Quotes About Truth

All night Famous Shoes sat listening. He heard the plover cry several more times, and rejoiced. Men lied often, but the plover only lied when it had eggs to protect; if the plover's nest was near, then water, too, was near. In the morning they could drink.

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

You know the truth, now. You know that reason alone is not enough. You must ask for grace . .

and it occured to me then and forever afterwards, that films, theatre books and poems were just a fraud. It's only music that doesn't deceive, it doesn't pretend to be anything else except what it is. Music.

When everything gets messy and brutal and complicated, the truth is the first thing to go, isn't it?

Even now, after Nick had caused me pain, the truth was I didn't want to cause him any. Wasn't that love, after all?

There are words and there are feelings and somewhere between where the two meet is the truth

You may have to go with English," Bailey says. "Einstein said, So far as the theories of mathematics are about reality, they are not certain; so far as they are certain, they are not about reality." Bailey tilts her head. "Still waiting on the English there, Professor," she says. "It basically means, we don't know shit about anything," he says.

Don't Ask a Question You Don't Want the Answer To

The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made. —Groucho Marx

My grandfather used to say that most people don't want to hear the thing that will make it work better," I said. "They want to hear what will make it easier.

A defense attorney, at least a good defense attorney, never tries to convince anyone of anything. We do the opposite. We remind everyone you can't know anything for sure.

It basically means, we don't know shit about anything

My grandfather used to say that most people don't want to hear the thing that will make it work better," I said. "They want to hear what will make it easier." "And what did he say to do about that?" "Find other people. You know, for starters.

You think if you don't talk about it, you can just pretend everything is all right? Everything is not all right. Not with us, not with your parents, not with anything today. And if you let yourself go anywhere real with it, you have to acknowledge it.

What's the hard part?" "Owen's not who you think he is," he says.

most people don't want to hear the thing that will make it work better," I said. "They want to hear what will make it easier.

It feels like a victory that we are moving closer to the truth. But when the truth is taking you somewhere you don't want to go, you also aren't sure. You aren't sure you want that win.

make this all work." "My grandfather used to say that most people don't want to hear the thing that will make it work better," I said. "They

She gets to know two pieces of information. The best thing. And the worst. The rest? People think it makes them closer to know everything, but I'm not sure it's fair.

we don't know shit about anything

When you saw where the truth was, you wanted to get there as quickly as you could, before you lost sight of it again.

But consider this," Jesse said, picking the bourbon back up, "maybe you aren't in this position because you forgot yourself, but because you started getting honest about who you really might be.

The simple truth is that the truth does not exist, it all depends on a persons point of view.