Quotes with truth

Quotes 301 till 320 of 1024.

  • Sir Isaac Newton I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
    Sir Isaac Newton
    British scientist, mathematician (1643 - 1727)
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  • Khaled Hosseini I suspect the truth is that we are waiting, all of us, against insurmountable odds, for something extraordinary to happen to us.
    And the Mountains Echoed
    Khaled Hosseini
    Afghan-born American novelist and physician (1965 - )
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  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne I tell the truth, not as much as I would like to, but as much as I dare. I dare more and more as I grow older.
    Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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  • John McGahern I think fiction is a very serious thing, that while it is fiction, it is also a revelation of truth, or facts.
    (2002)
    John McGahern
    Irish writer and novelist (1934 - 2006)
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  • William Butler Yeats I think it better that in times like these a poet's mouth be silent, for in truth we have no gift to set a statesman right.
    William Butler Yeats
    Irish poet (1865 - 1939)
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  • Thomas Malthus I think it will be found that experience,
    the true source and foundation of all knowledge,
    invariably confirms its truth.
    Thomas Malthus
    English cleric and scholar (1766 - 1834)
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  • Abbey Lincoln I think that's what really a substantial work is, it's forever. It's the truth now and it was the truth then, and it will be the truth tomorrow.
    Abbey Lincoln
    American jazz vocalist, songwriter, and actress (1930 - 2010)
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  • Reinhold Niebuhr I think there ought to be a club in which preachers and journalists could come together and have the sentimentalism of the one matched with the cynicism of the other. That ought to bring them pretty close to the truth.
    Reinhold Niebuhr
    American theologist, historian (1892 - 1971)
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  • Samuel Goldwyn I want everyone to tell me the truth, even if it costs him his job.
    Samuel Goldwyn
    American producer (1882 - 1974)
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  • Buddha I was born into the world as the king of truth for the salvation of the world.
    Buddha
    Spiritual leader, born as Siddhartha Gautama (450 - 370)
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  • Alice Miller I was not out to paint beautiful pictures; even painting good pictures was not important to me. I wanted only to help the truth burst forth.
    Alice Miller
    Polish-born Swiss psychologist (1923 - 2010)
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  • Adlai Stevenson II I will make a bargain with the Republicans. If they will stop telling lies about Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.
    Adlai Stevenson II
    American politician and governor (1900 - 1965)
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  • Malcolm X I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.
    Malcolm X
    American activist (1925 - 1965)
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  • Barbra Streisand I'm interested in the truth, and unauthorized biographies are not. Yes, I would like to correct those errors someday.
    Barbra Streisand
    American singer, songwriter, actress, and filmmaker (1942 - )
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  • Ben Affleck I'm sure I can make a movie that doesn't feel like a seventies movie! But the truth is, that's my favorite era in American filmmaking. To me, those were the great years.
    Ben Affleck
    American actor and filmmaker. (1972 - )
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  • Bev Perdue I've always been me. I've always been very direct and have told the truth and have been very willing to stand up and speak out.
    Bev Perdue
    American businesswoman and politician (1947 - )
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  • Bev Perdue I've always been very direct and have told the truth and have been very willing to stand up and speak out.
    Bev Perdue
    American businesswoman and politician (1947 - )
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  • Armistead Maupin I've always believed you can get closer to the truth by pretending not to speak it.
    Armistead Maupin
    American writer (1944 - )
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  • Burt Bacharach I've always had a problem with people who couldn't tell the truth or admit a mistake and say they're wrong.
    Burt Bacharach
    American composer, songwriter and pianist (1928 - 2023)
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  • Henry James Ideas are, in truth, force.
    Henry James
    American author (1843 - 1916)
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