Quotes with half-truth

Quotes 741 till 760 of 1376.

  • Richard Rorty Open-mindedness should not be fostered because, as Scripture teaches, Truth is great and will prevail, nor because, as Milton suggests, Truth will always win in a free and open encounter. It should be fostered for its own sake.
    Richard Rorty
    American philosopher (1931 - 2007)
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  • Lord George Byron Opinions are made to be changed - or how is truth to be got at?
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Henry David Thoreau Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify, simplify! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb-nail.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Bryant H. McGill Our understanding of the world around us is constantly being redefined and expanded, and so therefore, it is wiser to be passionate about seeking for truth than knowing it.
    Bryant H. McGill
    American journalist and author (1969 - )
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  • Barbara Amiel Outside the walls, among others, is the Soviet Empire. It is malevolent, destructive and expanding. It has swallowed up over half a dozen countries since World War II.
    Barbara Amiel
    British journalist, writer, and socialite (1940 - )
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  • Barbara Kingsolver Pain reaches the heart with electrical speed, but truth moves to the heart as slowly as a glacier.
    Barbara Kingsolver
    American novelist, essayist and poet (1955 - )
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  • Ted Cook Parents: persons who spend half their time worrying how a child will turn out, and the rest of the time wondering when a child will turn in.
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  • Martin Luther Peace if possible, but truth at any rate.
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  • Abbe Pierre People are needed to take up the challenge, strong people, who proclaim the truth, throw it in people's faces, and do what they can with their own two hands.
    Abbe Pierre
    French Catholic priest (born Henri Grous) (1912 - 2007)
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  • Cate Blanchett People assume actors are born liars, but I'd argue the actor's job is to tell the truth. And I've realised I'm not a good liar.
    Cate Blanchett
    Australian actress and theatre (1969 - )
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  • Bruce Springsteen People deserve... the truth. They deserve honesty. The best music, you can seek some shelter in it momentarily, but it's essentially there to provide you something to face the world with.
    Bruce Springsteen
    American singer-songwriter (1949 - )
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  • Blake Mycoskie People often ask me what I consider my goal to be at TOMS. The truth is that it's changed over the years. When we first began, the goal was to create a for-profit company to help the children that I met in a small village in Argentina.
    Blake Mycoskie
    American entrepreneur, author, and philanthropist (1976 - )
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  • Robert J. Ringer People say they love truth, but in reality they want to believe that which they love is true.
    Robert J. Ringer
    American writer
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  • Ann Druyan People think that if you are a scientist you have to give up that joy of discovery, that passion, that sense of the great romance of life. I say that's completely opposite of the truth.
    Ann Druyan
    American writer (1949 - )
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  • Andy Rooney People will generally accept facts as truth only if the facts agree with what they already believe.
    Andy Rooney
    American radio and television writer (1919 - 2011)
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  • Wallace Stevens Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.
    Wallace Stevens
    American poet (1879 - 1955)
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  • Søren Kierkegaard Personality is only ripe when a man has made the truth his own.
    Søren Kierkegaard
    Danish philosopher (1813 - 1855)
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  • Albert Pike Philosophy is a kind of journey, ever learning yet never arriving at the ideal perfection of truth.
    Albert Pike
    American attorney, soldier, writer, and Freemason (1809 - 1891)
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  • Aristotle Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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  • Aristotle Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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