Florence Scovel Shinn Quotes

Always face what you fear. Have just enough money, never too much, and some string. Even if it’s not your fault, it’s your responsibility. Witches deal with things. Never stand between two mirrors. Never cackle. Do what you must do. Never lie, but you don’t always have to be honest. Never wish. Especially don’t wish upon a star, which is astronomically stupid. Open your eyes, and then open your eyes again.

The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and must therefore be treated with great caution.

You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say.

I tell the truth, and it has gotten me into a lot of trouble. My dad used to say to me, 'If you tell the truth all day long, you will end up in jail.'

The truth doesn't hurt unless it ought to.

I've really learned to watch what I say.

For one word a man is often deemed to be wise, and for one word he is often deemed to be foolish. We should be careful indeed what we say.

Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it.

There are only two ways of telling the complete truth - anonymously and posthumously.

Character is the starting point from which we go on. When I say a man has character, I mean that when you go to that man and say, 'What are the facts in this case?' he will tell you the truth, justly, truly, and wisely as he knows, with the minimum of exhibitionism and the maximum of devotion to the common cause.

You need to tell the truth to the audience, or they will throw a brick through the TV. They'll turn you off.

Words let us say the things we want to say and also things we would be better off not having said. They let us know the things we need to know, and also things we wish we didn't.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

There is no truth without responsibility following in its wake.

No blame should attach to telling the truth. But it does, it does.

He who indulges in falsehood will find the paths of paradise shut to him.

When the people who are responsible for our country ask you a direct question, I expect them to accept a direct answer, not to be blackballed because you are telling the truth.

The only question which any wise man can ask himself, and which any honest man will ask himself, is whether a doctrine is true or false.

Justice will overtake fabricators of lies and false witnesses.

I do not live on false promises. I cannot afford to live on bad advice.

One ought to have a good memory when he has told a lie.

I will tell the truth wherever I please.

I speak truth, not so much as I would, but as much as I dare; and I dare a little more, as I grown older.

Someone needs to tell the truth, but it shouldn't be my job.

Because what I say from that podium has got to be accurate, and I'm the only one who's going to be held liable if it's not accurate.