“Always tell the truth. That way, you don't have to remember what you said.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
Source: Think Big: Unleashing Your Potential for Excellence
“Always tell the truth. That way, you don't have to remember what you said.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
Sam Rayburn (1882–1961) lawmaker from Bonham, Texas
W. B. Ragsdale, "An Old Friend Writes of Rayburn", in U.S. News & World Report (October 23, 1961), p. 72.
“I'm only telling you on the truth," he said. "If you can't stand the truth, don't ask for it.”
Colum McCann book Let the Great World Spin
Source: Let the Great World Spin
Judith Sheindlin (1942) American lawyer, judge, television personality, and author
Quotes from Judge Judy cases, Dress, stand, speak properly <br class="br">Source: http://www.youtube.com/user/JJMinisodes#p/u/7/hpLSM73I6ZM ("If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything" - Mark Twain)
Neale Donald Walsch (1943) American writer
Source: https://www.facebook.com/NealeDonaldWalsch/posts/pfbid02YdVimv896xTUxM8Tx4Q27WXzEDdsZf4rd4bowY41iUqhn5CqutupKy8oHX6TPiJhl
“If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.”
Mark Twain book Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Notebook entry, January or February 1894, Mark Twain's Notebook, ed. Albert Bigelow Paine (1935), p. 240 http://books.google.com/books?id=DjBVlb7cBSIC&pg=PA240 <br class="br">Variant: If you tell the truth you do not need a good memory! <br class="br">Source: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
James Burgh (1714–1775) British politician
The Dignity of Human Nature (1754)
Horace Mann (1796–1859) American politician
James Burgh, in The Dignity of Human Nature (1754)
Misattributed
“Try to live so that you can always tell the truth.”
Jonathan Safran Foer book Everything Is Illuminated
Source: Everything Is Illuminated