Sissela Bok Quotes

Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.

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

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

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.

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 feel honesty always works.

I never lied to a person in my life; my kids didn't, either.

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

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

For me, the greatest fault would be to tell somebody something I'm not.

I'm not a liar.

Always tell the truth - it's the easiest thing to remember.

There is no point in asking a man a question until you have established whether he has any reason to lie to you.

You can't lie to your audience. You can't lie to your fans.

Because no matter what you say in life, the truth will always be the truth. You know when someone is telling the truth, you look in the eyes. I have a tendency to believe people.

It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.

Honesty is the most single most important factor having a direct bearing on the final success of an individual, corporation, or product.

I never lie to my fans.

He was so honest you could play craps with him over the phone.

He who is dishonest with respect to speech, is dishonest in everything.

No matter what you do, be honest. That sticks out in Washington.

There is no truth in him, and men who cannot tell the truth are not to be trusted either in public or private life.

This was a man we could trust. He never lied to me. He never lied to me.

I believe that I have always told the truth.

I am honest in what I do and I think people respond to that honestly.