Edwin Land Quotes

Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good.

An orator is a man who says what he thinks and feels what he says.

You deliver a message every time you speak. Do you deliver the truth, or do you deliver lies? When the message you deliver comes from truth and love, you are happier.

Truth is used to vitalize a statement rather than devitalize it. Truth implies more than a simple statement of fact. "I don't have any whiskey," may be a fact but it is not a truth.

I have always had such sincere love for truth, that I have often begun by telling stories for the purpose of getting truth to enter the heads of those who could not appreciate its charms.

Honest communication is built on truth and integrity and upon respect of the one for the other.

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

Always speak the truth, think before you speak, and write it down afterwards.

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.

It's so much easier to tell people what they want to hear instead of what they need to hear.

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.

I don't debate with liars.

All I want and all I even ask of people in Hollywood is look, just be honest with me. Please don't lie to me. Whatever the situation is, be honest with me.

In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.

Well, it's really important to be honest with the person that you're seeing.

If everyone's just saying what they feel and doing whatever they want, there's no drama in the world. And there's also no truth to it, 'cause that's just not the truth.

Tell the children the truth.

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

Once you lose the honesty in a relationship, I mean, I think you don't have a relationship at all.

I'm going to be as sincere as I can in delivering the message I think is right. If people agree, great, and if they don't, I did my best.

Nothing that I say in my music is a lie.

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

I admit that I have more truth than eloquence.

Truth is too naked. She does not inflame men.

Candor helps a lot.