Quotes About Truth

Liars come in all shapes and sizes, young lady. Sometimes folks think they are telling a lie to make things better. But then they are telling two lies. One to another person and one to themselves" -Mr. Doyle

The mind is a curious thing, Abby. We see what we want to see, we hear what we're hoping to hear. The one thing we all do well is fool ourselves.

Deny everything. Admit nothing. Demand proof

I stayed in Hamburg a few more days, and during that time I received a visit from Rolf Aldag, the sporting director at T-Mobile. He advised me to tell the truth.

I've never been disbarred, committed or convicted of moral turpitude, and the only time I was arrested, it was a case of mistaken identity...I didn't know the guy I hit was a cop.

Alas, it looks like those unsubstantiated rumours about me are about to come true after all this time.

I think the media spends a lot of time fooling itself.

The scripture notion of truth is not an abstract, static, and timeless formula, but is something that comes true in time as the fulfillment of a divine promise. Truth happens in history.

For every once upon a time there must be a story to follow, because if a story doesn't, something else will, and it might not be as harmless as a story.

The corruption of man is followed by the corruption of language. ... In due time, the fraud is manifest, and words lose all power to stimulate the understanding or the affections.

One of the most puzzling things about a novel is that "the way it really was" half the time is, and half the time isn't, the way it ought to be in the novel.

Time reveals all translation to be paraphrase.

Working people really amaze me. When you give them all the facts, they make the right decision every single time.

You know, everybody knows some of what politicians say is malarkey, and having somebody there to call them on it is good. I'd be happy to do that any time and any place.

I am sick of the girl who cries 'wolf' all the time. Even though not one of those cries was ever a false alarm

Dreams come true all the time, just not for the dreamers

The truest tales require time and familiarity to become what they are.

Ezra was right half the time, and when he was wrong, he was so wrong you were never in any doubt about it.

I have what passes for an education in this day and time, but I am not deceived by it.

We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves.

A good historian is timeless; although he is a patriot, he will never flatter his country in any respect.

From the point of view of enlightenment, none of this has ever even been. All time and space, all the conditions that are apparent in the absence of enlightenment are unreal.

The science window gives you a view of the world, and the religion window gives you a totally different view. You can't look at both of them at the same time, but they're both true.

Light for some time to come will have to be called darkness.