Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

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

It matters if people believe you or not.

People think you're being dishonest because you're just too blunt.

I cannot play a lie. I have to believe in what I play or it won't come out.

You can't preach it like it is if you don't believe it like it was.

For the record, I don't expect you to believe any of this. Not really. I'm a liar by trade, after all; albeit, I like to think, an honest liar.

And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.

I know that I need honesty from the people I interview. I also know that the truth is more interesting than made up stuff, and also, people don't connect with you if you're not honest.

There's nothing harder than going on TV and saying something that you don't believe. I don't do that anymore.

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

Honesty and authenticity are a big deal for me.

It's really surprising that what you put on paper, people will believe.

The Centre is very important to me; it's about trust - about truth.

Honesty has always been an integral part of my operation, really.

People all over the nation are starved for honesty and common sense.

You have to believe what you say, and if you believe what you are saying, then acting is easy.

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 think people are distrustful of politicians and are looking for someone who is telling the truth with no hidden agenda.

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.

I use the language I use to my friends. They wouldn't believe me if I used some high-flown literary language. I want them to believe me.

I would not want to write something about something I do not think about.

It is unfortunate, considering that enthusiasm moves the world, that so few enthusiasts can be trusted to speak the truth.

I'm someone, the same as my girlfriends, when they say what do you think about this, I don't always say they look fabulous. I say what I think.

All you have to do is just believe in what's there; then, the audience will, too.

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