Paul Simon Quotes

If I utter one lie, I'll have to remember it the next time someone asks me about it. It's far simpler to state the truth.

You become uneasy with people in direct proportion to how many lies you have to keep track of in their presence.

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.

There's nothing harder than going on TV and saying something that you don't believe. I don't do that anymore.

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

I'm the worst liar in the world.

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.

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.

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

And if that isn't the truth, it would be a lie.

The way you build trust with your people is by being forthright and clear with them from day one. You may think people are fooled when you tell them what they want to hear. They are not fooled.

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.

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.

Ring out the false, ring in the true.

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.