“Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.” Continue reading
Category Archives: Truth
Thomas H. Huxley on Wisdom
“It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance.” Continue reading
H. L. Mencken Cynical Quote
“The men the American public admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth.” Continue reading
Bertrand Russell on Mathematics
“Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty – a beauty cold and austere, like that of sculpture.” Continue reading
Albert Guinon on Truth
“When everyone is against you, it means that you are absolutely wrong – or absolutely right.” Continue reading
Thomas Sowell on Truth
“There are only two ways of telling the complete truth–anonymously and posthumously.” Continue reading
Edith Sitwell on Truth
“The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth.” Continue reading
Edward Teller on Science
“A fact is a simple statement that everyone believes. It is innocent, unless found guilty. A hypothesis is a novel suggestion that no one wants to believe. It is guilty, until found effective.” Continue reading
Frank Lloyd Wright on Truth
“The truth is more important than the facts.” Continue reading
Carl Sagan on Science
“I maintain there is much more wonder in science than in pseudoscience. And in addition, to whatever measure this term has any meaning, science has the additional virtue, and it is not an inconsiderable one, of being true.” Continue reading
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