Best truth-is & sides Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“Opposition to the truth is inevitable, especially if it takes the form of a new idea, but the degree of resistance can be diminished- by giving thought not only to the aim but to the method of approach. Avoid a frontal attack on a long established position; instead, seek to turn it by flank movement, so that a more penetrable side is exposed to the thrust of truth. But, in any such indirect approach, take care not to diverge from the truth- for nothing is more fatal to its real advancement than to lapse into untruth.”

Source: Why Don't We Learn from History?

“There are faint stars in the night sky that you can see, but only if you look to the side of where they shine. They burn too weakly or are too far away to be seen directly, even if you stare. But you can see them out of the corner of your eye because the cells on the periphery of your retina are more sensitive to light. Maybe truth is just like that. You can see it, but only out of the corner of your eye.”

Ifs Looks Light Eye Night Stars Sides Sky Truth Is Shining Corners Cells Staring Sensitive Far Away Night Sky Periphery Stars In The Night Sky

Book:A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines

Source: A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines

“Truth is a golden thread, seen here and there In small bright specks upon the visible side Of our strange being's party-coloured web.”

Sides Party Strange Truth Is Golden Visible Thread Here And There Specks

Book:Letters and Remains of Arthur Hugh Clough

Source: Letters and Remains of Arthur Hugh Clough

“A free press is one where it's okay to state the conclusion you're led to by the evidence. One reason I'm in hot water is because my colleagues and I at NOW didn't play by the conventional rules of Beltway journalism. Those rules divide the world into Democrats and Republicans, liberals and conservatives, and allow journalists to pretend they have done their job if instead of reporting the truth behind the news, they merely give each side an opportunity to spin the news.”

“It is a curious fact, but a fact it is, that your witty people are the most hard-hearted in the world. The truth is, fancy destroys feeling. The quick eye to the ridiculous turns every thing to the absurd side; and the neat sentence, the lively allusion, and the odd simile, invest what they touch with something of their own buoyant nature. Humor is of the heart, and has its tears; but wit is of the head, and has only smiles - and the majority of those are bitter.”

Source: The Complete Works of L. E. Landon: Containing Romance and Reality, Francesca Carrara, Traits and Trials of Early Life, Ethel Church, the Book of Beauty, Improvisatrice, the Troubadour, Venetian Bracelet, Golden Violet, Vow of the Peacock, Easter Gift, &c., &c

“The truth is that as we move forward, if one side says we can't raise any taxes on anybody or any interest, and the other side says we can't cut anything, we're obviously not going to make progress on this. And our interest is in making progress on this.”

Ifs Moving Sides Interest Cutting Progress Truth Is Taxes Raises Moving Forward Keep Moving Keep Moving Forward

Author:David Axelrod

“If the truth is with you, let anything else be against you! You will win! If the truth is not with you but everything else is on your side, it doesn't matter, you will lose!”

Ifs Matter Winning Sides Loses Truth Is Your Side

Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan

“What kind of truth is this which is true on one side of a mountain and false on the other?”

Kind Sides Truth Is Mountain

Book:The Autobiography of Michel de Montaigne: Comprising the Life of the Wisest Man of His Times : His Childhood, Youth, and Prime : His Adventures in Love and Marriage, at Court, and in Office, War, Revolution, and Plague : His Travels at Home and Abroad : His Habits, Tastes, Whims, and Opinions

Source: The Autobiography of Michel de Montaigne: Comprising the Life of the Wisest Man of His Times : His Childhood, Youth, and Prime : His Adventures in Love and Marriage, at Court, and in Office, War, Revolution, and Plague : His Travels at Home and Abroad : His Habits, Tastes, Whims, and Opinions

“The sad truth is that you can have peace processes all you like, but if one side is committed to war, then it's war.”

Ifs War Process Sides Truth Is Committed Sad Truth

Author:John Podhoretz