Quotes About Truth

You know, the media always tries to twist things and make things into what they're not.

There are folks out there, especially during the political season, that'll try to twist and turn economic statistics for their own personal benefit, to pick and choose talking points in order to tear Montana's progress down.

Too many people don't look at things objectively and try to see the facts; they instead look at them through their partisan lenses and try to figure out how to twist or spin them to fit their own 'side.'

The press, when they get a hold of something, they twist things.

I would never, for the sake of the story or a twist, have a character do something that they just wouldn't do. I really couldn't. I'd rather miss out on the twist.

I wasn't elected to sugar coat things.I wasn't elected to tell stories and twist the stories around to the public.

I have a certain perspective and intolerance for people who try to twist and bend whatever the truth might be.

Most jokes are based on surprise. They take advantage of a confusion of language, or a twist in logic, or a contradiction of some perceived truth, or sometimes just saying something so shocking and offensive that the audience will gasp and then (hopefully) guffaw.

I've realized I have to be very careful in what I say. I speak my heart out. Such honesty is not appreciated in the film industry. Instead, it is twisted and distorted. A lot of what I say is lost in translation.

You do 1,000 interviews, 20 percent of every one is not what you said, or is twisted a little. If you multiply 20 by 1,000 you've got a lot of inaccuracies out there.

I believe religion is a branch of spirituality, often misinterpreted and twisted to suit people's ideas. In truth, religion and spirituality are meant to co-exist happily.

I've had my fair share of words being twisted and articles being sliced and diced.

Disinformation is more than just lying: it's the denial and twisting of reality in order to present some desired image to the rest of the world.

I have no problem twisting the facts if it's the only way I can be true to the moment.

At college I'd seen my dead frog's limbs twitch under some applied stimulus or other - seen, but hadn't believed. Didn't dream of thinking beyond or around what I saw.

What do you think Jesus would twitter, 'Let he who is without sin cast the first stone' or 'Has anyone seen Judas? He was here a minute ago.'

One thing I like about Twitter is that you can hear it from the horse's mouth.

The whole Twitter phenomenon is really indicative of what's happening in this country. And I say this in condemnation of myself as much as anyone else - we are growing into a nation that has no time, desire or capacity for truth. All we can handle is 140 characters of knowledge.

My stand-up is far more rooted in reality than my Twitter.

Twitter is wonderful. You can kill rumours instantly.

To doubt everything, or, to believe everything, are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection.

There are also two kinds of truths: truth of reasoning and truths of fact. Truths of reasoning are necessary and their opposite is impossible; those of fact are contingent and their opposite is possible.

Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.

Saying and doing are two things.