Quotes About Truth

It is not from reason that justice springs, but goodness is born of wisdom.

Bruce Springsteen's a rock star. Elton John is a rock star. I'm a folk musician. Honestly, I think that's true.

However I dress it up, I was a spy and I am not proud of it.

I'm almost incapable of lying. I'd be a terrible spy.

I began writing fiction because it was the only way to tell all the intricacies of a real-life spy story.

I like detective stories and spy novels, but I also like nonfiction, and of course cookbooks.

When you keep telling yourself a lie, at some point you buy your own cover story, like a CIA spy or something.

If it squares with the Scripture, then let's go. If it's in conflict with the Scripture, then it's heresy.

I don't mind what people say about me as long as it's an opinion or the truth. If someone says, 'He's the worst comedian in the world,' that's fine. If someone says, 'His face makes me want to punch the TV,' that's fine. But if they say, 'Oh, and I know for a fact he hunts squirrels,' I go: no, no, no... that's a lie.

Changing people's preconceptions is something you have to do in order to search for truth. Of course normally, that's not done because it also challenges social stability, and stories, as a result, are often told much more simply.

We are at crisis point. I think anybody that sees this nation as being on stable economic or fiscal ground is fooling themselves.

How shall we remember Mahatma Gandhi, that eternal pilgrim of freedom? Born of the very spirit of India, steeped in the tradition, the song, the legend of our ancient land - and yet he was revolutionary. Unique among revolutionaries, he marched for freedom, clad in the robe of truth, with non-violence for his staff.

All Scripture is equally inspired, but not all Scripture is equally applicable or relevant to every stage of life.

In 2001, Katie Couric told 'Today Show' audiences that 7 percent of Americans doubt the moon landing happened - that it was staged in the Nevada desert.

CBS fought very hard on this because it believed and believes that there's a principle at stake here. The principle is that Dan Rather doesn't work for the police, and that people that speak to Dan Rather understand that he's a journalist and not a police agent.

Golf is fundamentally about being honest. I see people hit eight shots and tell me they shot five. I never say a word. It is a reminder to me of what is at stake.

I'm still fighting really hard to get any role I get. If it's comedy, I go for the laughs. And if it's drama, I try to tell the truth, and try to play the real stakes of whatever scenario the character's in.

When you come to documentaries, the stakes are too low for it to be cutthroat. You're all doing it for the right reasons.

It's easy to figure out whether you're getting stale. All you've got to do is look in the mirror and be honest with yourself.

Just hear Senator McCain speak. He may not give you the answer you are looking for, he may not be in agreement with you on a stance or an issue, but the man is honest to a fault.

When a political party denies scientific facts, then by all means, they should be called out on their anti-science stance.

Never be afraid to stand with the minority when the minority is right, for the minority which is right will one day be the majority.

I cannot stand that whole game of confession, that is: Here I have sinned, now I'm confessing my sins, and describing my path of sin and then in the act of confession I beg for your forgiveness and redemption.

All I have is my truth, and all I have is my truth to stand on it.