Paul Craig Roberts Quotes

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.

Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.

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

I learned at a very early age, the easiest thing in the world is to tell the truth, and then you don't have to remember what you said. It has nothing to do with morality, just remembering what you said.

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.

There's a bit of truth in everything I do, you know.

It's only words... unless they're true.

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.

I meant what I said and I said what I meant.

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

I'm genuine and people can believe what I say.

I never lie. I believe everything I say, so it's not a lie.

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

I don't debate with liars.

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

I'm not a liar.

Hey, I'm nothing but honest!

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.

The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it.

People believed what I said was what I believed.

It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.

The authenticity thing has never been an issue for me.

I was telling the truth. I feel like we got that point across.

The truthful man is usually a liar.