Theodor W. Adorno Quotes

I've always operated under the notion that audiences don't always know when they're being lied to, but that they always know when they're being told the truth.

I never lie. I believe everything I say, so it's not a lie.

It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.

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

I don't have any reason to lie about anything.

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

You cannot tell an audience a lie. They know it before you do; before it's out of your mouth, they know it's a lie.

If you want to be thought a liar, always tell the truth.

I'm not a liar.

Because no matter what you say in life, the truth will always be the truth. You know when someone is telling the truth, you look in the eyes. I have a tendency to believe people.

The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it.

I never lie to my fans.

I don't do much lying in real life because I don't get away with it.

It's best not to appear to believe what you say but to believe what you say.

Don't you ever ask me for a true statement again!

There is no truth in him, and men who cannot tell the truth are not to be trusted either in public or private life.

We've all grown wary of being lied to online - let's face it, dudes are always exaggerating their heights - so trust is a hot commodity.

Study after study shows that people are much less likely to lie to a person they consider to be honest.

Through language, we can tell the truth and hear the truth spoken, just as we can be deceived. Sometimes it's a painful realization: we can be lied to. As I write, I think of myself as putting my eye under oath, so that what I write is the truth about my characters.

For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth.

Truth never was indebted to a lie.

Kids know when you're pulling a fast one, storywise, and I think that even when they're being entertained, children want to hear the truth, just like adults do.

I don't like to tell lies.

For me, the greatest fault would be to tell somebody something I'm not.

Sincerity: if you can fake it, you've got it made.