Quotes with half-truth

Quotes 1021 till 1040 of 1376.

• The truth of a myth...is not in its words but its patterns.

  David Mitchell
  English novelist and screenwriter (1969 - )
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• The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.

  Norman Schwarzkopf
  American general (1934 - 2012)
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• The truth of the matter of is that stimulus money not only doesn't stimulate; it actually reduces output.

  Arthur Laffer
  American economist and author (1940 - )
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• The truth only irritates those it enlightens, but does not convert.

  Pasquier Quesnel
  French theologian (1634 - 1719)
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• The truth simply is that's all. It doesn't need reasons: it doesn't have to be right: it's just the truth. Period.

  Frederick Frieseke
  American-born French painter (1874 - 1939)
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• The truth springs from arguments amongst friends.

  David Hume
  Scottish Philosopher, Historian (1711 - 1776)
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• The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy.

  Robert Louis Stevenson
  Scottish writer and poet (1850 - 1894)
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• The truth that survives is simply the lie that is pleasantest to believe.

  Henry Louis Mencken
  American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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• The truth told with bad intent Beats all the lies you can invent

  William Blake
  English poet (1757 - 1827)
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• The truth will set you free - but first it may thoroughly irritate you.

  Susan Scott
  American self-help writer
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• The truth, however ugly in itself, is always curious and beautiful to seekers after it.

  The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926)

  Agatha Christie
  British writer (1890 - 1976)
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• The ultimate aim of the human mind, in all its efforts, is to become acquainted with Truth.

  Eliza Farnham
  American novelist, feminist and abolitionist (1815 - 1864)
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• The universal medicine for the Soul is the Supreme Reason and Absolute Justice; for the mind, mathematical and practical Truth; for the body, the Quintessence, a combination of light and gold.

  Albert Pike
  American attorney, soldier, writer, and Freemason (1809 - 1891)
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• The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of setting goals and achieving them. Even the most tedious chore will become endurable as you parade through each day convinced that every task, no matter how menial or boring, brings you closer to fulfilling your dreams.

  Og Mandino
  American author (1923 - 1996)
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• The volatile truth of our words should continually betray the inadequacy of the residual statement.

  Henry David Thoreau
  American writer (1817 - 1862)
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• The want of education and moral training is the only real barrier that exists between the different classes of men. Nature, reason, and Christianity recognize no other. Pride may say Nay; but Pride was always a liar, and a great hater of the truth.

  Susanna Moodie
   
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• The way I navigate scenes is through what I perceive to be the emotional truth of the character: what he wants from moment to moment.

  Ben Bass
  American–Canadian actor
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• The way of paradoxes is the way of truth. To test Reality we must see it on the tight-rope. When the Verities become acrobats we can judge them.

  Oscar Wilde
  Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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• The will to label will always prevail over what's being labeled, usually at the expense of either truth or understanding.

  Boyd Rice
  American musician (1956 - )
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• The word is half his that speaks, and half his that hears it.

  Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
  French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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Subjects in these quotes:

• understanding
• quintessence
• christianity
• continually
• fulfilling
• inadequacy

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