Axl Rose Quotes

It's always unfortunate when something gets misreported and the facts are not clear.

The most dangerous untruths are truths moderately distorted.

Dishonesty is Trump's hallmark: He claimed that he had spoken clearly and boldly against going into Iraq. Wrong. He spoke in favor of invading Iraq. He said he saw thousands of Muslims in New Jersey celebrating 9/11. Wrong. He saw no such thing. He imagined it.

When I was younger, I wasn't really sure what I wanted to do, but I told a lot of lies in school. I told my friends once that I was playing John Travolta's daughter in a movie. I also told people that I had this romantic affair with Jonathan Taylor Thomas over a summer.

Many stories are invented about me - too many stories; almost everyone uses me, and I'd say about 0.01 percent of the gossip is true.

The truth is not wonderful enough to suit the newspapers; so they enlarge upon it, and invent ridiculous embellishments.

Accusations fit on a bumper sticker. The truth is longer.

People where we come from hear so many lies that the truth stands out like a sore thumb.

You can't really pretend something is rosier than it is and expect people to buy it.

A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.

Creating fake facts does require a measure of haphazard research, insofar as they need to not just be possible, but also interesting.

Everything that Eddie has said about me is the total opposite of what really happened. Eddie says I wanted to be a solo artist. No, Eddie wanted to be a solo artist.

Of course, politicians always say they're just describing their opponents' positions, even if they are in fact offering absurd caricatures, if not outright lies.

She tells enough white lies to ice a wedding cake.

I suppose I shouldn't go around admitting I speak untruths on the radio.

Errors, to be dangerous, must have a great deal of truth mingled with them. It is only from this alliance that they can ever obtain an extensive circulation.

There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of it is that half of them are true.

There's a tendency for designers to embellish the size of their business. I never lie.

Exaggeration is a blood relation to falsehood and nearly as blamable.

People love to yammer on about things that aren't real.

I want to clear up a few myths about myself. People have written that I was a kindergarten teacher and a former Miss Texas, and neither is true.

The average person tells a few white lies.

When I was really young, I used to lie a lot. Now I get paid to do it.

The very hirelings of the press, whose trade it is to buoy up the spirits of the people. have uttered falsehoods so long, they have played off so many tricks, that their budget seems, at last, to be quite empty.

Sometimes hyperbole and lying are not easily distinguishable [in politics].