“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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“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.
Tony Blair (1953) former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
BBC Newsnight http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/1988874.stm <br class="br">Interview with Jeremy Paxman, 16 May 2002. <br class="br">2000s
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
“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