The dictum that truth always triumphs over persecution is one of the pleasant falsehoods which men repeat after one another till they pass into commonplaces, but which all experience refutes.

Popular opinions, on subjects not palpable to sense, are often true, but seldom or never the whole truth.

Yeah, I think that's it... It's like Jesse James. He became really popular because he lasted so long. You know, there is some degree of truth to the fact that time will dignify anything, too.

When affection only speaks, truth is not always there.

There's no comfort in the truth, pain is all you'll find.

There's a lot of other movies I like, but I don't even pay attention to directors to tell you the truth.

Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience.

The first step toward finding God, Who is Truth, is to discover the truth about myself: and if I have been in error, this first step to truth is the discovery of my error.

Caricature is rough truth.

The well of true wit is truth itself.

Follow the wisdom of the great actor, James Cagney, you hit your mark, you look the other guy in the eye, and you tell the truth.

The violinist must possess the poet's gift of piercing the protective hide which grows on propagandists, stockbrokers and slave traders, to penetrate the deeper truth which lies within.

It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.

I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant.

Nine times out of ten, in the arts as in life, there is actually no truth to be discovered; there is only error to be exposed.