Quotes About Truth

It's really hard for me to beat around the bush or lie, so sometimes the truth hurts.

The truth hurts, and not everyone can deal with it. Every player is different, but they are all entitled to the truth. It is up to them if they can handle it or not.

Criticism only hurts when there's some truth in it.

The truth hurts. It hurts to some people.

My thing is about being authentic and when people say I'm not being authentic, it hurts my feelings.

In my world, a friend is someone who tells you the truth even when it hurts and keeps it 100% real with you at all times.

The truth hurts but it has to be heard.

Saddam Hussein didn't kill 3,100 people on Sept. 11. Osama bin Laden did, and as far as we know he's still alive.

You're all right, as long as you don't believe your own hype.

Often, the disconnect between the marketing hype around a new product and what the product actually does is astounding.

Good love and romance aren't always what the hype cracks them up to be.

Hyperbole is something I'd better avoid.

I'm a biographer; I can live with a little hyperbole.

The thing that shocks people... is that I mean what I say. I don't use hyperbole.

I abhor hypocrisy.

I hate hypocrisy.

Either you look back and deal with your hypocrisy, or you dismiss it.

I do not believe in hypocrisy.

A hypocrite is a person who - but who isn't?

I am not a hypocrite.

I don't want people to think I'm a hypocrite.

Educated guesswork' is what science is. You form hypotheses, test them against the evidence, and if they fit the evidence, you can assume you've got close to the truth.

If the writing is good, then the writing is already funny. All you have to do is make this funny writing true to the very deepest of your heart, and the fact that you are capable of making this true will be hysterical.

I am not in the habit of making ideal claims.