Philosophy & Thought: Truth Quotes

"There is no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow"

Karen Black, Actress

"If I turn on the television, am I to believe that that is America? I'm sorry, I don't believe that's America"

Karen Black, Actress

"It is clear that every immediate object of our senses both exists and is real in the primary meaning of these terms, so long as we remain aware of the object"

Charles D. Broad, Philosopher

"Common sense says that chairs and tables exist independently of whether anyone happens to perceive them or not"

Charles D. Broad, Philosopher

"The pure natural scientist is liable to forget that minds exist, and that if it were not for them he could neither know nor act on physical objects"

Charles D. Broad, Philosopher

"A deception that elevates us is dearer than a host of low truths"

Marina Tsvetaeva, Poet

"People actually live with their id exposed. They're not good at concealing what's going on inside"

Philip Seymour Hoffman, Actor

"It has generally been assumed that of two opposing systems of philosophy, e.g., realism and idealism, one only can be true and one must be false; and so philosophers have been hopelessly divided on the question, which is the true one"

Morris Raphael Cohen, Philosopher

"And in that I cannot send unto you all my businesses in writing, I despatch these present bearers fully informed in all things, to whom it may please you to give faith and credence in what they shall say unto you by word of mouth"

Owen Glendower, Royalty

"Are you going out after the truth, or are you going out after something you believe?"

Richard Rosen, Writer

"Agreements are always the product of time and place"

Larry Craig, Politician

"Certainly in the modern age where everything is glossed over, when somebody speaks their mind, the majority of the public go, I'd love to have said that"

Pete Waterman, Producer

"What is real is beyond all reach"

Julien Green, Novelist

"These are facts, these are not imaginary things"

Iyad Allawi, Statesman

"Nothing is higher than the love of truth"

Aurelius Clemens Prudentius, Poet

"It would be nice to say the rich people, the fancy people, all behaved like bastards and the poor slobs all came through like heroes. But as a matter of fact, sometimes the poor slobs behave like slobs and the great, noble, privileged characters come off very well, indeed"

Walter Lord, Author

"A belief may be larger than a fact"

Vannevar Bush, Scientist

"As I understand it, Lacey has dismissed all of the fact checkers"

Sydney Schanberg, Journalist

"Everywhere you go, you hear things that are untrue. You've just got to learn that if I don't say it, physically out of my mouth, on camera, it's not true"

Selena Gomez, Actress

"People aren't interested in seeing themselves as they really are"

Jim Woodring, Artist

"You can't be distracted by the noise of misinformation"

James Daly, Actor

"I think FoxNews ratings are a reliable guide to the attitudes of the American electorate"

Reese Schonfeld, Journalist

"You can't believe the government - on anything. And you especially can't believe them when they're talking about important stuff"

Gary Webb, Journalist

"People want to see this America, this real America"

Michael Taylor, Criminal

"We are really the conveyors of truth in a very critical time and people need to know that truth"

Judd Rose, Journalist

"There should be a readiness, on our part, to investigate with candor to follow the truth wherever it may lead us, and to submit, without reserve or objection, to all the teachings of this religion, if it be found to be of divine origin"

Simon Greenleaf, Judge

"I think it's like everything else; one shouldn't dig too deeply. It's silly to say that with a journalist, but sometimes there is not a truth to be found"

Alan Price, Musician

"Without words to objectify and categorize our sensations and place them in relation to one another, we cannot evolve a tradition of what is real in the world"

Ruth Hubbard, Scientist

"It is fun to try figure out the things that really are real and the things that aren't"

Penelope Spheeris, Director

"I am concerned, rather, that there should not be more things dreamt of in my philosophy than there actually are in heaven and earth"

Nelson Goodman, Philosopher

"I think there can be some disagreement as to whether Kerry really won Wisconsin or not"

Scott McCallum, Politician

"Truth cannot be defined or tested by agreement with 'the world'; for not only do truths differ for different worlds but the nature of agreement between a world apart from it is notoriously nebulous"

Nelson Goodman, Philosopher

"If a philosophic theory is once ruled out of court, no one can tell when it will appear again"

Morris Raphael Cohen, Philosopher

"You get trapped by stories. Though I've got this reputation for being out of control, it's not true, it just happens to be a more interesting story than the truth"

Terry Gilliam, Director

"What do I really think? What do I believe in, without the horse manure?"

George Segal, Actor

"We need realism to deal with reality"

Slick Rick, Musician

"In trials of fact, by oral testimony, the proper inquiry is not whether, is it possible that the testimony may be false, but whether there is sufficient probability that it is true"

Simon Greenleaf, Judge

"Belief and knowledge are considered to be two different things. But they are not"

Stanley Fish, Writer

"In the spider-web of facts, many a truth is strangled"

Paul Eldridge, Educator

"There is no teacher, living or past, who can give us the actual understanding of Truth. A teacher can only put our feet upon the path and point the way. That is all. It is wholly dependent on the individual to make his way to Truth!"

Paul Twitchell, Celebrity

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