148 quotes found
“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.”
“News told, rumors heard, truth implied, facts buried.”
“She was no longer struggling against the perception of facts, but adjusting herself to their clearest perception.”
“It's not a lie if you don't tell the truth.But it's fucked up if you falsify the fact.”
“Remember, any lie you are told, even deliberately, is often a more significant fact than a truth told in all sincerity.”
“She took refuge on the firm ground of fiction, through which indeed there curled the blue river of truth.”
“I know many versions of truth that explain one fact.”
“History engineered if the facts couldn't be generally accepted.”
“What happens is fact, not truth. Truth is what we think about what happens.”
“Lore is my favorite kind of story. Because it's not only historical, it's a lie everyone knows is a lie but tells anyway. I love that. Of course every story I tell is true. Completely true. Complet...”
“Keep your relationship private but don't hide the fact you're in one.”
“First it was "The Silent Generation", then "Generation Boomers", then "Generation X", then "Generation Y" and as last "Generation Z".”
“Human psychology is the most mysterious thing in the world.”
“I believe this not in the sense that it is part of my creed, but in the sense that it is one of my opinions. My religion would not be in ruins if this opinion were shown to be false.”
“A ghost who has only a lay knowledge of the subject will be able to keep asking the same questions as the lay reader, and will therefore open up the potential readership of the book to a much wider...”
“We create our own enemies”
“Proof' is the hallmark of religion.”
“The western average human lifespan is 2.5 billion seconds (or 77 years). Here are 2 time-dilating perception strategies to enhance one's allocated living time: 1.Make choices. 2.Focus on your best ...”
“You can change someone by your actions, not by your words”
“While what I write is always largely consistent with the records that remain I freely admit that where historical fact proves a barrier to invention, I simply move a detail a little one way or anot...”
