Quotes About Veracity

I won't do you the injustice of asking you to take my word. Words are cheap.

The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it's my very good honour to meet you and you may call me V.

Some people are under the impression that all that is required to make a good fisherman is the ability to tell lies easily and without blushing; but this is a mistake. Mere bald fabrication is useless; the veriest tyro can manage that. It is in the circumstantial detail, the embellishing touches of probability, the general air of scrupulous -- almost of pedantic -- veracity, that the experienced angler is seen.

If you tell the truth, you don't need a long memory.

Non mento, colorisco soltanto, c'è una bella differenza.

I'm a historian by training, Jimmy. Telling the truth has become a habit.

Truth will prevail.

It's not cool to have your name in print when it's not the truth.

I'm not a good liar. I just tell the truth; I think that's the best way.

I'm not a liar; I'm a truth teller.

My parents taught me the importance of telling the truth no matter what.

A lot of people live by telling lies. I live by telling the truth.

I really think that people never go wrong by telling the truth.

Papa set a high premium on telling the truth, and I believed everything he said.

One tells as few lies as possible only by telling as few lies as possible, and not by having the least possible opportunity to do so.

Nothing but truth is immortal.

Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.

But how do we know? How are we supposed to understand such experiences—and such people? How do we make sense of them? How do we separate the special from the specious? Must we believe everyone's claim unreservedly, or may we doubt, test their veracity, or even laugh out loud at the absurdity of some?

Sacred are the lips from which has issued only truth.

If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.

You don't need creativity when you're telling the truth,

Truth does not need to borrow garments from falsehood. (Noli Me Tangere)

I'd rather live a hard life of fact than a sweet life of lies.

I ain't saying you're a liar, because that wouldn't be polite. But I'll tell you this, ma'am. If I loved liars, I'd hug you to death.