"Always tell the truth, and people will never believe you."

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Source : Ronald Knox (2012). “The Viaduct Murder”, p.56, Hachette UK

Ronald Knox

#Truth Quotes #Believe Quotes #People Quotes

“I think mascara is a must. If I'm going to wear makeup somewhere, and I'm doing it, it's usually really simple - it's just mascara and maybe a tiny bit of eyeshadow, but that's it.”
“We dont have a good legal justification for breaking up the banking system. But if I could wave a magic wand, Id break up the banking system.”
“You are indebted to life until you help some less fortunate person, just as you were helped.”
“Everything is a learning experience,”
“Over the years I knew her she always looked at me like that - as though I was a quite pleasant but amusing object - and it always did the same thing to me. It's difficult to put into words but perhaps I can best describe it by saying that if I had been a little dog I'd have gone leaping and gambolling around the room wagging my tail furiously.”

Source : James Herriot (2012). “Let Sleeping Vets Lie”, p.104, Pan Macmillan
“You're a quiet, beautiful woman in a loud, ugly place. An orchid among weeds. You define obvious.”

Source : Lynn Viehl (2009). “Stay the Night: A Novel of the Darkyn”, p.30, Penguin
“Quite a lot of what we normally think of as human culture doesn't fit some definition. What are the values behind cuisine, which is a form of human culture? Does it have deep values? I don't know - I would say not. But maybe I'm not a foodie.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“The whole point is, give me a break with the standards. You go to the average jazz label and suggest a record and they want to know which standards you're going to play. I'm saying let's break the formula.”

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