Quotes About Truth

Charles Bukowski

I think good poetry should startle, shatter and, yes, entertain while getting as close to the truth as possible. I can get all the comfort I need from a good cigar.

So that's what they wanted: lies. Beautiful lies. That's what they needed. People were fools. It was going to be easy for me.

Writing poems is not difficult, living them is.

and soon we realized that we were all lying, not exactly lying but mostly

Cuando la verdad de alguien es la misma que la tuya y parece que la está contando sólo para ti… eso es fantástico.

as the fools are fooled again you wonder where the real ones are if there are real ones.

Bedno sam se ose?ao što ne mogu da ga hvalim bez rezerve. Ali ako lažeš ?oveka o njegovom talentu samo zato što sedi prekoputa tebe, to je najneoprostivija od svih laži, jer ga podsti?e da produži sa tim, da nastavi, što je najgori na?in za ?oveka bez istinskog talenta da stra?i svoj život. Mnogi ljudi baš to i ?ine, uglavnom prijatelji i ro?aci.

It was one of the biggest fattest lies of the century. I've been looking for that guy for years but I'm afraid somebody else has gotten to him first.

When someone else's truth is the same as your truth, and he seems to be saying it just for you, that's great. I

I had decided against religion a couple of years back. If it were true, it made fools out of people, or it drew fools. And if it weren't true, the fools were all the more foolish.

The thing that I fear discriminating against is humor and truth.

it seemed less real, and that was what was needed.

I had decided against religion a couple years back. If it were true, it made fools out of people, or it drew fools. And if it weren't true, the fools were all the most foolish.

THE WORLD IS FULL OF BILLIONS OF ASSHOLES. THE PRESIDENT HAS AN ASSHOLE, THE CARWASH BOY HAS AN ASSHOLE, THE JUDGE AND THE MURDERER HAVE ASSHOLES … EVEN PURPLE STICKPIN HAS AN ASSHOLE!

justice is everywhere and it's working

y la fama y el amor nada más que un truco para atenuar nuestra herida.

Gercegin gercek olabilmesi icin en az iki oy gerekiyordu.Yasadiklari zamanin ilerisinde olan insanlar bunu bilirler,deliler ve sanri gorenler de . Bir hayali yalniz sen goruyorsan ya aziz derler adama ya da deli.

You understand, we just don't fuck with truth.

OkazaÅ'o siÄ™, ?e korzenie ludzkiej duszy tkwiÄ… w ?oÅ'Ä…dku. Po befsztyku z polÄ™dwicy i póÅ'litrze whiskey czÅ'owiek pisze o niebo lepiej ni? po jakimÅ› sÅ'odkim paskudztwie za piÄ…taka. Mit o gÅ'odujÄ…cym artyÅ›cie okazaÅ' siÄ™ bzdurÄ….

You can forgive a fool because he only runs in one direction and doesn't deceive anybody.

so we had to tell our stories and they were stories.

if a man didn't truly believe or understand what he was espousing, somehow he could do a more convincing job

no hay gente feliz? —hay mucha gente que finge ser feliz. —¿por qué? —porque están avergonzados y asustados y no tienen el valor de admitirlo. —¿tú estás asustado? —yo sólo tengo el valor de admitirlo contigo... estoy tan asustado y tengo tanto miedo, mamá, que podría morirme en este mismo instante.