Quotes 301 till 320 of 1376.
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Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.
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Far from poisoning the mind, pornography shows the deepest truth about sexuality, stripped of romantic veneer.
Vamps and Tramps (1994) -
Fear prophets and those prepared to die for the truth, for as a rule they make many others die with them, often before them, at times instead of them.
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Fiction is the lie that helps us understand the truth.
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Fiction is the truth inside the lie.
It (1986) voorblad -
Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
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Fifty years after half a million gypsies were exterminated in the Second World War - thousands of them in Auschwitz - we're again preparing the mass killing of this minority.
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Fifty years ago, it was the dream of every bohemian artist to be seen getting out of a limousine wearing blue jeans and sneakers. Today, it's the dream of probably half the people in the country.
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Finding the occasional straw of truth awash in a great ocean of confusion and bamboozle requires intelligence, vigilance, dedication and courage. But if we don't practice these tough habits of thought, we cannot hope to solve the truly serious problems that face us - and we risk becoming a nation of suckers, up for grabs by the next charlatan who comes along.
Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (1995) -
For a creative writer possession of the 'truth' is less important than emotional sincerity.
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For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth.
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For here we are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead...
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For me, exploration is about that journey to the interior, into your own heart. I'm always wondering, how will I act at my moment of truth? Will I rise up and do what's right, even if every fiber of my being is telling me otherwise?
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For me, reason is the natural organ of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning. Imagination, producing new metaphors or revivifying old, is not the cause of truth, but its condition.
Bluspels and Flalansferes: A Semantic Nightmare, Rehabilitations (1939) -
For much of the female half of the world, food is the first signal of our inferiority. It lets us know that our own families may consider female bodies to be less deserving, less needy, less valuable.
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For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and provide for it.
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For the sake of the troops, for the love of the troops, we must not add yet another casualty to this war. We must not let truth be a casualty of this war.
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For those of us who write, it is necessary to scrutinize not only the truth of what we speak, but the truth of that language by which we speak it.
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (2012) 43 -
For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first.
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For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine.
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