Quotes About Truth

It is fitting that a liar should be a man of good memory.

I'm always fascinated by the way memory diffuses fact.

When you get old, it's hard to tell what's memory and what you've kind of created in your head as memory, you know?

Memory is often - perhaps usually - a distorting lens: what we think we remember isn't the way it was at all. It's what we'd like to remember.

I am not bisexual. I am not gay. I have never had sex with men.

People lie in everyday conversation to appear more likeable and competent. While men and women lie equally as often, they tend to lie for different reasons.

It is the responsibility of men and women of God to tell the truth.

Women who have abortions are people you know. Because that is the truth! One in three American women will have an abortion by menopause.

People accuse me of glamorizing mental illness. Looking back sometimes, that's true. But I don't feel guilty.

Over the years, there's been some cases where people did come up who said they were healed, but really they were not healed. I do believe it's possible for individuals to mentally convince themselves they are, but that does not deny the real healings. That doesn't dismiss the fact that a lot of people are really cured.

It is evident that Qaddafi is mentally unwell. Like Richard III, he has barricaded himself within lies.

There can be no more burying our heads in the sand by being afraid to even mention the words 'climate change' aloud.

Once you embrace the absolute truth that every leader needs a mentor, you can begin to achieve the massive growth and success that you seek.

Cold is merciless. It shows you where you are. What you are.

I abhor mere prettiness.

Anybody's life is probably a mess of secrets and lies when you boil it right down.

To President Biden's credit, I mean, he kind of - he says, if you mess up, fess up. And if you, you know, don't have the answer, don't make it up. And I follow that.

If you don't have a good case, and you don't have a good message, then shining a light on it is not going to get you very far.

If we are not careful, we will convey the message that investigators have to be perfect. Not true!

We're broke. It's never a fun message to deliver.

There's always a message in my comedy.

I don't care what level you are, there is the need to offer straight talk when you're working with clients. You have to have the courage to deliver tough messages.

I became the messenger who had to be killed.

The way we live history is not the way historians tell history. Our lives are messy and chaotic and bewildering.