Famous Quotes About truth

It shows the truth - that the real meaning of a word is only as powerful or harmless as the emotion behind it.

I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their job.

I want everyone to tell me the truth, even if it costs him his job.

The first casualty when war comes is truth.

By means of microscopic observation and astronomical projection the lotus flower can become the foundation for an entire theory of the universe and an agent whereby we may perceive Truth.

Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken precedent.

An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains.

Listen friends, you have to face the truth: You are never going to be rich... The system is rigged in favor of the few, and your name is not among them, not now and not ever.

Be calm in arguing for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy.

If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which makes you more open to my ideas. And if I can persuade you to laugh at the particular point I make, by laughing at it you acknowledge its truth.