Ricky Gervais Quotes

OK, so truth hurts - but what else does truth do?

Waking up in TRUTH is so much better than living in a lie.

I am determined to live without illusions. I want to look at reality straight. Without hiding.

The truth is the only way that we can get anywhere.

There is weakness in pretending to know more than you know or in stating less than you know.

Never underestimate people. They do desire the cut of truth.

The best mind-altering drug is the truth.

The safest words are always those which bring us most directly to facts.

Let us begin by committing ourselves to the truth to see it like it is, and tell it like it is, to find the truth, to speak the truth, and to live the truth.

When a woman tells the truth she is creating the possibility for more truth around her.

I say what I think and I think what I say.

The poet is on the side of undeceiving the world.

It's impossible to always get across what I'm trying to say, but, if I just stay honest, then I'm not going to look back on any of these interviews and wonder what I was trying to do or be.

If you have value as an artist it's probably going to be in your capacity to let things inside you get past things that are placed there to keep you from telling the truth. The more you see things as clearly and coldly as you can, the more value you're going to have.

We cannot forever hide the truth about ourselves, from ourselves.

The whole 'Melrose' series is an attempt to tell the truth, and is based on the idea that there is some salutary or liberating power in telling the truth.

I think you have to be honest and not try to be somebody that you really aren't.

Some people would rather have a lie that makes them smile than a truth that makes them cry. I'm the opposite; I'd rather have people make me cry with the truth than try to make me smile.

I tell it like it is. I tell it like I see it. I tell it like I envision it. I tell it like I live it.

I always mean what I say, but I don't always say what I'm thinking.

The truth cannot be deceptive, and one who sees it cannot be deceived.

The camera never lies, man. I've learned that. If you allow it, it will see right through you, which is kind of cool.

I want truth. I'm crying out to hear it. I need it like oxygen.

The more horrible the truth that you admit, the better you connect. You have to tell the truth.

All I'm ever looking for in my work in general is honesty and truth and people being real to themselves.