You don’t tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive.

Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them.

Girls talk to each other like men talk to each other. But girls have an eye for detail.

Just as the humble, unassuming, assenting ‚O.K.‘ has deposed the more affirmative ‚Yes,‘ so the little cringe and hesitation and approximation of ‚like‘ are a help to young people who are struggling to negotiate the shoals and rapids of ethnic identity, the street, and general correctness.

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

One of my direct subordinates, one of my guys that worked for me, he would call me up or pull me aside with some major problem, some issue that was going on. And he’d say, ‚Boss, we’ve got this, and that, and the other thing.‘ And I’d look at him and I’d say, ‚Good.‘

Talking is a hydrant in the yard and writing is a faucet upstairs in the house. Opening the first takes the pressure off the second.

A lot of people are afraid to tell the truth, to say no. That’s where toughness comes into play. Toughness is not being a bully. It’s having backbone.

Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators.

In honorable dealing you should consider what you intended, not what you said or thought.

What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your own.

An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling lie.

Of course you can’t ‚trust‘ what people tell you on the web anymore than you can ‚trust‘ what people tell you on megaphones, postcards or in restaurants. Working out the social politics of who you can trust and why is, quite literally, what a very large part of our brain has evolved to do.

The essence of lying is in deception, not in words.

I want to be an honest man and a good writer.

Sometimes it’s a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence.

Anger cannot be dishonest.

All good books have one thing in common – they are truer than if they had really happened.

It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right.

I used to tell my husband that, if he could make me ‚understand‘ something, it would be clear to all the other people in the country.

If you want to become fully mature in the Lord, you must learn to love truth. Otherwise, you will always leave open a door of deception for the enemy to take what is meant to be yours.

Of course it’s the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.

A woman will doubt everything you say except it be compliments to herself.

I did my utmost to ensure that everyone below me in the chain of command felt comfortable approaching me with concerns, ideas, thoughts, and even disagreements.

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

I’m a great believer that any tool that enhances communication has profound effects in terms of how people can learn from each other, and how they can achieve the kind of freedoms that they’re interested in.

There, in the chords and melodies, is everything I want to say. The words just jolly it along. It’s always been my way of expressing what, for me, is inexpressible by any other means.

A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.

My mother’s love has always been a sustaining force for our family, and one of my greatest joys is seeing her integrity, her compassion, her intelligence reflected in my daughters.

If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in a body to which the people send one hundred and fifty lawyers, whose trade it is to question everything, yield nothing, and talk by the hour?

Communications technology changes possibilities for communication, but that doesn’t mean it changes the inherited structure of the brain. So you may think that you’re addicted to online reading, but as soon as it isn’t available anymore, your brain will pretty immediately adjust to other forms of reading. It’s a habit like all habits.

The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.

One must know oneself. If this does not serve to discover truth, it at least serves as a rule of life and there is nothing better.

Religion is more than life. Remember that his own religion is the truest to every man even if it stands low in the scales of philosophical comparison.

You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.

If anything, I get most upset because I wanna read a good paper first thing in the morning. And if I see a lie about myself flash across the front of the cover, I don’t think much of the rest of the newspaper.

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.

The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception.

Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the larger portion of the truth arises from the seemingly irrelevant.

I think one of the basic reasons men make good friends is that they can make up their minds quickly.

The passive aggressive arguer comes armed with tricky tactics. They cannot take the risk that they might be wrong: their self-esteem is too intertwined with their opinions. It is more important to affirm their rightness, and sense of superiority, than to arrive at the truth.

Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good.

There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, he most illogically kicks up a row.

In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.

Politicians must set their aims for the high ground and according to our various leanings, Democratic, Republican, Independent, we will follow. Politicians must be told if they continue to sink into the mud of obscenity, they will proceed alone.

Forgive me my nonsense, as I also forgive the nonsense of those that think they talk sense.

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

The thing about hip-hop today is it’s smart, it’s insightful. The way they can communicate a complex message in a very short space is remarkable.

Truth is always in harmony with herself, and is not concerned chiefly to reveal the justice that may consist with wrong-doing.

Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.

Biographies, as generally written, are not only misleading but false… In most instances, they commemorate a lie and cheat posterity out of the truth.

All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.

Give thy thoughts no tongue.

Some minds remain open long enough for the truth not only to enter but to pass on through by way of a ready exit without pausing anywhere along the route.

If you deny people their own voice, you’ll have no idea of who they were.

I don’t have any secrets I need kept any more.

When you really don’t like a guy, they’re all over you, and as soon as you act like you like them, they’re no longer interested.

You can close more business in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you.

For I can raise no money by vile means.

To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.

I think carrying moral baggage is very dangerous for an artist. If you have a duty, it’s to be true and not cover up the cracks.