Truth Quotes

The truth is, I'm drawn to all kinds of things.

Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is - it is her shadow.

It is not the possession of truth, but the success which attends the seeking after it, that enriches the seeker and brings happiness to him.

The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the truth of an opinion we have already formed about ourselves.

If the truth contradicts deeply held beliefs, that is too bad.

The truth is, we have this idea that late night is about creativity and being cool, but that's not our job. Our job is to get as many people watching the commercials in between our show. That's the reality of it.

Death comes in a flash, and that's the truth of it, the person's gone in less than 24 frames of film.

The death of dictator Kim Jong-Il has cast all eyes on North Korea, a country without literature or freedom or truth.

Love is not a mere impulse, it must contain truth, which is law.

I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism until you provoke him. Severe truth is expressed with some bitterness.

My assignment is what every writer's assignment is: tell the truth of his own time.

When I grew up, in Taiwan, the Korean War was seen as a good war, where America protected Asia. It was sort of an extension of World War II. And it was, of course, the peak of the Cold War. People in Taiwan were generally proAmerican. The Korean War made Japan. And then the Vietnam War made Taiwan. There is some truth to that.

That taxes may be the ostensible cause is true, but that they are the true cause is as far remote from truth as light from darkness.

On the contrary, it might even be a projection of what the truth is of the Bush Administration's complacency and ineptitude on the terrorism in its first 9 months in office.

Such, Polly, are your sex - part truth, part fiction; - Some thought, much whim and all a contradiction.

In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to the real virtue.

It's too bad for us 'literary' enthusiasts, but it's the truth nevertheless - pictures tell any story more effectively than words.

If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which makes you more open to my ideas. And if I can persuade you to laugh at the particular point I make, by laughing at it you acknowledge its truth.

The greatest homage we can pay to truth, is to use it.

Truth, at the wrong time, can be dangerous.

One should never put on one's best trousers to go out to battle for freedom and truth.

To rise from error to truth is rare and beautiful.

Our understanding of the world around us is constantly being redefined and expanded, and so therefore, it is wiser to be passionate about seeking for truth than knowing it.

Reason is a supple nymph, and slippery as a fish by nature. She had as leave give her kiss to an absurdity any day, as to syllogistic truth. The absurdity may turn out truer.

We seek the truth and will endure the consequences.

There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth.

It is difficult to discriminate the voice of truth from amid the clamor raised by heated partisans.

It is the glory and good of Art, That Art remains the one way possible Of speaking truth, to mouths like mine at least.

Some people think that the truth can be hidden with a little cover-up and decoration. But as time goes by, what is true is revealed, and what is fake fades away.

George Carlin is kind of my template now because George Carlin before was straight laced regular comic and he had short hair, a tie, suit, nightclub guy. Then he said screw it, let his hair grow, just started telling what he thought was the truth. So that's what I'm trying to do.