Quotes About Truth

Democrats refuse to deal with reality. They make things up, sensationalize common sense solutions, and exacerbate this obsession over political correctness.

Only in the mystery novel are we delivered final and unquestionable solutions. The joke to me is that fiction gives you a truth that reality can't deliver.

Journalists must not be made accomplices by the secret service to solve its own problems.

If people are expecting the mayor of Portland to solve the problem of homelessness they're going to be sorely disappointed and that's just the truth.

I always had this impression that money bought you happiness and money solved everything, and it's the biggest lie I have ever been told.

Reality is a powerful solvent.

There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it.

When a man lies, he murders some part of the world.

A poem is a naked person... Some people say that I am a poet.

Some people have an identity. I have an alibi. I have a shadow self.

There are some people who believe that these are not real stories with real people, but they actually are.

Some people continue to pretend that anchor people are reporters.

Some people just don't seem to understand the concept of fiction. It is fiction; it ain't true, folks.

Some people are probably scratching their heads and saying, How did that happen? That's because some of the media didn't give the public the full story.

There are some things that are real, that you can see, that you can observe, like the moon, and grass and things. But for ideas to become real, they have to be played on your senses.

There are some things that we know are just not as pleasant as the lies that we tell ourselves, and in that sense in order to endure existence everyone endures a certain amount of dishonesty in their everyday lives.

Well, I can fake my way around some things, but I don't think I would be good at betting.

I can't think of a major story that we have broken that was incorrect. But we have had to correct some things that were false; we have had to retract things.

People ask me if I have some kind of death wish, to keep saying the things I do. The answer is no: I would like to keep living. However, some things must be said, and there are times when silence becomes an accomplice to injustice.

In the past, I've been reluctant to share any bits of truth about myself or to really let people in on my reality. So I have said some things to throw people off the scent of what's really going on in my life. So I have sort of aided the media in printing these misconceptions, which I regret.

I've read some things that people said about me, and some of it's not even close to accurate. Honestly, I don't even have ESPN in my house. There's really no point.

Everything I say is true and from the heart. I exaggerate some things, but the core base of it is just facts.

If you believe everything you read, I've been single for about 20 years, but that isn't true. Some things I prefer to keep private.

As journalists we are sceptical by nature, but there are some things you take on trust.