“A lot of people are afraid to tell the truth, to say no. That's where toughness comes into play. Toughness is not being a bully. It's having backbone.”
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“The truth is, sex doesn't mean that much to me now.”
“Truth is something which can't be told in a few words. Those who simplify the universe only reduce the expansion of its meaning.”
“It's much easier for me to make major life, multi-million dollar decisions, than it is to decide on a carpet for my front porch. That's the truth.”
“Everyone who knows me will know the truth, which is that my children come first in my life and that I would never harm any child.”
“The essence of humanity's spiritual dilemma is that we evolved genetically to accept one truth and discovered another. Is there a way to erase the dilemma, to resolve the contradictions between the transcendentalist and the empiricist world views?”
“There's no truth anymore.”
“If the truth contradicts deeply held beliefs, that is too bad.”
“The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy.”
“Ah, well, the truth is always one thing, but in a way it's the other thing, the gossip, that counts. It shows where people's hearts lie.”
“I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.”
“Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.”
“You wanna get the truth out of me, get me hammered.”
“It may not always be easy, convenient, or politically correct to stand for truth and right, but it is the right thing to do. Always.”
“He who does not bellow the truth when he knows the truth makes himself the accomplice of liars and forgers.”
“Those thoughts are truth which guide us to beneficial interaction with sensible particulars as they occur, whether they copy these in advance or not.”
“Truth lives, in fact, for the most part on a credit system. Our thoughts and beliefs pass, so long as nothing challenges them, just as bank-notes pass so long as nobody refuses them.”
“Truth is what works.”
“We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood.”
“Not being known doesn't stop the truth from being true.”
“If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonorable means, and if you find truth you will become invincible.”
“When you stretch the truth, watch out for the snapback.”
“The truth is a snare: you cannot have it, without being caught. You cannot have the truth in such a way that you catch it, but only in such a way that it catches you.”
“Everything deep is also simple and can be reproduced simply as long as its reference to the whole truth is maintained. But what matters is not what is witty but what is true.”