Dominic Grieve Quotes

The public can't be fooled all the time.

I want America to know that you can't believe everything you hear, and nowadays, you can't believe everything you see.

Some people believe everything they see on TV. People, it's called tel-lie-vision!

The overwhelming majority of people in this country know how to sift the wheat from the chaff in what they hear and what they read. They know that the process of the constructive rebuilding of America cannot be done in a day or a year, but that it is being done in spite of the few who seek to confuse them and to profit by their confusion.

People still believe what they read is necessarily the truth.

Don't believe everything you see on VH1.

I think it's a myth that American public or any other public is so stupid that they need to be constantly pricked.

We live in such a gullible world. Anything that's written, anything that's posted, anything picture that is interpreted one way is taken as truth.

The public's not stupid.

The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.

Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes?

You can never trust what you read.

The public are not stupid.

For every credibility gap there is a gullibility gap.

The more you are in public life, the more you wonder at the credulity of the average human being.

Commercial television has underestimated the intelligence of the public.

When people talk about fake news, you know, a lot of folks just roll their eyes, like 'Oh, you know, whatever; people will figure it out.' The truth is, they don't always figure it out.

People aren't suckers. Some are, perhaps. But most people inside know when we're being lied to.

When fake news is repeated, it becomes difficult for the public to discern what's real.

People take things at face value on social media. Earnestness is the assumption.

This commitment to truth is something one senses more and more Americans yearning for, just as they are becoming more and more sophisticated at knowing when the truth is being obscured - an irony that seems to elude most of today's elected officials.

You mustn't underestimate an audience's intelligence.

No one can be happy who has been thrust outside the pale of truth. And there are two ways that one can be removed from this realm: by lying, or by being lied to.

A lot of the tabloid stories are written so well, they're very clever and very funny. But you have to focus on what's really important and not read them - don't dive into it and don't get caught up in it.

A smart man only believes half of what he hears, a wise man knows which half.