Quotes About Truth

I refuse to admit that I am more than 52, even if that makes my children illegitimate.

I never know how much of what I say is true.

Advice is like castor oil — easy enough to give but dreadful hard to take.

Never lie when the truth is more profitable.

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I have guesses enough of my own.

There are no American infidels in Baghdad. Never!

The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that, you've got it made.

I stand by all the misstatements that I've made

Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper.

According to the latest official figures, 43% of all statistics are totally worthless.

Gene Wilder often said that his job as an actor wasn't to make something funny but to make it real.

Lying to other people is fine and usually funny, but lying to yourself is tacky.

Germans respond well to lies. At least, they always have historically.

Liberals have a quaint and touching faith that truth is on their side and an even quainter faith that journalists are on the side of truth.

Allow me to put the record straight. I am forty-six and have been for some years past.

People have discovered that they can fool the devil; but they can't fool the neighbors.

The American press is all about lies! All they tell is lies, lies and more lies!

Always telling the truth is no doubt better than always lying, although equally pathological.

I am a person who recognizes the fallacy of humans.

People on the Continent either tell you the truth or lie; in England they hardly ever lie, but they would not dream of telling you the truth.

Journalists belong in the gutter because that is where the ruling classes throw their guilty secrets.

I think religion is a funny thing because, when you see somebody who can really break it down, sometimes it feels foolish what you believe.

Real racist jokes or sexist jokes aren't funny - not because they're offensive, but because they're not true. As soon as a joke is based on an untruth, it's not funny.

When a husband's story is believed, he begins to suspect his wife.