Abraham Cahan Quotes

Put away from you a dissembling mouth.

Have you weaned yourself of your off-putting proclivity for not telling the truth/

There are many justifications of silence; there can be none of insincerity.

I don't want to lie. I dislike dishonesty. And I work in Hollywood, a town and a business that relies on a lot of falsehoods with people hiding behind different facades. I don't want to be a part of that.

I am not sincere, even when I say I am not.

I don't like to tell lies.

When the truth changes from your speaking, you know you have told the truth.

Time will inevitably uncover dishonesty and lies; history has no place for them.

He who does not need to lie is proud of not being a liar.

I don't tell lies. I don't need to.

I cannot stand dishonesty among people, the tendency to prevaricate.

I am sincere, ma petite, even when I lie.

It is my belief... that the truth is generally preferable to lies.

Faces can lie. Backsides can't.

You never monkey with the truth.

The greatest truth is honesty, and the greatest falsehood is dishonesty.

If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, 'Tell the truth.' If I got three more words, I'd add, 'All the time.'

The truth just happens - lies take time to make.

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.

I'm actually incapable of lying. I'm like a parody of a person who can't lie.

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.

No lie ever reaches old age.

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

Truth never was indebted to a lie.

I am not honest.