Quotes About Truth

When I was young, journalism was all about the five double-yews: Where, When, Why, What, and Who. Today it's about the gees: Garbage and Gossip.

Some of his newly acquired knowledge brought pain, as knowledge is apt to do.

If ever I said, in grief or pride,I tired of honest things, I lied.

Second Fig Safe upon the solid rock the ugly houses stand: Come and see my shining palace built upon the sand!

Strange how few, After all's said and done, the things that are Of moment. Few indeed! When I can make Of ten small words a rope to hang the world! "I had you and I have you now no more." There, there it dangles,—where's the little truth That can for long keep footing under that When its slack syllables tighten to a thought? Here, let me write it down! I wish to see Just how a thing like that will look on paper! "I had you and I have you now no more.

PIERROT: Of course not. There never was. "Moon's" just a word to swear by. "Mutton!"—now there's a thing you can lay the hands on, And set the tooth in! Listen, Columbine: I always lied about the moon and you. Food is my only lust. COLUMBINE: Well, eat it, then, For Heaven's sake, and stop your silly noise! I haven't heard the clock tick for an hour.

For men that are afraid to die Must warm their hands before a lie; The fire that's built of What is Known Will chill the marrow in the bone.

Qui donc a dit que le dessin est l'écriture de la forme? La vérité est que l'art doit être l'écriture de la vie.

Een van de dingen die ik leerde tijdens het schrijven van de roman, en ik heb er veel geleerd, was hoe moeilijk het is om nie te hechten aan de valse schijn van waarheid die een geschreven pagina wekt.

Pablo var fyrtinn, stöðugt andsnúinn honum og vildi alltaf hafa rétt fyrir sér, en það voru þrjár óhrekjanlegar sannanir fyrir veikri skapgerð.

Y qué es la verdad? —Respondió José. —Unas veces lo contrario de la mentira; otra veces, lo contrario del silencio.

Si sus actos fueran irreprochables, los francmasones no evitarían con tanto cuidado la luz...

En serio. Haceme caso —insiste Federico—. Nunca subestimes la estupidez de la gente.

Vestido azul, que pasará a la historia como el objeto de la primera mentira que le dije a mi novio. La primera de unas cuantas. Mentiras nuevas, mentiras frescas, mentiras recién estrenadas. Me pesan en el estómago como una comida mal digerida. Odio decir mentiras. Me gusta pensar que soy una persona sincera. Me gusta experimentar la fortaleza, la energía que a una le da saber que está diciendo la verdad sin fisuras, sin dobleces, sin ocultamientos.

Bueno, usted también pensará que es una locura. Pero de todas las personas a las que se lo puedo decir y que van a pensar que es una barbaridad prefiero decírselo a usted, porque en el fondo es la única que me importa que lo sepa. No sirve para nada que lo sepa. Y sospecho que es peor, eso de que lo sepa. Pero ya ve, se lo digo igual. Parece que la quiero, Ofelia. Mil perdones, pero me parece que la quiero mucho.

Creí entender que a ese hombre ninguna verdad podía lastimarlo, simplemente porque no le quedaba ningún retazo ileso en el alma como para que pudiera llagársele

When the philosopher's argument becomes tedious, complicated, and opaque, it is usually a sign that he is attempting to prove as true to the intellect what is plainly false to common sense

We know this apodictic rock beneath our feet. That dogmatic sun above our heads. The world of dreams, the agony of love and the foresight of death. That is all we know. And all we need to know? Challenge that statement.

Beware the writer who always encloses the word "reality" in quotation marks: He's trying to slip something over on you.

A pessimist is simply an optimist in full possession of the facts.

Each thing in its way, when true to its own character, is equally beautiful.

All gold is fool's gold.

But it is a writer's duty to write and speak and record the truth, always the truth, no matter whom may be offended.

Beyond atheism, nontheism. I am not an atheist but an earthiest. Be true to the earth.