truth-telling

Link	Quote	Tags	Author
64dd6ae	It takes strength and courage to admit the truth.	honesty self-disclosure truth-telling	Rick Riordan
c2e6f2c	There is no doubt fiction makes a better job of the truth.	on-fiction storytelling truth truth-telling	Doris May Lessing
aa14207	The duty of youth is to challenge corruption.	activism dissent inspirational protest truth-telling	Kurt Cobain
e8cc43e	An unbelieved truth can hurt a man much more than a lie. It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our times. There's a punishment for it, and it's usually crucifixion.	crucifixion truth-telling	John Steinbeck
cd75463	Myth is much more important and true than history. History is just journalism and you know how reliable that is.	inspirational journalism myth story truth-telling	Joseph Campbell
1e5c2ed	But I suppose the most revolutionary act one can engage in is... to tell the truth.	truth-telling	Howard Zinn
59f2b2b	It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But a half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor.	protest truth-telling	Neil Gaiman
22d3ac5	You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should've behaved better.	genuineness honesty kindness self-awareness truth-telling	Anne Lamott
88ca494	Perhaps he is a fool or a coward but almost everybody is one or the other and most people are both.	fool lives people truth-telling	James Baldwin
b43f824	"Hip - Someone who knows the score. Someone who understands "jive talk." Someone who is "with it." The expression is not subject to definition because, if you don't "dig" what it means, no one can ever tell you."	humor junkie reality-check truth-telling	William S. Burroughs
e312900	Socrates: So even our walks are dangerous here. But you seem to have avoided the most dangerous thing of all. Bertha: What's that? Socrates: Philosophy. Bertha: Oh, we have philosophers here. Socrates: Where are they? Bertha: In the philosophy department. Socrates: Philosophy is not department. Bertha: Well, we have philosophers. Socrates: Are they dangerous? Bertha: Of course not. Socrates: Then they are not true philosophers.	seeking truth-telling	Peter Kreeft
3b4b292	"It takes much longer to leave the psychic place than the physical place." (p.120)"	truth-telling	Jeanette Winterson
980006d	"You're terrible at this whole 'tell me whatever I want to know' thing." My hand goes to the crossbow, but I don't pick it up. He sighs. "Just ask me something. Ask about my tail. Don't you want to see it?" He raises his brows."	double-entendre double-meaning faeries question suggestive tail tale truth-telling	Holly Black
5cb726f	Confrontation is what happens when you are less than honest and you get caught.	honesty honesty-quotes relationship-problems truth truth-telling women women-s-fiction women-writers	Barbara Delinsky
08842bc	"First of all understand that I get it. That there are millions and millions of women who are steely eyed realists. And millions and millions of men who are anything but. However. For lack of a better term I would say that the feminine values are the values of america : Sensitivity is more important than Truth. Feelings are more important than Facts. Commitment is more important than Individuality. Children are more important than People. Safety is more important than Fun.	culture femininity feminism marriage marriage-humor married-men masculinity mens-rights the-red-pill truth truth-telling	Bill Maher
6e68541	...cannot possibly know who you are, you imagine that she is suspicious of all young people-as a matter of principle- and therefore what she sees when she looks at you is not you as yourself but you as yet one more querrilla fighter in the war against authority, an unruly insurrectionist who has no business barging into the sanctum of her library and asking for work. Such are the times you live in,the times you both live in. She instructs you to put the cards in order, and you can sense how deeply she wants you to fail, how happy it will make her to reject your application, and because you want the job just as much as she doesn't want you to have it, you make sure that you don't fail.	truth-telling	Paul Auster
40e4337	"First of all understand that I get it. That there are millions and millions of women who are steely eyed realists. And millions and millions of men who are anything but. However. For lack of a better term I would say that the feminine values are the values of america : Sensitivity is more important than Truth. Feeling are more important than Facts. Commitment is more important than Individuality. Children are more important than People. Safety is more important than Fun.	culture femininity feminism marriage marriage-humor married-men masculinity mens-rights the-red-pill truth truth-telling	Bill Maher
960e367	He had come to life for maybe a minute to try to tell us something, something none of us cared to listen to or tried to understand, and the effort had drained him dry.	truth truth-telling	Ken Kesey

It takes strength and courage to admit the truth.

