Top 1200 Nothing But The Truth Quotes & Sayings - Page 19

The thing about stereotypes as we all know, there is often truth in them, but it's almost always a partial truth.

Along with a dozen other students I had dissected a human cadaver and sorted its contents by size, color, function, and weight. There was nothing pleasant about the experience. Its only consolation was its truth and its only virtue was its utility.

But what is truth? 'Twas Pilate's question put To Truth itself, that deign'd him no reply.

Truth is not over there, wherever over there is. Truth is neither housed in religious rituals nor secret doctrines, nor in a guru's touch or beatific smile, nor in exotic locations or ancient temples. Truth is quite literally the only thing that does exist. It is not hidden but in plain view, not lacking but abundantly present.

Nobody has told Trump that he can't defund sanctuary cities, because the judge William Orrick did not rule that law unconstitutional. This was a pure exercise in nothing more but a refusal to acknowledge the authority vested in Donald Trump as president. This was nothing more than yet another judge essentially saying, "You don't have the power to do anything because I don't acknowledge you as president and I don't acknowledge your oath of office because you're not sane and you're not of sound mind to actually tell the truth when you take the oath of office."

I'm someone who believes the truth needs to be heard. And if I'm empowered with the truth, I'm not going to shut up.

Then he read the words of the scroll slowly, first in Japanese and then carefully translated into English: 'There is really nothing you must be. And there is nothing you must do. There is really nothing you must have. And there is nothing you must know. There is really nothing you must become. However. It helps to understand that fire burns, and when it rains, the earth gets wet. . . .' 'Whatever, there are consequences. Nobody is exempt,' said the master.

Truth crushed to earth is truth still and like a seed will rise again.

The truth of history crowds out the truth of fiction - as if one were obliged to choose between them.

Look, sometimes the truth could hurt you so I blow my cig smoke right at the truth commercial.

One tries to tell a truth, and one hopes that the truth has a general application rather than just a specific one.

Is that the truth, Jimmy?" I ask without looking at him. "It's the truth and it come to ya!" I smile.

To convince someone of the truth, it is not enough to state it, but rather one must find the path from error to truth.

Tell the truth as you understand it. If you're a writer, you have a moral obligation to do this. And it is a revolutionary act - truth is always subversive.

Many a doctrine is like a window pane. We see truth through it but it divides us from truth.

I am living testimony to the moral force of non-violence. I know there's nothing weak - nothing passive - nothing naïve - in the creed and lives of Gandhi and King.

I'm not a politician; I'm an artist. So I always feel the need to give the unfiltered truth, (or) what I think is the truth, at least.

I think a lot of people are afraid the truth is in conflict with God. And are unable to let go and let the truth of the world.

If you want the truth, I will tell you the truth: Friend, listen: the God whom I love is inside.

... the besetting danger is not so much of embracing falsehood for truth, as of mistaking a part of the truth for the whole.

People will know if you are telling the truth or lying. If you are doing commentary, why not tell the truth?

If you have discovered a truth, tell it first to a parrot! Every new truth needs an insistent repetition!

He who does not bellow the truth when he knows the truth makes himself the accomplice of liars and forgers.

And what he ought to see, hear and understand is truth-eternal truth-and then practice it. That is conversion

Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth.

Fantasy is no good unless the seed it springs from is a truth, a truth about human beings.

The truth will set you free...unless you want to know the truth about who killed JFK.

Here there is no hope, and consequently no duty, no work, nothing to be gained by praying, nothing to be lost by doing what you like. Hell, in short, is a place where you have nothing to do but amuse yourself.

Appropriated to justice, to security, to reason, to restraint; where there is no respect of persons; where will is nothing and power is nothing and numbers are nothing, and all are equal and all secure before the law.

I'm the type of human who is interested most in the truth. God gave me a healthy love for the truth.

