Subject: Beliefs » Honesty (Page 10)

The only statistics you can trust are those you falsified yourself.

(1874 – 1965) British prime minister, politician, statesman & orator

… you're so crooked that if you swallowed a nail you'd shit a corkscrew.

(1898 – 1979) British military commander

Ronald Reagan is not a typical politician because he doesn't know how to lie, cheat, and steal; he's always had an agent do that.

(1903 – 2003) English-born American comedian & actor

Truth is something you stumble into when you think you’re going somewhere else. 

(1942 – 1995) American musician

I think that people who read the tabloids deserve to be lied to.

(1954 – ) comedian & television actor

Truth is more of a stranger than fiction.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

Speak the truth, but leave immediately after.

He will even tell a lie when it is not convenient to.

(1925 – 2012) author, playwright, essayist & screenwriter

Strike an average between what a woman thinks of her husband a month before she marries him and what she thinks of him a year afterward, and you will have the truth about him.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist

The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing… if you can fake that, you’ve got it made.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

In order to preserve your self-respect, it is sometimes necessary to lie and cheat.

(1930 – ) American author and billiard player, teacher & commentator