Quotes About Truth

When somebody says that all statements are false, the obvious problem is that as an assertion it's self-defeating.

When there are falsehoods and ludicrous statements made at briefings, we've got to call that out.

There is no sense in making statements that will not continue to be true after they are made.

I'm against people reading statements. When you read statement, I automatically take it as though you can't talk, and it's not real.

One of these days when I'm finished coaching at Alabama, I'll write an authorized book because there's only one expert on my life, and guess who that is... me. And there won't be any misinformation. There won't be any false statements. There won't be any hearsay. There won't be any expert analysis from anybody else. It will be the real deal.

Priebus has been trying to clean up for Donald Trump for far too long. When he was making outrageous statements, when he was basically lying.

Chroniclers of the role of paper in history are given to extravagant pronouncements: Architecture would not have been possible without paper. Without paper, there would have been no Renaissance. If there had been no paper, the Industrial Revolution would not have been possible. None of these statements is true.

I do think it's a real problem when we have 'Black Lives Matter' making statements that are really radical, that are absolutely false.

What you seem to find when you get into this biography business is that people tend to have an image of themselves that they want to project, and they want to color statements by this image.

I just believe in speaking truth and probably that is why leaders are scared of my statements.

I tend to identify with my roles to such an extent that I appear to be totally convinced about certain statements that, in real life, I would never believe in.

If you look at any station, you will see that what people are reporting comes from what they believe in, where they stand, their background, what their countries believe in.

I believe the earth is stationary, but you have to realize I was an atheist for seven years. I just believed everything was a lie - all the wars, that there was no government, that corporations ran the world, that everything was a fraud - that everyone lied about everything.

I do not believe any of the statistical claims that are made about public opinion. I don't see why anybody does.

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

You believe in God or statistics or the way your narrative differs from other people.

In ancient times they had no statistics so they had to fall back on lies.

The great untruth around which everything pivots is the idea that the defenders of these statues are the defenders of history and truth; while those who want to see them toppled or contextualised are the Huns at the gate, who would destroy national histories and bring down great men.

I have never hidden my marital status.

I've been a reporter for 20 years, and I don't ever get things wrong. That's important in terms of my professional status.

I had to come to terms about becoming an addict, which, for a long time, I lied to myself about the status of until I couldn't lie any more, 'cause I was either going to die or get better.

I think you owe it to yourself and you owe it to your status as an artist to be true to who you are.

The truth is, every movie is a message movie. It's just that most movies have messages that are in lock step with the status quo.

Loving people does not require you to stay silent when you see something that merits being called out.