Anthony Trollope Quotes

Sometimes when people say things, we should actually believe what they say.

I may be a f..kwit but I'm not a liar. I was a believer.

It is unfortunate, considering that enthusiasm moves the world, that so few enthusiasts can be trusted to speak the truth.

I don't want some pretty face to tell me pretty lies, all I want is someone to believe.

My own luck has been curious all my literary life; I never could tell a lie that anyone would doubt, nor a truth that anybody would believe.

His voice was soft and sweet as molasses; but my mother once told me that you had to trust that the first thing out of a person's mouth was truth. After they have a chance to think about it, they'll change what they say to be more socially acceptable, something they think you'll be happier with, something that will get the results they want.

The trouble is, you can't properly present something you don't believe in.

Words dazzle and deceive because they are mimed by the face. But black words on a white page are the soul laid bare.

You can't preach it like it is if you don't believe it like it was.

For the record, I don't expect you to believe any of this. Not really. I'm a liar by trade, after all; albeit, I like to think, an honest liar.

This little expression, 'It doesn't matter what you believe as long as you're sincere,' is a monstrous lie.

Tell the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love with heart.

A German is someone who cannot tell a lie without believing it himself.

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

I'm a really rotten liar. Generally, if I've tried to pull off a lie, it hasn't worked out to my advantage.

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

I'm not a liar.

I might lie a lot but never in my lyrics.

Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good.

I'm not fake in any way.

There is obviously a power and a truth in action that doesn't lie, which words easily can do.

When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.

It's never what you say, but how you make it sound sincere.

You can't lie to your audience. You can't lie to your fans.

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.