Telling The Truth Quotes - Page 28

• I will tell the truth wherever I please.

  Mother Jones

  Please

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• You know I took an oath to tell the truth when I took the witness stand

  Mother Jones

  Witness, Oath, Knows

  Jones (Mother), Philip Sheldon Foner (1983). “Mother Jones speaks: collected writings and speeches”, Pathfinder Pr

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• Unethical conduct is actually the conduct of destruction and fear; lies are told because one is afraid of the consequences should one tell the truth; thus, the liar is inevitably a coward, the coward is inevitably a liar.

  L. Ron Hubbard

  Lying, Liars, Coward

  "Science of Survival". Book by L. Ron Hubbard, 1951.

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• How can faceless bureaucrats in an intelligence agency deny brave soldiers a chance to tell the truth?

  Curt Weldon

  Veterans Day, Truth, Ethos

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• I felt like all of the American people did not believe me because of the things that were said about me, and said that people would say that it was just for the money, and it wasn't about the money. It was about what he did to me. And I knew I was telling the truth.

  Paula Jones

  Believe, People, Said

  "Exclusive! Paula Jones Talks with Sean & Alan". "Hannity & Colmes", www.foxnews.com. March 10, 2005.

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• Waiting for the conspiracy theorists to tell the truth is a little like leaving the front-porch light on for Jimmy Hoffa.

  Vincent Bugliosi

  Light, Waiting, Leaving

  "Excerpt: 'Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy'" by Vincent Bugliosi, abcnews.go.com. May 15, 2007.

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• My argument is limited to saying that a major new medium changes the structure of discourse; it does so by encouraging certain uses of the intellect, by favoring certain definitions of intelligence and wisdom, and by demanding a certain kind of content - in a phrase, by creating new forms of truth-telling.

  Neil Postman

  Creating, Phrases, Use

  Neil Postman (2005). “Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business”, p.27, Penguin

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• I train like I'm training for the Olympics or for a Mr. America contest, the way I've always trained my whole life. You see, life is a battlefield. Life is survival of the fittest... How many healthy people do you know? How many happy people do you know? Think about it. People work at dying, they don't work at living. My workout is my obligation to life. It's my tranquilizer. It's part of the way I tell the truth--and telling the truth is what's kept me going all these years.

  Jack LaLanne

  Workout, Thinking, America

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• Andrew Calhoun tells the truth. To my knowledge, there is no better songwriter alive.

  Dave Carter

  Alive, Andrew, Songwriters

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• As long as a journalist tells the truth, in conscience and fairness, it is not his job to worry about consequences. The truth is never as dangerous as a lie in the long run. I truly believe the truth sets men free.

  Ben Bradlee

  Running, Jobs, Lying

  "Stamina, bravery, brilliance - the great Ben Bradlee had it all" by Alan Rusbridger, www.theguardian.com. October 22, 2014.

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• Happiness is about being proud of who you are. Be a good friend, be a good daughter, be reliable, be willing to laugh when things get tough, compliment other girls, care about your job, believe in yourself, be vulnerable, tell the truth, apologize when needed, forgive people...

  Erin Foster

  Girl, Daughter, Jobs

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• If you say that the history of the Church is a long succession of scandals, you are telling the truth, though if that is all you say, you are distorting the truth.

  Gerald Vann

  Truth, Long, Church

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• The English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth.

  Malcolm Bradbury

  Lying, Deceit, Polite

  Malcolm Bradbury (2012). “Stepping Westward”, p.172, Pan Macmillan

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• The Doors movie is a pack of lies. It did not make money. You want to make money in America? Tell the truth.

  Ray Manzarek

  Lying, Doors, America

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• If she is given full immunity ... in order to verify that she's telling the truth, which I'm sure she is, I would be happy to submit her to a polygraph examination. Lie detector's not a good word because they can't detect lies.

  William H. Ginsburg

  Lying, Order, Deceit

  "Lewinsky Attorney Says His 'Media Blitz' Over", www.cnn.com. February 1, 1998.

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• Fiction becomes a weird way to countenance yourself and to tell the truth instead of being a way to escape yourself or present yourself in a way you figure you will be maximally likable.

  David Foster Wallace

  Writing, Fiction, Way

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• There is no such thing as bragging. You're either lying or telling the truth.

  Curt Flood

  Lying, Bragging

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• Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people.

  Philip Guedalla

  Book, People, Vehicle

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• For the first 10 years of my life in Congress, I had been too timid to tell the truth as I saw it. In a way I had betrayed my trust.

  Emanuel Celler

  Years, Betrayed, Way

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• If you will refrain from telling any lies about the Republican Party, I'lll promise not to tell the truth about the Democrats.

  Chauncey Depew

  Lying, Party, Promise

  "If Elected I Promise: Stories and Gems of Wisdom by and About Politicians". Book by John F. Parker, 1969.

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• Don't assume, ask. Be kind. Tell the truth. Don't say anything you can't stand behind fully. Have integrity. Tell people how you feel.

  Warsan Shire

  Integrity, People, Say Anything

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• I'm not very interested in telling the facts. I have a lot of investment in telling the truth.

  Pam Houston

  Facts, Investment

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• It is always good policy to tell the truth unless of course you are an exceptionally good liar. Jerome K. Jerome It is a puzzling thing. The truth knocks on the door and you say, go away, I'm looking for the truth. and so it goes away. Puzzling.

  Robert M. Pirsig

  Truth, Liars, Doors

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• As a novelist, I ask of myself only that I tell the truth and that I tell it beautifully.

  Taiye Selasi

  Novelists, Asks

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• To tell the truth, in Pacific 231 I was on the trail of a very abstract and quite ideal concept, by giving the impression of a mathematical acceleration of rhythm, while the movement itself slowed .  I first called this piece Mouvement symphonique. On reflection I found that a bit colorless. Suddenly, a rather romantic image crossed my mind, and when the work was finished, I wrote the title Pacific 231, which indicates a locomotive for heavy loads and high speeds (a type unfortunately disappeared, alas, and sacrificed to electric traction).

  Arthur Honegger

  Reflection, Giving, Mind

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