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Quotes About Truth

Humility is one of the most repulsive virtues, nearly always false.
~ George Mikes
Dali Lama said, 'when you open the heart of the person with humor, you can tell him the most truth. But if you tell him truth without humor, the heart closes.'
~ Marina Abramovic
Humor is, by its nature, more truthful than factual.
~ P. J. O'Rourke
Romantic literature is in effect imaginative lying.
~ Oscar Wilde
It's all bullshit, folks and it's bad for ya.
~ George Carlin
Things that try to look like things often do look more like things than things.
~ Terry Pratchett, Wyrd Sisters
It is a sin to believe evil of others but it is seldom a mistake.
~ Garrison Keillor
We have truth in order not to die of art.
~ Steve Aylett
It's been my experience that people who make proclamations about themselves are usually the opposite of what they claim to be.
~ Chelsea Handler
over 85% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
~ David Mitchell
I'm a poet, and I like my lies the way my mother used to make them.
~ Aleister Crowley, Moonchild
I know that to be a true fact because I read it in Heat magazine
~ Bill Bailey
Nothing is like it seems, but everything is exactly like it is.
~ Yogi Berra
Time for the likeliest story since Mary told Joseph it was God's.
~ Val McDermid
I think I do find humor in disorder, and reality is disorder.
~ Julie Delpy
Yo soy carne muerta. Translation: I am dead meat.
~ Kiersten White, Paranormalcy
Honesty is always good, except when it's better to lie.
~ James Patterson
Oh, I can't help quoting you, because everything that you said rings true.
~ Morrissey
All of our lives are governed by a certain degree of faith in bullshit.
~ Dan Simmons, Carrion Comfort
He said that he was sure you would be amendable to this course of action." April paused, eyes widening, before she said indignantly, "I believe he may have lied to me!
~ Seanan McGuire, Ashes of Honor
Many true words are spoken in jest.
~ Dinah Maria Murlock Craik
I hope we get to the bottom of the answer. It's what I'm interested to know.
~ George W. Bush
Tell people there's an invisible man in the sky who created the universe, and the vast majority will believe you. Tell them the paint is wet, and they have to touch it to be sure.
~ George Carlin
I want to make sure I remember what real ugly is. I might want to tell my grandchildren someday.
~ Stephen King, The Dark Half