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"As far as the allegations of the CIA hacking into Senate computers, nothing could be further from the truth, ... We wouldn’t do that. I mean, that’s just beyond the, you know, the scope of reason in t…"

"I'm planning, you see, to try to confine myself to the truth. That's hard for an old, inveterate fantasy martyr and liar who has never hesitated to give truth the form he felt the occasion demanded."

"One test of a true clock is its ability to keep time through a wide range of temperatures. A clock that speeds up in hot weather and slows down in cold weather is not a clock, although it may make a g…"

"The worker must work for the glory of his handiwork, not simply for pay; the thinker must think for truth, not for fame."

"Honesty and trust are promoted, and good neighborliness cultivated."

"This is AIDS. AIDS is as real as an egg."

"It is sometimes asked why Western observers were so slow in recognising the truth about the Soviet Union. The reason is not that it was hard to come by. It was clear from hundreds of books by emigre s…"

"I've always been drawn to violence, control and issues of subjugation...I found that in times of overwhelming oppression, a metaphoric language evolves as a survival mechanism to communicate truth…"

"You never realize how tacky your furniture is till you try to give it to the Salvation Army and they won't take it."

"While its true that masculinity must be forced and fostered, this is also true of any human potentiality. One must be forced, or force oneself to learn a language or play an instrument or solve mathem…"

"The ideas of Freud were popularized by people who only imperfectly understood them, who were incapable of the great effort required to grasp them in their relationship to larger truths, and who theref…"

"What is more arrogant than honesty?"

"Please do not call me arrogant because what I'm saying is true: I’m European champion, so I’m not one out of the bottle; I think I’m a special one."

"In reality, experimenters are cussed individuals, eager to prove the theoreticians wrong whenever possible."

"Although evidentialism provides some significant contributions to the apologist's task, nevertheless, as a test for the truth of a world view it is entirely inadequate. For evidence gains its meaning …"

"Above all, words must be recognized as symbolic pointers to truth, not objective containers of truth."

"A thought is an arrow shot at the truth; it can hit a point, but not cover the whole target. But the archer is too well satisfied with his success to ask anything farther."

"Lacan's definition of human deception: We deceive the Other by means of the truth itself; in a universe in which all are looking for the true face beneath the mask, the best way to lead them astray is…"

"Sir, I wish you to understand the true principles of the government. I wish them carried out. I ask nothing more."

"… not judging truth to be in nature better than falsehood, but setting a value upon both according to interest."