Augusten Burroughs Quotes

I decided I am not going to say things I do not mean anymore.

When you speak the truth, people realize that.

Authenticity can't be replicated or faked. You're either real or you're not.

The truth is ever best.

If you ask me what people want from me, they would probably just want me to be true to what I'm doing.

Onstage, nothing is as important as truth, nothing. As soon as you lie, they know it.

I never encourage deceit, and falsehood, especially if you have got a bad memory, is the worst enemy a fellow can have. The fact is truth is your truest friend, no matter what the circumstances are.

Tell the truth. If you tell the truth all the time you don't have to worry three months down the line about what you said three months earlier. Truth is always the truth. You won't have to complicate your life by trying to cover up.

Always tell the truth. That way you don't have to remember what you said.

The truth will not necessarily set you free, but truthfulness will.

No such thing as a man willing to be honest - that would be like a blind man willing to see.

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 never want to fake it. That's my whole thing.

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

I try not to fake anything.

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

Not everyone can see the truth, but he can be it.

I meant what I said and I said what I meant.

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

Always be sincere, even if you don't mean it.

The truth needs so little rehearsal.

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.

I do believe that the truth gets out.

You'll never get mixed up if you simply tell the truth. Then you don't have to remember what you have said, and you never forget what you have said.