Rick Pitino Quotes

Lying makes a problem part of the future; truth makes a problem part of the past.

If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today.

I've tried to do away with lying in my life in the last few years, but it's hard.

If one tells the truth, one is sure, sooner or later, to be found out.

An honorable man or woman is one who is truthful; free from deceit; above cheating, lying, stealing, or any form of deception. An honorable man or woman is one who learns early that one cannot do wrong and feel right. A man's character is judged on how he keeps his word and his agreements.

I'd rather deal with the consequences of the truth rather than the benefits of a lie.

There is a price to pay for speaking the truth. There is a bigger price for living a lie.

If you are going to do something that you have to lie about, don't do it, it's very simple.

Lies don't fix things. They don't even make things easier, at least not in the long run. Best to tell the truth and then clean up an honest mess.

Above all, I would teach him to tell the truth Truth-telling, I have found, is the key to responsible citizenship. The thousands of criminals I have seen in 40 years of law enforcement have had one thing in common: Every single one was a liar.

Lying was a way of life. The solution to the problem is ultrasimple: tell the truth, no matter how painful.

I used to lie a lot as a child, which I now regret. I think it is much easier just to tell the truth.

When I was a little kid, I used to get in trouble a lot for lying. Being raised religious, I believed that lying was sinful, so I felt guilty.

You want to be very careful about lying; otherwise you are nearly sure to get caught.

I'm a very firm believer that a liar is a cheat and a thief and a crook. I don't like liars. I never lie. I always told my own child, "If you murder somebody, tell me. I'll help you hide the body. But don't you lie to me.

My dad one time told me, he was like, 'The only time you should lie is when someone's holding a gun to your head and says 'Okay, lie or I'm going to shoot you.' And that really stuck with me. I think about that a lot. I used to not be really honest with girls and then I dropped a song called "Starry Room" and then I started turning over a new leaf. Now, I'm completely honest with girls all the time and they just get mad at me.

A little lie is like a little pregnancy – it doesn't take long before everyone knows.

An injurious truth has no merit over an injurious lie. Neither should ever be uttered. The man who speaks an injurious truth, lest his soul be not saved if he do otherwise, should reflect that that sort of a soul is not strictly worth saving.

To lapse in fulness Is sorer than to lie for need, and falsehood Is worse in kings than beggars.

If you are ever going to lie, you go to jail for the lie rather than the crime. So believe me, don't ever lie.

Lies were lethal, however honourable the intentions of the liar. They deprived people of the opportunity to know the basic facts of their own lives.

Telling lies is a bit like tiling bathrooms - if you don't know how to do it properly, it's best not to try.

A small lie, if it actually is a lie, condemns a man as much as a big and black falsehood. If a man will deliberately cheat to the amount of a single cent, give him opportunity and he would cheat to any amount.

When you lie there's always going to be a consequence. Lying never wins at the end.

I have said to you to speak the truth is a painful thing. To be forced to tell lies is much worse.