Thomas Nagel Quotes

I say what I think and I think what I say.

I always mean what I say, but I don't always say what I'm thinking.

I want truth. I'm crying out to hear it. I need it like oxygen.

Don't write slogans, write truths.

That's always been my philosophy: I try to just be as straightforward as possible, and then I don't really have to question what I said or regret anything.

Tell the truth about who you are, what you feel, what you want, what you're up to. Tell the truth about that first to yourself and then to anybody else that'll listen.

We want to be true to ourselves, and honest to the fans and to ourselves.

No such thing as a man willing to be honest - that would be like a blind man willing to see.

OK, so truth hurts - but what else does truth do?

I am expressing myself truthfully. That is an important thing.

Our family, from day one, has only sought the simple truth in this matter.

Music to me is about being honest, and it's what I've always pictured music as. I don't see the point of expressing yourself if you are going to be cryptic about it.

I want that every piece of art be honest, never mind what it is about.

I insist on the truth. I surround myself with people who tell the truth.

I am what I am and I'm a horrible liar. I can't do it. I'm just very candid.

The more honest you can be, the less you have to hide... when I have nothing to hide, I have everything to give.

The truth is cruel, but it can be loved, and it makes free those who have loved it.

Let us begin by committing ourselves to the truth to see it like it is, and tell it like it is, to find the truth, to speak the truth, and to live the truth.

There are things to confess that enrich the world, and things that need not be said.

When a woman tells the truth she is creating the possibility for more truth around her.

Silence is the mother of truth.

I am, by nature, an honest person. I wear my emotions on my sleeve. There is no 'behind closed doors' with me.

I would prefer to just continue to speak about truth and to speak about what makes sense.

If now isn't a good time for the truth I don't see when we'll get to it.

You know I am done lying. Obscuring the truth is no longer something I have any interest in doing. I want it all to come out. The good, the bad, the ugly.