Eugene H. Peterson Quotes

Veracity does not consist in saying, but in the intention of communicating the truth.

You never monkey with the truth.

If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, 'Tell the truth.' If I got three more words, I'd add, 'All the time.'

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.

I'm actually incapable of lying. I'm like a parody of a person who can't lie.

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.

And if that isn't the truth, it would be a lie.

Truth never was indebted to a lie.

I don't do interviews under false pretenses.

Kids know when you're pulling a fast one, storywise, and I think that even when they're being entertained, children want to hear the truth, just like adults do.

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

Don't lie if you don't have to.

I don't like to tell lies.

Remember that it is not enough to abstain from lying by word of mouth; for the worst lies are often conveyed by a false look, smile, or act.

We know how to speak many falsehoods that resemble real things, but we know, when we will, how to speak true things.

I'm not fake in any way.

I just have an inability to lie.

The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it.

When the truth changes from your speaking, you know you have told the truth.

Time will inevitably uncover dishonesty and lies; history has no place for them.

At the end of the day, I believe truth is stronger than any lie that's out there.

You want to be honest with a character and play it truthfully, and you want to be genuine with your character.

It's a weird thing about the truth: It protects you. What really makes you vulnerable is when you're lying because you're going to get caught. When you tell the truth, there's a strange relief that comes.

I don't do much lying in real life because I don't get away with it.

Put away from you a dissembling mouth.