The result of this bestial lust is an indiscriminate and promiscuous splaying of all of my energies- wanting all, I accomplish nothing; desiring everything, I satisfy nothing and am satisfied by nothing.

We must trust to nothing but facts: These are presented to us by Nature, and cannot deceive. We ought, in every instance, to submit our reasoning to the test of experiment, and never to search for truth but by the natural road of experiment and observation.

There is no single truth, but each of the scholarly disciplines has methods which lead one ever closer to the truth.

When we human beings hypothesize that a law of nature holds - even temporarily or situationally - we are creating an idea, but we are also making a hypothesis about how nature behaves, whose truth or usefulness has nothing to do with what we know or believe.

We must trust to nothing but facts: these are presented to us by nature and cannot deceive. We ought, in every instance, to submit our reasoning to the test of experiment, and never to search for truth but by the natural road of experiment and observation.

Truth is one forever absolute, but opinion is truth filtered through the moods, the blood, the disposition of the spectator.

The truth has always been dangerous to the rule of the rogue, the exploiter, the robber. So the truth must be supressed.

Yes, I know, it's not the truth, but in a great history little truths can be altered so that the greater truth emerges.

Truth exists. The sole purpose of this proposition is to assert the existence of truth against imbeciles and sceptics.

I'm loud and hard and in your face, and I tell the truth, and I think a lot of people fear the truth.

Any truth is only true up to a certain point. When one oversteps the mark, it becomes a non-truth.

Science by itself has no moral dimension. But it does seek to establish truth. And upon this truth morality can be built.

When others asked the truth of me, I was convinced it was not the truth they wanted, but an illusion they could bear to live with.

The truth is often a terrible weapon of aggression. It is possible to lie, and even to murder, with the truth.

I aim to tell the truth about any subject, not a romance or fantasy, not avoid the truth.

The heavens and earth stay as they were; my heart Beats as it beat: the truth remains the truth.

If you're a coach, and you don't have trust with players, you've got no chance, and your credibility is zero. And that's why it's so important to tell them the truth. If you have something that you're upset about, tell them the truth. If they're doing something wrong, tell them the truth.

The soul is the perceiver and revealer of truth. We know truth when we see it, let skeptic and scoffer say what they choose.

I wished to tell the truth, for truth always conveys its own moral to those who are able to receive it.

You will be civilized on the day you can spend a long period doing nothing, learning nothing, and improving nothing, without feeling the slightest amount of guilt.

I think whatever comes natural is probably the truth, and the truth is the strongest form of anything - whether serious or funny.

Young people may be stupid at times, but they respond to the truth when it is present, and for them, KRS-One is the truth!

Someone who lies and someone who tells the truth are playing on opposite sides, so to speak, in the same game. Each responds to the facts as he understands them, although the response of the one is guided by the authority of the truth, while the response of the other defies that authority and refuses to meet its demands. The bullshitter ignores these demands altogether. He does not reject the authority of the truth, as the liar does, and oppose himself to it. He pays no attention to it at all. By virtue of this, bullshit is a greater enemy of the truth than lies are.

I am for gay marriage. Or same-sex marriage. I don't want to say it the wrong way. I think people are sensitive to it. I have been painted as being this right-wing zealot on choice. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Even as Jews and Christians profoundly disagree about the truth, they are united in the belief that there is a truth to be sought.

Freedom and order are not incompatible... truth is strength... free discussion is the very life of truth.

Very often, all the activity of the human mind is directed not in revealing the truth, but in hiding the truth

If we take something to be the truth, we may cling to it so much that when the truth comes and knocks on our door, we won't want to let it in.

Beware of the truth, gentle Sister. Although much sought after, truth can be dangerous to the seeker. Myths and reassuring lies are much easier to find and believe. If you find a truth, even a temporary one, it can demand that you make painful changes. Conceal your truths within words. Natural ambiguity will protect you then.

The truth is not delicate and it does not suffer from denial—the truth only dies when true stories are untold.