Libba Bray Quotes

I'm not good at keeping secrets.

A man who tells nothing, or who tells all, will equally have nothing told him.

When I look at him, I don't see the cowardly young man who sold me out to Jeanine Matthews, and i don't hear the excuses he gave afterward. When I look at him, I see the boy who held my hand in the hospital when our mother broke her wrist and told me it would be all right. I see the brother who told me to make my own choices, the night before the Choosing Ceremony. I think of all the remarkable things he is--smart and enthusiastic and observant, quiet and earnest and kind.

Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no lies.

I have never lied, “ Mr. Barris counters, standing as well. “I do not share what I am not at liberty to say. I gave my word and I intend to keep it but I have never lied to you. You never even asked me, you assumed I knew nothing.

What we talked about will have to remain a secret between him and me. I spoke to him as a brother whom I have pardoned and who has my complete trust.

I'll never tell a lie. I'll never make a misleading statement. I'll never betray the confidence that any of you had in me. And I'll never avoid a controversial issue.

When I think it's good not to say the truth, I don't say anything. I don't like actors in general, they lie, they are liars, trust me.

People had this image of the Jacksons as the perfect American family and I destroyed that image. But what people have to understand is writing that book was very healing for me.

You learned the two greatest thing in life, never rat on your friends, and always keep your mouth shut.

I know my brother. Michael, he's not that kind of person. He doesn't do that. That's all a lie on him.

You don't lie to your own doctor. You don't lie to your own attorney, and you don't lie to your employees.

Tell your friends a lie; if they keep it secret, tell them the truth.

To Any Officer or Employee of the Government: Please tell Mr. Lincoln Steffens anything whatever about the government that you know (not incompatible with the public interest) and provided only that you tell him the truth—no matter what it might be—I will see to it that you are not hurt. T. Roosevelt.

There are no secrets.

Tell the truth once and for all and shut up forever.

Keep your secrets Keep your silence It is a better gift than truth

I'll tell you all my secrets but I lie about my past.

It's human to have a secret, but it's just as human to reveal it sooner or later.

If i should enter the house and speak with my own voice, at last, about its awful furnitutre, pulling apart the covering over the dusty bodies; the randy father, the husband holding ice in his hand like a blessing, the mother bleeding into herself and the small imploding girl, i say if i should walk into that web, who will come flying after me, leaping tall buildings? you?

Deal in our privacy with the last honesty and truth.

If you wish another to keep your secret, first keep it to yourself.

Truth is love's mother, and we all know it is not wise to lie to anyone's mother.

You must not tell anyone,' my mother said, 'what I am about to tell you.'

A quality person is someone with integrity. To be worthy of the highest trust is a noble attribute and compliment. You will need to maintain confidences. Certainly it is greater to be trusted than loved. Truly happy persons will always be totally honest in their dealings with their fellowman.