Jokes Quote by Gilbert K. Chesterton

“Truth is short; lies are long.”

— Jeff Funk

In order to be able to write a good joke, you have to find the truth.

— Roseanne Barr

A man says something. Sometimes it turns out to be the truth, but this has nothing to do with the man who says it.

— Karen Joy Fowler

It generally takes longer to tell a lie than to tell the truth.

— Anmol Andore

“If someone tells you a lie, they're not telling you the truth, but they are telling you something. It just takes longer to figure…

— Margot Livesey

If you tell a lie long enough, it becomes the truth.

— Joseph Goebbels

I use a lot of humor, and I follow the saying that if you want to tell people the truth, you better make them…

— Sayed Kashua

“Truth is not determined by the number of people telling it or willing to admit to it.”

— DaShanne Stokes

One tries to tell a truth, and one hopes that the truth has a general application rather than just a specific one.

— William Golding

“You will have a peace of mind when you tell the truth and people think it is a lie, than we you tell a…

— Gift Gugu Mona

Jokes are generally honest. Complete solemnity is always dishonest.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

A man may say, "From now on I'm going to speak the truth." But the truth hears him and runs away and hides before…

— Saul Bellow