All Quotes By Tag: Truth
“A lie’s true power cannot be accurately measured by the number of people who believe its deception when it is told, it must be measured by the number of people who will go out after hearing it trying to convince others of its truth.”
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“Queequeg was a native of Kokovoko, an island far away to the West and South. It is not down in any map; true places never are.”
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“I love you too, I wanted to say with as much hurtful sarcasm as I could muster, but she hadn’t seen me, and I kept quiet. I did love her, of course, but mostly just because loving your mother is mandatory, not because she’s someone I think I’d like very much if I met her walking down the street. Which she wouldn’t be anyway; walking is for poor people”
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“Despite how entertaining certain stories were, at the bottom of every item of gossip there was someone getting hurt.”
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“A true friend doesn’t have guts; they beat you up and later plead with you to beat them back.”
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“Maybe the truth is I really want to like you instead.”
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“I wished to tell the truth, for truth always conveys its own moral to those who are able to receive it.”
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“But I do know which is the least popular. The truth.”
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“So,’ Nico said, ‘since we’re going to be spending at least a year seeing each other at camp, I think I should clear the air.’ Percy’s smile wavered. ‘What do you mean?”
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“It is such a supreme folly to believe that nuclear weapons are deadly only if they’re used. The fact that they exist at all, their presence in our lives, will wreak more havoc than we can begin to fathom. Nuclear weapons pervade our thinking. Control our behavior. Administer our societies. Inform our dreams. They bury themselves like meat hooks deep in the base of our brains. They are purveyors of madness. They are the ultimate colonizer. Whiter than any white man that ever lived. The very heart of whiteness.”
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“Physicists have come to realize that mathematics, when used with sufficient care, is a proven pathway to truth.”
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“Don’t be afraid to be afraid. Have fear, and then conquer the shit out of it.”
“And though there’s a grain of truth in every rumor, I’ve found that the worst gossip usually starts with something harmless.”
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“We live in a world where unfortunately the distinction between true and false appears to become increasingly blurred by manipulation of facts, by exploitation of uncritical minds, and by the pollution of the language.”