Andrei Platonov Quotes

I haven't done anything that I'm ashamed of.

Now I come to 75 years of age, I think what's most important in life is your conscience. If you told a lie and made other people suffer, I think that's very difficult when you reach this age.

I've told lots of lies in my life. I try not to lie, but I still do. It's very difficult to get to 37 and not be ashamed of something you've done. But I think your life is easier, ultimately, if you're honest.

Young people are just as attracted to the truth as they are convenience and expediency.

Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.

I can't hide things from my Maker, so it is better to be honest.

There's nothing I've done which I'm ashamed of or I thought was actually bad.

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

I don't have no shame.

If one is honest there is no need to remember.

Truth brought to public light recruits the best of us to work for change. On the other hand, even the best-intentioned "noble lie" ultimately discredits the finest of causes.

I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.

I have always said I will try to answer questions honestly. I don't want to change that about myself. I think people appreciate that about me.

I make one pledge above all others - to seek and speak the truth with all the resources of mind and spirit I command.

I never did anything I'm really ashamed of.

I refuse to lie to children.

I insist on the truth. I surround myself with people who tell the truth.

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.

You've got to be who you are. You've got to be honest with people. If your views change on something, you've got to be willing to express it.

For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth.

In order for me to get through all the red tape and just allow people to just get at my talent, I've got to set the record straight. And you can't set half the record straight; when you tell it, you've got to tell it all.

Let us begin by committing ourselves to the truth to see it like it is, and tell it like it is, to find the truth, to speak the truth, and to live the truth.

When we played softball, I'd steal second base, feel guilty and go back.

Living in truth cannot be reduced to having access to full information.

I think people are distrustful of politicians and are looking for someone who is telling the truth with no hidden agenda.