Truth Quotes

But in truth, should I meet with gold or spices in great quantity, I shall remain till I collect as much as possible, and for this purpose I am proceeding solely in quest of them.

Truth is not only stranger than fiction, it is more interesting.

There are two ways of lying. One, not telling the truth and the other, making up statistics.

The dictum that truth always triumphs over persecution is one of the pleasant falsehoods which men repeat after one another till they pass into commonplaces, but which all experience refutes.

What generally happens in this county is that our politicians don't serve us well because they don't tell the truth, and they don't keep their promises.

It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.

Fame is what you have taken, character is what you give; when to this truth you waken then you begin to live.

Literature boils with the madcap careers of writers brought to the edge by the demands of living on their nerves, wringing out their memories and their nightmares to extract meaning, truth, beauty.

Language is the house of the truth of Being.

Everybody thinks that they're going to time the market, they're going to sharpshoot the market, and buy right at the bottom. The truth of the matter is that nobody is good at it.

Indeed, scientific truth by consensus has had a uniformly bad history.

So that godly sorrow may be discerned by this train of graces wherewith it is accompanied, that worldly sorrow wants, at least in the truth of them, though it may have some shadows of them.

Now, I know you expected me to say that, well, I just kick back in the rocking chair, fished a little bit, listened to Willie Nelson tapes and watched old baseball games on the Classic Sports network. And, tell you the truth, I have done that for maybe about five total minutes.

What the power structure is afraid of is that we're going to learn to recognize the truth when we hear it.

The truth is, it's not a great career move to create a readership and then, in effect, abandon them.

In spite of overwhelming evidence, it is most difficult for a citizen of western Europe to bring thoroughly home to himself the truth that the civilisation which surrounds him is a rare exception in the history of the world.

On some level in acting, what you're trying to find is truth, because when it's true is when it's also funny.

The modern composer builds upon the foundation of truth.

Some people are desperately looking for scapegoats, they just don't want to see the truth!

It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.

There is not a truth existing which I fear... or would wish unknown to the whole world.

I know what you're saying, but I already told you all the truth and I, I don't what, I don't know what else to do. I just do the best I can and tell you the only thing I can, and that's what I already told you many times.

But that citizen's perception was also at one with the truth in recognizing that the very brutality of the means by which the IRA were pursuing change was destructive of the trust upon which new possibilities would have to be based.

I'd think,'In a relationship, we should never have his kind of fight.' Then, instead of figuring out how to make it work, I looked for a way to get out of it. The truth is, you shouldn't be married if your that kind of person.

It is good to express a thing twice right at the outset and so to give it a right foot and also a left one. Truth can surely stand on one leg, but with two it will be able to walk and get around.

The truth is you can have a great marriage, but there are still no guarantees.

All churches and all religions contain aspects of the truth, but only God is truth.

Do the things you know, and you shall learn the truth you need to know.

Freedom and order are not incompatible... truth is strength... free discussion is the very life of truth.

Total falsehoods can be easily exposed for what they are by citing exceptions to their claims. Hence, they are less likely to be accepted as the total truth.