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Truth Quotes

Truth, examined from a few angles.

This set opens with the idea that a story's meaning ultimately depends on the relationship between reader, writer, and character, before turning to a pointed geopolitical observation about oil and foreign intervention. For more grounded reflections, see Heart.

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.

Quotes by Alan Price

If truth is the first victim of war, then read on - I've got some great lies for you this month.

Quotes by Alan Gorrie

It's about time we all faced up to the truth. If we accept the radical homosexual agenda, be it in the military or in marriage or in other areas of our lives, we are utterly destroying the concept of family.

Quotes by Alan Keyes

Everything will line up perfectly when knowing and living the truth becomes more important than looking good.

Quotes by Alan Cohen

You will find truth more quickly through delight than gravity. Let out a little more string on your kite.

Quotes by Alan Cohen

All sides in a trial want to hide at least some of the truth.

Quotes by Alan Dershowitz

The defendant wants to hide the truth because he's generally guilty. The defense attorney's job is to make sure the jury does not arrive at that truth.

Quotes by Alan Dershowitz

There are many levels of truth.

Quotes by Alan Dershowitz

If you're a prosecutor, and you believe the defendant is guilty, you only talk about ultimate truth, but not intermediate truth. If you're the defense attorney, you care deeply about intermediate truth, but you tend to neglect ultimate truth.

Quotes by Alan Dershowitz

The law is agnostic about truth.

Quotes by Alan Dershowitz

Most liberal democracies don't try to figure out what the truth is.

Quotes by Alan Dershowitz

I don't think the law exists to arrive at the truth. If it did, we wouldn't have exclusionary rules, we wouldn't have presumptions of innocence, we wouldn't have proof beyond reasonable doubt. There's an enormous difference between the role of...

Quotes by Alan Dershowitz

The law is agnostic about truth. It's very skeptical of ultimate truth. That's why freedom of speech permits lies to be told.

Quotes by Alan Dershowitz

Scientists search for truth. Philosophers search for morality. A criminal trial searches for only one result: proof beyond a reasonable doubt.

Quotes by Alan Dershowitz

In today's distorted world of 'human rights,' truth takes a back seat to ideology, and false claims - especially those that 'support' radical ideologies - persist even after they have been exposed.

Quotes by Alan Dershowitz

Americans do believe in progress and there is almost certainly a kernel of truth in the joke.

Quotes by Alan Dundes

The only way you can handle big kinds of questions is to simply state briefly what the truth was. What am I going to tell you about the Holocaust? Would you like three pages about it? I don't think you...

Quotes by Alan Furst

The horrible truth is that I am lazy and I am going to write and do bits that just hand themselves to me.

Quotes by Al Madrigal

Truth be told, I didn't want to be on T.V. I was going to be a writer or producer or a director, and at the end of my sophomore year, my department chairman put me up for a job doing...

Quotes by Al Roker

A Truth is the subjective development of that which is at once both new and universal. New: that which is unforeseen by the order of creation. Universal: that which can interest, rightly, every human individual, according to his pure humanity.

Quotes by Alain Badiou

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a quote about truth in storytelling?
Yes. One quote reflects that the truth ultimately comes down to the relationship between the reader, the writer, and the characters, asking whether a character addresses moral being in a universal and important way. It's a thoughtful take on truth in fiction. For more reflective sayings, see Suvichar.
Is there a quote connecting truth to the Middle East and oil?
Yes - one quote states plainly that the truth about the Middle East is that, had there been no oil there, it would be like Africa, and nobody would be threatening to intervene there. It's a blunt, geopolitical observation.
Is there a quote about an athlete's expectations for their career?
Yes. One quote admits: "To tell you the truth, I thought I would be returning kicks and punts my whole career. I thought that was going to be my deal, and I was fine with that." It's an honest look at accepting a particular role in sports. Browse Heart quotes for more sincere, personal reflections.
Is there a quote about the camera and truth?
Yes - one quote describes the camera as the arbiter of truth, calling it the all-seeing eye that can pick out discrepancies. It's a striking way of describing how visual media can expose what's real. For more on trust and conviction, see Belief quotes.
What different kinds of "truth" appear across this page?
Truth in fiction and storytelling, geopolitical truth about the Middle East, personal truth about accepting your role in a career, and the camera's truth-revealing power. For more on truth as a guiding idea, see Anmol Vachan.

A sports quote recalls expecting a narrower career path, while another treats the camera as an unflinching judge of what's real on screen. Continue with Belief or Suvichar.