Quotes About Truth

I've watched my duty, straight an' true, an' tried to do it well; Part of the time kept heaven in view, An' part steered clear of hell.

Nobody is right all the time and even a broken clock is right twice a day.

We spend our lives hurrying away from the real, as though it were deadly to us. It must be somewhere up there on the horizon, we think. And all the time it is in the soil, right beneath our feet.

You know, actors lie all the time. 'Can I ride on the horse? Are you kidding? Of course! I was born on a horse!'... It's the same with motorcycles.

So when you feel this time approaching, and your comfort zones in view. Stop and think about what you're feeling, and see if what you're feeling is true.

If you already know the answer, Ms. Lane, don't waste my time. You just wasted a month of it." -Barrons

Nobody is smart enough to be wrong all the time.

I talked to [Larry] Kramer a little bit about it while I was writing 'Remembering Denny' . Denny was one of those people who took a long time to come out.

My mother isn't crazy. She simply has a harder time than most reconciling her reality with everyone else's reality.

It was a mistake to speak one's mind at any time, unless it perfectly matched your political purpose; and it never did.

God's advice trumps Oprah's every time.

I'm a documentary filmmaker, so often I'm in the position of talking to people who are sharing stories that are critically important to share, but often difficult to share at the same time.

I'd learned a long time ago that you can't prove a negative. You can prove that you did something, but it's the devil to prove you didn't do something.

All this time, I thought we were growing apart because I was leaving Lena behind. But really it was the reverse. She was learning to lie. She was learning to love.

They told us love was a disease. They told us it would kill us in the end. For the very first time I realize, that this, too, might also be a lie.

Sometimes the closest-held secrets in the world can be pried out by the right question at the right time.

Baptists don't spend their time thinking about reality.

Maybe hallucinations are just another reality that we don't see most of the time

I don't want no lies, I don't watch TV. I don't waste my time, won't read a magazine.

The world cannot be successfully fooled for all time.

Opinionum enim commenta delet dies; naturæ judicia confirmat. Time destroys the groundless conceits of men; it confirms decisions founded on reality.

The love is what's left at the end because it's the bedrock, fundamental reality that gets hidden all the time, but never really goes away.

Truth is neither alive nor dead; it just aggravates itself all the time.

The lie, as a virtue, a principle, is eternal; the lie, as a recreation, a solace, a refuge in time of need, the fourth Grace, the tenth Muse, man's best and surest friend is immortal