Quotes About Truth

They forget that the vampaneze were once our brothers, that by destroying them, we destroy a part of ourselves. Most vampire never realize how pointless and savage war truly is. You were smart enough to see through the truth. Don't ever forget it.

He says every story has at least some truth in it, even if most are made up.

I know who the demon thief is - it's me!

A world without pain, loss, betrayal, hate, death, loneliness? Impossible!

We all make basic assumptions about things in life, but sometimes those assumptions are WRONG. We must never trust in what we assume, only in what we KNOW.

Por lo menos estaba siendo honesto. Como ya he dicho, siempre prefiero la verdad –por desagradable que ésta pueda ser— a una mentira. Con la verdad, uno sabe el terreno que pisa.

You're joking, she said. That can't be true. It is, I vowed. Cross your heart? she asked. Cross my heart. Swear on your eyes? I swear on my eyes, I promised. May rats gnaw them out if I'm telling a lie.

Appearances, Darren, she said. Never let them fool you.

Some things in this world should be unacceptable no matter what. Sometimes you shouldn't allow people to grey your vision, to make you stop seeing an atrocity in simple black and white terms.

That's wonderful. I do like a man that tells you right out he's looking out for himself. Don't we all? I don't trust a man that says he's not. And the man that's telling the truth when he says he's not I distrust most of all, because he's and ass and an ass that's going contrary to the laws of nature.

The hell of it, Miss- Is your name Wonderly or Leblanc?' She blushed and murmured: 'It's really O'Shaughnessy - Brigid O'Shaughnessy

To swipe the immortal lines uttered by Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon, a great mystery should take the lid off life and let [you] look at the works.

I just tell you what happens. I don't explain it.

Gilbert said: "I read somewhere that when habitual criminals are accused of things they didn't do—even little things—they're much more upset by it than other people would be. Do you think that's so, Mr. Charles?" "It's likely.

That's what it was. He wasn't any more Wynant than I am. You know how it is: we told the Philly police he'd sent a wire from there and broadcasted his description, and for the next week anybody that's skinny and maybe got whiskers is Wynant to half of the State of Pennsylvania.

What was her fearsome secret?" I told her what Dorothy had told me. "It sounds like a lot of hooey." "Why?" "Why not? Everything else we've got from them has been hooey.

I was reading a sign high on the wall behind the bar: ONLY GENUINE PRE-WAR AMERICAN AND BRITISH WHISKEYS SERVED HERE I was trying to count how many lies could be found in those nine words, and had reached four, with promise of more...

Sam Spade: You're a good man, sister.

Another possible source of guidance for teenagers is television, but television's message has always been that the need for truth, wisdom and world peace pales by comparison with the need for a toothpaste that offers whiter teeth *and* fresher breath.

Remember that being offended is not the same thing as being right.

ALL THAT HAPPENS MUST BE KNOWN.

Openness is all, she thought. Truth was its own reward.

We live in a vengeful time. You didn't get the orange chicken you ordered or the sticky rice? And now you're already home? Meaning you'd have to drive all the way back to get the orange chicken and sticky rice you ordered? Injustice! And thus avenge. Avenge the proprietor's crimes! This [is] our contemporary version of balance, of speaking truth to power. Avenge the proprietor on thy customer-review site! Right the imbalance!

Be Strong, Be brave, Be True. Endure