“Lies don't fix things. They don't even make things easier, at least not in the long run. Best to tell the truth and then clean up an honest mess.”

— P. C. Cast

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American writer 1960

P. C. Cast (1960) American writer

“We don't mean to mess things up,
But mess them up we do.”

Paul Simon (1941) American musician, songwriter and producer

Everything About It Is a Love Song
Song lyrics, Surprise (2006)
Context: We don't mean to mess things up,
But mess them up we do.
And then it's "Oh, I'm sorry."
Here's a smiling photograph
Of love when it was new.
At a birthday party.
Make a wish and close your eyes:
Surprise, surprise, surprise.

“Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done.”

Andy Rooney (1919–2011) writer, humorist, television personality

“I don't like it, to be honest, when politicians make a big thing of their religious beliefs, so I don't make a big thing of it.”

Tony Blair (1953) former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

BBC Newsnight http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/1988874.stm
Interview with Jeremy Paxman, 16 May 2002.
2000s

“People don't want their lives fixed. Nobody wants their problems solved. Their dramas. their distractions. Their stories resolved. Their messes cleaned up. Because what would they have left? Just the big scary unknown.”

Chuck Palahniuk book Survivor

Source: Survivor

“The best way is not to fight it, just go. Don't be trying all the time to fix things. What you run from only stays with you longer. When you fight something, you only make it stronger.”

Chuck Palahniuk book Invisible Monsters

Source: Invisible Monsters

“In a free-market economy, the consumer is king: labor unions don't run things, business people don't run things, bankers don't run things, politicians don't run things, but the success of a business depends on how people spend their money.”

Ron Paul (1935) American politician and physician

In response to the question "What is your opinion on direct democracy, where the citizens themselves make law, rather than elected representatives?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-nfaTZNWcI (May 14, 2015)
2015

“One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas day. Don't clean it up too quickly."
~ (1919-), American writer, producer, humorist.”

Andy Rooney (1919–2011) writer, humorist, television personality

“Sometimes you've got to make a mess before you clean it up.”

Deb Caletti (1963) American writer

Source: The Secret Life of Prince Charming

“The best lies are based on the
truth, at least in part”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Angel

Source: Clockwork Angel

“Lies don't fix things. They don't even make things easier, at least not in the long run. Best to tell the truth and then clean up an honest mess.”

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