The Truth Quotes

If art, all art, is concerned with truth, then a society in denial will not find much use for it.

Is there some truth out there? Yes. Is there a lot of falsehood out there? Absolutely.

Once you know the truth, it's always obvious

Surely the job of fiction is to actually tell the truth. It's a paradox that's at the heart of any kind of storytelling.

I only want the truth to be known, for everyone to take responsibility for their actions.

I am trying to work out what my taste is, comedy-wise. I look up to stand up comedians who appear to be telling the truth, but I don't mind if they are lying.

Truth does not belong to an individual.

The truth is straight ahead, so don't burn yourself instead.

Failure is the foundation of truth. It teaches us what isn't true, and that is a great beginning. To fear failure is to fear the possibility of truth.

Make sure of two things. Be careful - microphones are always hot, and understand that in Washington, D.C., a gaffe is when you tell the truth. So, be careful.

You can't let facts get in the way of the truth.

Your best days are still out in front of you

He who, when called upon to speak a disagreeable truth, tells it boldly and has done is both bolder and milder than he who nibbles in a low voice and never ceases nibbling.

Oh happy he who still can hope in our day to breathe the truth while plunged in seas of error! What we don't know is really what we need, and what we know is of no use to us whatever!

War is in truth a disease in which the juices that serve health and maintenance are used for the sole purpose of nourishing something foreign, something at odds with nature.

The brilliant passes, like the dew at morn; The true endures, for ages yet unborn.

Love your country and fight for your country. Believe in truth, and that is enough

I'm glad I wrote the book to show what I found out about the [ Standard Oil Company]. I'm glad many people read my book and found out the truth.

Mankind likes to think in terms of extreme opposites. It is given to formulating its beliefs in terms of Either/Ors, between which it recognizes no intermediate possibilities.

Truth be told, most of us are faking our way through life. We pick only those battles we are sure to win, only those adventures we are sure to handle, only those beauties we are sure to rescue.

Seeking of the truth should be not only part of the Justice Department and part of our judicial system, but also should be... a goal of reporters today.

The great enemy of the truth is not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest but the myth persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.

Nostalgia combines regularly with manifest respectability to give credence to old error as opposed to new truth.

A [New Yorker ] is what it has always been. It combines those who pursue the truth with those who pursue the rewards of orthodoxy and those who pursue what is comfortable to the rich.

I'm craving more soul, I'm craving more truth, I'm craving more socially - just people that are aware of what's going on in the world.

Let not men think there is no truth, but in the sciences that they study, or the books that they read.

I am sure, zeal or love for truth can never permit falsehood to be used in the defense of it.

We cannot forever hide the truth about ourselves from ourselves.

When the heart no longer feels the truth of hell, the gospel passes from good news to simply news

Our concern with truth is simply an echo of our concern with God .

Strong affections for God, rooted in and shaped by the truth of Scripture - this is the bone and marrow of Biblical worship.

The physics of undergraduate text-books is 90% true.

All that counts is the truth. Without it you're basically just juggling people's daft ideas.

Presentationally, Bill Clinton is a US President to die for. The truth is, far too many have.

Point is, people lie a lot. Sometimes out of habit. Not many people are good at telling the truth.

Under the rose, since here are none but friends, To own the truth we have some private ends.

The truth is that we live out our lives putting off all that can be put off; perhaps we all know deep down that we are immortal and that sooner or later all men will do and know all things.

The truth is I made a few good movies in the '50s, then went into freefall.

TIME and truth are friends, though there are many moments hostile to truth.

As a general rule, if you want to get at the truth - hear both sides and believe neither.

The first lesson a watcher learns is to separate truth from illusion. Because in the world of magics, it's the hardest thing to do.

Not being a poet, I prize truth above beauty.

Art: to nudge truth along a little.

The attack on the truth by war begins long before war starts and continues long after a war ends.

I want women writers to write boldly, wildly, deeply. I want them to feel really liberated to tell the brutal truth, however they see that truth and are moved to tell it.

To get at the truth of your calling, you have to crack open that false self and see what lies within.

It's only led me to complete awesomeness at all times. It's only led me to awesome truth and awesomeness. Beauty, truth, awesomeness. That's all it is.

Scientific truth is always paradox, if judged by everyday experience, which catches only the delusive appearance of things.

Necessity is the ethnicity of truth.

It's been very interesting. We've seen a lot of interesting testimony. We've seen a lot of interesting people, a lot of allegations, a lot of lies, a lot of misinformation and some truth.