The Truth Quotes

We might say that psychoanalysis revealed to us the complex penalties of denying the truth of man's condition, what we might call the costs of pretending not to be mad.

His (the writer's) standard of fidelity to the truth should be so high that his invention, out of his experience, should produce a truer account than anything factual can be.

Like the truth, retirement can set you free. Or, like work, retirement can imprison you.

The acquisition of the most elementary truth does not devolve upon the individual alone: it is pre-effected in the development of the race.

As a rule, people are afraid of truth. Each truth we discover in nature or social life, destroys the crutches on which we need to lean.

My films are as much concerned with truth as anything in vérité. Maybe more so.

The pursuit of truth, properly considered, shouldn't stop short of insanity.

There's this crazy thinking that style guarantees truth. You go out with a hand-held camera, use available light, and somehow the truth emerges.

There is such a thing as truth, but we have a vested interest in not seeing it, in avoiding it.

Truth and falsity is something that concerns language, it's a property of language.

Think of my movies as heightening our awareness, not confusing the difference between truth and fiction, but heightening our awareness of how confused we can become about what is real.

Truth should never travel faster than love.

My truth is relevant and my songs are relevant, but I have to recalibrate myself and speed up my vibrations so that I can communicate with the voice of this generation.

I think truth as an idea should be left to the philosophers and perhaps religious leaders and politicians, and professional people who deal with that idea.

Attach thyself to truth; defend justice; rejoice in the beautiful. That which comes to thee with time, time will take away; that which is eternal will remain in thy heart.

The truth holds the greatest magic, the greatest beauty, and sometimes the greatest danger.

In truth, the world is a complicated place.

The worst thing about cynicism is its truth.

I figured I could do "It's A Man's, Man's, Man's World" because I believe it's the truth.

All good writers speak in honest voices and tell the truth.

Fantasy is no good unless the seed it springs from is a truth, a truth about human beings.

Dreams are reality at its most profound, and what you invent is truth because invention, by its nature, can't be a lie.

I let the comedy come through the character and just try to make sure that everything is kind of rounded in a truth, in a reality, because that's what I need to make a character work.

When people write lies about you, and you know that they are lies, that means that they don't know the truth.

The truth is, there are probably eight more Snow White scripts floating around out there. And once one Snow White script got hot, other people started pulling out their Snow White scripts.

I love the pleasure of finding the same truth in two different places. It has a lot to do with a soul.

The most appealing part is the feeling of learning something true - the pleasure of a truth. For me, that's mostly found in philosophical literature at the moment.

It is a fundamental truth that the responsibilities of motherhood cannot be successfully delegated. No, not to day-care centers, not to schools, not to nurseries, not to babysitters.

Our job if I can see straight and hear clearly and understand ~ is to make advertising and run advertising that is seen and read and heard ~ and remembered ~ for its reasonable and compelling truth.

Much sheer effort goes into avoiding the truth; left to itself, it sweeps in like the tide.

I prefer, and it turns out to be the truth, that I always have in my movies an ensemble of actors, but not just one individual doing the whole movie.

Liberty of thought soon shrivels without freedom of expression. Nor can truth be pursued in an atmosphere hostile to the endeavor or under dangers which are hazarded only by heroes.

I feel more comfortable being honest because I don't have to "remember" my answers. You never forget the truth! I just have to learn how much truth to give, that's my boundary. That's my new thing.

If we knew the truth, we'd see it; all else is system and outskirts.

If this be to have sense, if to be awake Be but to see this bright, great sleep of things, For the rarer potion mine own dreams I'll take And for truth commune with imaginings

I have a drivers licence, but the truth is that I hardly ever drive. I prefer to get around by taxi.

The truth is it's fun to be up there and know that you're in your underwear. Even though I know I'm exploiting my sexuality in a certain way, it's fun! It boosts my ego.

I definitely prefer working in comedy over drama, but at the same time, when it comes to comedy, I tend to prefer comedies that have a great sense of truth to them and that come from an honest place.

In very truth the days are almost free, and if it is another way of saying that our lives are empty, well -- there are days when emptiness is spacious, and non-existence elevating . . .

I'm never telling the truth again! It gets you hanged and locked out and starved and froze and hated . . .

Within the oyster's shell uncouth The purest pearl may hide, Trust me you'll find a heart of truth Within that rough outside.

Ultimately, what audiences respond to is truth. Even as fantastical as the story can be, and out there, at its core, it's dealing with loss, madness and mortality.

How much luckier than all the rest of mankind are the astrologers who, if they tell one truth among a hundred lies, obtain so much credit that even their lies are believed.

You see, Suzanne, history lectures bore me, art films bore me, your friends bore me, and, if you want to know the truth, I guess you bore me too.

I'm going to give you God's truth, little girl. All men want to do is hurt you. Once you give them your heart, they tear it to shreds." ~Francine Rivers; Redeeming Love

Certainly, it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.

The natures and dispositions of men are, not without truth, distinguished from the predominance of the planets.

Truth ... is the sovereign good of human nature.

The trust is a matter of love and faith is a matter of truth. The two together give you the guidance that you look for.

The judgments our enemies make about us come nearer to the truth than those we make about ourselves.