Shirley MacLaine Quotes

Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

For me, integrity is the consistency of words and actions. Part of the way that you do that is to ask people questions on some of the most difficult issues that you confront. 'Take me through where you felt you had to compromise your values.'

What's right is right, and what's wrong is wrong.

Some people may believe that their conscience is enough to guide them not to lie, be deceitful or do the other things God has commanded us not to do. I disagree.

Integrity is incredibly important to me. As long as you're authentic, you can do no wrong.

Right is right and wrong is wrong.

There's hostility to lying, and there should be.

I was taught that the search for truth and the search for justice are not incompatible and are, in fact, essential.

I can only focus on doing what's right.

I believe that we should keep the truth as a priority.

Principle is a passion for truth.

I think values are really, really important, but I also think that too many values are just words.

Those who think it is permissible to tell white lies soon grow color-blind.

Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality.

So, I think that's the centerpiece of morality: Don't lie. But to do that, you have to go a step further and find out what the truth is.

Respect for the Truth is an acquired taste.

Would that the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy, might be laid to heart; that a sense of the true aim of life might elevate the tone of politics and trade till public and private honor become identical.

Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral authority.

I refuse to lie to children.

Well, the truth is always what should be told. And the truth and the knowledge of the truth is what everybody should represent, regardless of the consequences of doing it.

We are really the conveyors of truth in a very critical time and people need to know that truth.

There is no truth without responsibility following in its wake.

Both politicians and journalists face situations which strain their honesty and humanity. My opinion is that politicians on the average stand up somewhat better than journalists.

There isn't any amount of money that could tempt me to promote something that I didn't believe in.