Quotes About Truth

Some people will of course accuse me of misanthropy and cynicism. I can't celebrate humanity but I'm not out to indict it either. I just want to expose certain truths.

I think the actor or performer should be - to touch that truth inside of a person. Touch that reality so much that they become a part of what you're going and you can take them anywhere you want to.

Designers, stay away from corporations that want you to lie for them

The world is a mess and I want to laugh because all I can think is how horrible and beautiful it is, that our eyes blur the truth when we can't bear to see it.

True' and 'false' are the evasions of people who never want to arrive at a decision. Truth is something without end.

There are two types of actors: those who say they don't want to be famous and those who are liars.

It's a rare person who wants to hear what he doesn't want to hear.

People prefer to believe what they want to be true.

News is something somebody doesn't want printed; all else is advertising.

You believe what you want to believe

Honesty is a complex and tricky thing, and we don't want to be honest all the time.

It is safe to tell the pure in heart that they shall see God, for only the pure in heart want to.

People are gonna believe what they want to believe And like I said before, I really don't give a damn.

Far more critical than what we know or what we don't know is what we don't want to know.

Mundus vult decipi: the world wants to be deceived.

I think that in the end, the people are not fooled by promotion. They want to know that something works and is right.

Why is it people who want the truth never believe it when they hear it?

I won't make shorthand films, because I don't want to manipulate audiences into assuming quick, manufactured truths.

We believe what we want to believe, what we like to believe, what suits our prejudices and fuels our passions.

I need to tell the world what I'm about, my nature, because not doing so would be teaching my children how to lie. I didn't want it to be.

There are two types of people on social media: people who want more followers, and liars.

If one knows what is right, he will do it; nobody wants to be evil

There are two types of teachers. Those who tell you what you want to hear and those who tell you what you don't want to hear.

Some people just see the glory and they don't want to know about the story.