Rick Riordan

c2e6f2c

There is no doubt fiction makes a better job of the truth.

on-fiction storytelling truth truth-telling

Doris May Lessing

aa14207

The duty of youth is to challenge corruption.

activism dissent inspirational protest truth-telling

Kurt Cobain

e8cc43e

An unbelieved truth can hurt a man much more than a lie. It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our times. There's a punishment for it, and it's usually crucifixion.

crucifixion truth-telling

John Steinbeck

cd75463

Myth is much more important and true than history. History is just journalism and you know how reliable that is.

inspirational journalism myth story truth-telling

Joseph Campbell

1e5c2ed

But I suppose the most revolutionary act one can engage in is... to tell the truth.

truth-telling

Howard Zinn

59f2b2b

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But a half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor.

protest truth-telling

Neil Gaiman

22d3ac5

You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should've behaved better.

genuineness honesty kindness self-awareness truth-telling

Anne Lamott

88ca494

Perhaps he is a fool or a coward but almost everybody is one or the other and most people are both.

fool lives people truth-telling

James Baldwin

b43f824

"Hip - Someone who knows the score. Someone who understands "jive talk." Someone who is "with it." The expression is not subject to definition because, if you don't "dig" what it means, no one can ever tell you."

humor junkie reality-check truth-telling

William S. Burroughs

e312900

Socrates: So even our walks are dangerous here. But you seem to have avoided the most dangerous thing of all. Bertha: What's that? Socrates: Philosophy. Bertha: Oh, we have philosophers here. Socrates: Where are they? Bertha: In the philosophy department. Socrates: Philosophy is not department. Bertha: Well, we have philosophers. Socrates: Are they dangerous? Bertha: Of course not. Socrates: Then they are not true philosophers.

seeking truth-telling

Peter Kreeft

3b4b292

"It takes much longer to leave the psychic place than the physical place." (p.120)"

truth-telling

Jeanette Winterson

980006d

"You're terrible at this whole 'tell me whatever I want to know' thing." My hand goes to the crossbow, but I don't pick it up. He sighs. "Just ask me something. Ask about my tail. Don't you want to see it?" He raises his brows."

double-entendre double-meaning faeries question suggestive tail tale truth-telling

Holly Black

5cb726f

Confrontation is what happens when you are less than honest and you get caught.

honesty honesty-quotes relationship-problems truth truth-telling women women-s-fiction women-writers

Barbara Delinsky

08842bc

"First of all understand that I get it. That there are millions and millions of women who are steely eyed realists. And millions and millions of men who are anything but. However. For lack of a better term I would say that the feminine values are the values of america : Sensitivity is more important than Truth. Feelings are more important than Facts. Commitment is more important than Individuality. Children are more important than People. Safety is more important than Fun.

culture femininity feminism marriage marriage-humor married-men masculinity mens-rights the-red-pill truth truth-telling

Bill Maher

6e68541

...cannot possibly know who you are, you imagine that she is suspicious of all young people-as a matter of principle- and therefore what she sees when she looks at you is not you as yourself but you as yet one more querrilla fighter in the war against authority, an unruly insurrectionist who has no business barging into the sanctum of her library and asking for work. Such are the times you live in,the times you both live in. She instructs you to put the cards in order, and you can sense how deeply she wants you to fail, how happy it will make her to reject your application, and because you want the job just as much as she doesn't want you to have it, you make sure that you don't fail.

truth-telling

Paul Auster

40e4337

"First of all understand that I get it. That there are millions and millions of women who are steely eyed realists. And millions and millions of men who are anything but. However. For lack of a better term I would say that the feminine values are the values of america : Sensitivity is more important than Truth. Feeling are more important than Facts. Commitment is more important than Individuality. Children are more important than People. Safety is more important than Fun.

culture femininity feminism marriage marriage-humor married-men masculinity mens-rights the-red-pill truth truth-telling

Bill Maher

960e367

He had come to life for maybe a minute to try to tell us something, something none of us cared to listen to or tried to understand, and the effort had drained him dry.

truth truth-telling

Ken Kesey