Quotes About Truth

Existiam objeções que tinham sido esquecidas? Sem dúvida, estas existiam. A lógica, na verdade, é inabalável, mas ela não resiste a uma pessoa que quer viver.

Not everyone can see the truth, but he can be it

I just wanted to say, the fact that I know you well doesn't protect me much, it only relieves you of the effort of telling me lies.

Me avergoncé de mí mismo cuando me di cuenta de que la vida era una fiesta de disfraces; y yo asistía con mi rostro real

The seductiveness of this world and the sign that warrants its transitoriness are one and the same. And rightly so, because only in this way can the world seduce us, and accord with the truth. The grievous thing is that after falling victim to the seduction, we forget the warranty, and so the Good has led us into Evil, the woman's smile has led us into bed with her.

Ali svi se slažu u tome da se ne podižu lakomislene optužbe i da se sud, kad jedanput nekog optuži i kad je uvjeren u krivicu optuženog, vrlo teÅ¡ko može razuvjeriti. »TeÅ¡ko?« upita slikar i diže ruku uvis. »Sud se nikada ne mo?e razuvjeriti. Kad bih ovdje na platnu naslikao sve sudije redom i kad biste se Vi pred tim platnom branili imali biste viÅ¡e uspjeha nego pred pravim sudom« »

in my opinion something has been achieved which so closely approximates the truth that it might reassure us both a little and make our living and dying easier

I've blogged since 2001 and was first attracted to the medium by its wild-west aesthetic, if simply telling the truth that corporate media wasn't telling could be so rebellious as to be defined as 'wild west.'

Every time I see something about the Wild West, I'm reminded that our version of history may not be what really happened.

It is like living in a wilderness of mirrors. No fact goes unchallenged.

When you are on assignment, you stick to the facts, limit your vision, and often cut out the most revealing material. There is no texture, no shades of gray. In fiction, you can bring the reader on the perilous journey with your characters as they discover that war is more like a wilderness of mirrors, full of danger and uncertainty.

It always amuses me that the biggest praise for my work comes for the imagination, while the truth is that there's not a single line in all my work that does not have a basis in reality. The problem is that Caribbean reality resembles the wildest imagination.

If you ask two people to remember a specific event, the stories are going to vary wildly because we always make ourselves out to be the hero.

The facts of Watergate have been wildly exaggerated.

It's really interesting to me how all of us can experience the exact same event, and yet come away with wildly disparate interpretations of what happened. We each have totally different ideas of what was said, what was intended, and what really took place.

Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light.

A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.

Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and adventures are the shadow truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes and forgotten.

Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true.

Journalism will kill you, but it will keep you alive while you're at it.

Every mistake you make allows you to be honest because what's in the dark will come to light, so it's better to be truthful about it.

Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water.

People will generally accept facts as truth only if the facts agree with what they already believe.

If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.