Louis C. K. Quotes

I might have made mistakes but I have always been honest.

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.

I'll never speak to another person without telling the truth. I've been a cruel man in my time, I've been a devious man in my time, like everybody else. I've told lies in my time. But I've seen enough suffering to experiment with the truth.

I try to be honest.

It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.

I can't tell a lie - not even when I hear one.

I've told lots of lies in my life. I try not to lie, but I still do. It's very difficult to get to 37 and not be ashamed of something you've done. But I think your life is easier, ultimately, if you're honest.

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

People ask me about past projects I've worked on, and other things; I'm just really bad at lying. I have a bad poker face, so I just try to tell people how I'm feeling in the moment and really what I was trying to do.

Doing things right in politics is no different than doing things right in life: Tell the truth, be yourself.

Speak the truth. People will forgive an honest mistake; they won't forgive you if you lie.

The truth is always easier than a lie or an evasion - easier to deal with and easier to live with.

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.

Telling the truth and making someone cry is better than telling a lie and making someone smile.

Once ...Why ...lie? ...when ...truth is ...the easier path

The inability to lie is far from the love of truth.

it's always best to tell the truth.

Truth brought to public light recruits the best of us to work for change. On the other hand, even the best-intentioned "noble lie" ultimately discredits the finest of causes.

So, I think that's the centerpiece of morality: Don't lie. But to do that, you have to go a step further and find out what the truth is.

In matters of honesty, there are no shortcuts; no little white lies, or big black lies, only the simple, honest truth spoken in total candor... Being true is different than being honest.

You can't be reluctant to give up your lie and still tell the truth.

I'll tell you something that's completely true - you can, as a man, obtain everything you want with the truth. If you lie, first of all you've got to be a very good lying actor, which is tres difficile. And it's going to give you poison inside the body.

It's essential to tell the truth at all times. This will reduce life's pain. Lying distorts reality. All forms of distorted thinking must be corrected.

Every night I go over what I did in the day, in ethical or moral terms. Have I treated people properly? Did I tell the truth?