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“Truth does not need argument, agreement, theories or beliefs. There is only one test for it and that is to ask yourself 'Is the statement true or false in my experience?'”

Needs Doe Truth Asks Belief Theory Argument Tests Statements Agreement True Or False

Author:Barry Long

“Truth is a theory that is constantly being disproved. Only lies, it seems, go on forever.”

Seems Truth Lying Forever Theory Goes On Truth Is

Book:Confessions of a sex kitten

Source: Confessions of a sex kitten

“Theory is continually the precursor of truth; we must pass through the twilight and its shade, to arrive at the full and perfect day.”

Truth Perfect Theory Shade Twilight Perfect Days Precursor

Author:James Douglas, Lord of Douglas

“The theory of truth is a series of truisms.”

Truth Theory Truth Is Series Truism

Author:J. L. Austin

“But when men have realized that time has upset many fighting faiths, they may come to believe...that the best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market... That at any rate is the theory of our constitution.”

Men Believe May Truth Fighting Justice Power Theory Truth Is Tests Constitution Competition Rate Accepted Upset Freedom Of Speech

Author:Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

“Theory must mediate between all previous truths and certain new experiences”

Truth Certain Theory New Experiences

Book:Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking (New Thought Edition - Secret Library)

Source: Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking (New Thought Edition - Secret Library)

“Our theories are wedged and controlled as nothing else is. Yet sometimes alternative theoretic formulas are equally compatible with all the truths we know, and then we choose between them for subjective reasons. We choose the kind of theory to which we are already partial: we follow 'elegenace' or 'economy'”

Knows Kind Sometimes Reason Truth Economy Theory Alternatives Controlled Formulas Now And Then Subjective Compatible

Book:Pragmatism and the Conception of Thruth

Source: Pragmatism and the Conception of Thruth

“To give the theory plenty of 'rope' and see if it hangs itself eventually is better tactics than to choke it off at the outset b abstract accusations of self-contradiction”

Ifs Giving Self Truth Theory Plenty Abstract Contradiction Rope Tactics Choke Accusation

Author:William James

“I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours.”

Truth Funny Hours Work Five Theory Truth Is Nine Telling The Truth Epic Hunters Gonzo

Book:Conversations with Hunter S. Thompson

Source: Conversations with Hunter S. Thompson

“Now the truth of the matter is that there are a lot of things people don't understand. Take the Einstein theory. Take taxes. Take love. Do you understand them? Neither do I. But they exist. They happen.”

People Matter Happens Truth Theory Taxes

Author:Dalton Trumbo