John Tillotson Quotes

I write as straight as I can, just as I walk as straight as I can, because that is the best way to get there.

The words of truth are simple.

There are many crooked lines and one straight line. Which is the line of truth? Why the straight line? Truth is always the shortest distance between two points.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

I feel like when you just say what the truth is, you can't really comment more than that.

A vocabulary of truth and simplicity will be of service throughout your life.

Truth never turns to rebuke falsehood; her own straightforwardness is the severest correction.

I don't like to act in my personal life. I like to be straightforward.

I learned at a very early age, the easiest thing in the world is to tell the truth, and then you don't have to remember what you said. It has nothing to do with morality, just remembering what you said.

I insist on the truth. I surround myself with people who tell the truth.

A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring truth to form, he is not constantly at work upon the facade of his appearance.

One of the sublimest things in the world is plain truth.

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

The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.

For truth has such a face and such a mien, as to be loved needs only to be seen.

When somebody asks me a question, I try to be as straightforward about it as possible. I try not to overthink what I'm going to say in an interview.

Look, I'm not a perfect person. I have my warts. I sometimes say things that get me in trouble. I wear suits that are cheap. But I say what I think and I believe what I say, and I'm willing to say things that are not popular but ordinary people know are right.

The greatest truths are the simplest, and so are the greatest men.

Sincerity is like traveling on a plain, beaten road, which commonly brings a man sooner to his journey's end than by-ways, in which men often lose themselves.

I felt that it's best just to be as transparent as possible.

The truth needs so little rehearsal.

With love, you don't mislead or play around, so if you're not perfectly clear, just be honest about it.

I do everything in a straightforward manner.

I don't want to hide anything - there is nothing to hide.

Keep it simple. Tell the truth. People can smell the truth.