Esther Dyson Quotes

I never did anything dishonest.

Never lie when the truth is more profitable.

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

I don't think lying has any ultimate justification. I don't think it ever leads to anything positive. The good fight to have is not to lie. That's one of the challenges in a way.

You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another.

All I want and all I even ask of people in Hollywood is look, just be honest with me. Please don't lie to me. Whatever the situation is, be honest with me.

I think I have gone through my entire public career never telling a lie. I have made mistakes but I never knowingly lied.

He who is dishonest with respect to speech, is dishonest in everything.

I never really tell lies, and sometimes it has worked against me.

I am not a cheater.

An honorable man or woman is one who is truthful; free from deceit; above cheating, lying, stealing, or any form of deception. An honorable man or woman is one who learns early that one cannot do wrong and feel right. A man's character is judged on how he keeps his word and his agreements.

A hero must be honorable, must have honor. And you can't have honor if you're a liar. There is no honor in lying.

Honesty is better than any policy.

My dad one time told me, he was like, 'The only time you should lie is when someone's holding a gun to your head and says 'Okay, lie or I'm going to shoot you.' And that really stuck with me. I think about that a lot. I used to not be really honest with girls and then I dropped a song called "Starry Room" and then I started turning over a new leaf. Now, I'm completely honest with girls all the time and they just get mad at me.

Turns out if you never lie, there's always someone mad at you.

It is better to disappoint people with the truth than to appease them with a lie.

By lying, we deny others a view of the world as it is. Our dishonesty not only influences the choices they make, it often determines the choices they can make—and in ways we cannot always predict. Every lie is a direct assault upon the autonomy of those we lie to.

You cannot lie ever, because a lie destroys the credibility of the product, and credibility is more important than anything. Credibility's even more important than clarity.

Honesty's the best policy.

He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it the second time.

Never lie under any circumstances.

You have to start out learning to believe the little lies. "So we can believe the big ones?" Yes. Justice, mercy, duty. That sort of thing.

Lies were lethal, however honourable the intentions of the liar. They deprived people of the opportunity to know the basic facts of their own lives.

You can't build a foundation on lies.

Lies don't fix things. They don't even make things easier, at least not in the long run. Best to tell the truth and then clean up an honest mess.