True Quotes

The daily act of writing remains as demanding and maddening as it was before, and the pleasure you get from writing - rare but profound - remains at the true heart of the enterprise. On their best days, writers all over the world are winning Pulitzers, all alone in their studios, with no one watching.

Revenge only engenders violence, not clarity and true peace. I think liberation must come from within.

You know no one ever accomplishes something like this without a lot of help from good people along the way. And this is certainly true in my case, and I would like to thank some of those people.

I have been an "Official" all my life, without the least turn for it. I never could attain a true official manner, which is highly artificial and handles trifles with ludicrously disproportionate gravity.

It is the woman - nearly always - in spite of all the advances of modern feminism, who still takes responsibility for the bulk of the chores, as well as doing her paid job. This is true even in households where men try to be unselfish and to do their share.

I thank my God for graciously granting me the opportunity of learning that death is the key which unlocks the door to our true happiness.

You really have to listen to yourself and know if what someone is saying is true for you.

I exaggerate when I'm angry, but I've never gone around telling people things that aren't true about me.

The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character.

When you face a crisis, you know who your true friends are.

Specialized meaninglessness has come to be regarded, in certain circles, as a kind of hallmark of true science.

True health care reform cannot happen in Washington. It has to happen in our kitchens, in our homes, in our communities. All health care is personal.

The bond with a true dog is as lasting as the ties of this earth will ever be.

Some people just don't seem to understand the concept of fiction. It is fiction; it ain't true, folks.

Jesus Christ is our supreme commander, but He operates only through His word, which is unquestionably a training manual. However, He has many interpreters, and few people see the Bible as a true training manual.

I heard a definition once: Happiness is health and a short memory! I wish I'd invented it, because it is very true.

I always make music that is true to my spirit.

If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.

All sciences are now under the obligation to prepare the ground for the future task of the philosopher, which is to solve the problem of value, to determine the true hierarchy of values.

My background is basically scientific math. My Dad was a physicist, so I have it in my blood somewhere. Scientific method is very important to me. I think anything that contradicts it is probably not true.

Film-makers should remain true to their principles and never compromise, there is a real revival in the British film industry but there is a danger that we will become colonial servants of Hollywood. We need to maintain our own integrity.

It is often said that before you die your life passes before your eyes. It is in fact true. It's called living.

Order is a great person's need and their true well being.

We have to abandon the idea that schooling is something restricted to youth. How can it be, in a world where half the things a man knows at 20 are no longer true at 40 - and half the things he knows at 40 hadn't been discovered when he was 20?

Technology has advanced more in the last thirty years than in the previous two thousand. The exponential increase in advancement will only continue. Anthropological Commentary The opposite of a trivial truth is false; the opposite of a great truth is also true.

True nostalgia is an ephemeral composition of disjointed memories.

I'm a true native of the Bay Area.

This Department of Treasury, run by this administration, using the same tried and true accounting methods that every business in America uses, cast new light on the fiscal severity that our Nation is facing, what some would call a mess.

The true worth of a man is not to be found in man himself, but in the colours and textures that come alive in others.

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem.