Curt Flood Quotes

The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it.

I don't like false modesty.

Telling the truth to people who misunderstand you is generally promoting a falsehood, isn't it?

Why would anyone lie? The truth is always more colorful.

I doubt he knows himself when he’s not telling the truth.

Liars sometimes tell the truth; they don’t tell lies all the time.

People who are deceptive themselves have a really good ear for deception. They know when somebody's telling the truth or not, and so one of the ways around that is to always be telling the truth - or some version of it.

Telling lies is the easy bit, but telling the truth and pretending you are lying is hard.

The truth is always an insult or a joke, lies are generally tastier. We love them. The nature of lies is to please. Truth has no concern for anyone's comfort

Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out. It is always near at hand, and sits upon our lips, and is ready to drop out before we are aware; whereas a lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack; and one trick needs a great many more to make it good.

If you're not gonna tell the truth, then why start talking?

The more you speak of yourself, the more you are likely to lie.

No. It's actually not okay. And I hate when people say that, when they say it's okay even though it's not. It's better to tell the truth.

We obviously need the truth. We're living in a country of lies.

I know I fib a good deal. After all, a woman's charm is fifty per cent illusion, but when a thing is important I tell the truth. - Blanche Scene II

If you tell the truth, then you don't have to have a good memory

As hypocrisy is said to be the highest compliment to virtue, the art of lying is the strongest acknowledgment of the force of truth.

It is very difficult to tell the truth.

You can't be reluctant to give up your lie and still tell the truth.

I am trying to work out what my taste is, comedy-wise. I look up to stand up comedians who appear to be telling the truth, but I don't mind if they are lying.

It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.

I'm not big on lying. I don't like that at all.

The truthful man is usually a liar.

Put away from you a dissembling mouth.

Avoid the company of a liar. And if you can't avoid him, don't believe him.