Viola Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viola-davis/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/066/viola-davis-1174_art_we-as-artists-cannot-be-politicians-we-a_1587062.png)

> [Everyone wants to be truth tellers today while never thinking we are the ones who need the truth told to us. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sho-baraka/everyone-wants-to-be-truth-tellers-today-while-never-thinking-we-are/)

[Sho Baraka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sho-baraka/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51c/sho-baraka-21805_amusing_everyone-wants-to-be-truth-tellers-today_96370.png)

> [The problem with some truth-tellers is that they don't do it in a way that makes people want to listen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-kennedy/the-problem-with-some-truth-tellers-is-that-they-don-t-do-it-in-a-way/)

[Kathleen Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-kennedy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c7/kathleen-kennedy-10021_listen_the-problem-with-some-truth-tellers-is-t_1784402.jpg)

> [We need to stop being salesman and start being truth tellers. Then let the chips fall where they may](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-miller/we-need-to-stop-being-salesman-and-start-being-truth-tellers-then-let/)

[Donald Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-miller/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22d/donald-miller-607_truth_we-need-to-stop-being-salesman-and-start_1448179.png)

> [ I think \[Newt\] Gingrich who's been the - among the truth tellers to \[Donald\] Trump, I think, in public, take a listen. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-todd/i-think-newt-gingrich-who-s-been-the-among-the-truth-tellers-to/)

[Chuck Todd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-todd/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f10/chuck-todd-2739_communication_i-think-newt-gingrich-who-s-been-the-amo_1912884.png)

> [“There is a saving grace in truth which helps truth-tellers through the worst of their troubles, and Katy found this out now.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-coolidge/there-is-a-saving-grace-in-truth-which-helps-truth-tellers-through/)

[Susan Coolidge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-coolidge/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff7/susan-coolidge-61965_saving-grace_there-is-a-saving-grace-in-truth-which-h_769563.jpg)

> [“I have found that liars in the end communicate more truth than do truth tellers.” “How’s that?” “Because truth is the safest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-preston/i-have-found-that-liars-in-the-end-communicate-more-truth-than-do/)

[Douglas Preston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-preston/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98d/douglas-preston-7731_truth_i-have-found-that-liars-in-the-end-commu_1308630.jpg)

> [When we tell stories about things that are important - love, fear, beauty - we change the way people think about the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodora-goss/when-we-tell-stories-about-things-that-are-important-love-fear-beauty/)

[Theodora Goss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodora-goss/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a18/theodora-goss-10051_beauty_when-we-tell-stories-about-things-that-a_3041444.png)

> [Truth-tellers who expect others to believe them tend to speak naturally and un-self-consciously. But if they don't expect to be believed, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-meyer/truth-tellers-who-expect-others-to-believe-them-tend-to-speak/)

[Pamela Meyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-meyer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d3/pamela-meyer-13447_believe_truth-tellers-who-expect-others-to-belie_529512.jpg)

> [When you're telling the truth and ahead of the mainstream media - like The Daily Caller, Breitbart, Cernovich, and other truth-tellers -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-cernovich/when-you-re-telling-the-truth-and-ahead-of-the-mainstream-media-like/)

[Mike Cernovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-cernovich/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/731/mike-cernovich-7425_ahead_when-you-re-telling-the-truth-and-ahead_2797614.jpg)

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