All Quotes

It's true that I tend to daydream. I'm the same person in business as I am in music: I can be distracted and absentminded. It's my style.
‐‐ Gordon Getty

It's true that I've never had a burning desire to rebel against my parents.
‐‐ Taylor Swift

It's true that if you advise politicians on economic policy in the U.S. today, you spend your time in a cross between inquiry and combat. You are always on the periphery of harsh partisan warfare that has nothing to do with substance.
‐‐ Robert Shapiro

It's true that immigrant novels have to do with people going from one country to another, but there isn't a single novel that doesn't travel from one place to another, emotionally or locally.
‐‐ Oscar Hijuelos

It's true that in Canada, we pride ourselves on the game, and we like to think we're the dominant hockey nation in the world.
‐‐ Steve Yzerman

It's true that, in Iran, women have half of the rights men do. And yet 66 per cent of students are women.
‐‐ Marjane Satrapi

It's true that interacting through text means no eyelines, no facial expressions, no tone of voice. That can be an advantage, helping us to consider content rather than eloquence, import rather than source.
‐‐ Nick Harkaway

It's true that it's a solitary occupation, but you would be surprised at how much companionship a group of imaginary characters can offer once you get to know them.
‐‐ Anne Tyler

It's true that it's within the realm of cultural politics that young people tend to work through political issues, which I think is good, although it's not going to solve the problems.
‐‐ Angela Davis

It's true that 'Lords of the Sith' has a lesbian character. Her orientation is a characteristic in the same way as is her brunette hair. It just fit with my conception of her.
‐‐ Paul S. Kemp

It's true that many of the leaders who started at non-elite colleges as undergrads later attended prominent graduate schools in law, business, medicine, and so on. But the point is that they found their own way there - as young men and women in their early 20s, not teenagers pressed into action by parents and peers.
‐‐ Nina Easton

It's true that monetary policy was too lax for too long, and the government encouraged lending to people who were unlikely to repay their loans.
‐‐ Paul Singer

It's true that most American citizens think of themselves as living in a democratic country. But when was the last time that any Americans actually sat down and came to a collective decision? Maybe if they are ordering pizzas, but basically never.
‐‐ David Graeber

It's true that my mom loved it when I played Joanie Cunningham in the musical 'Happy Days,' but I think she finally realized I am never going to do 'Oklahoma!'
‐‐ Christine Lakin

It's true that my research expertise is in biology: for example, the Ebola virus, the Marburg virus, and monkey pox, and not bacteriology as in the case of the anthrax organism. It's also true that I have never, ever worked with anthrax in my life. It's a separate field from the research I was performing at Fort Detrick.
‐‐ Steven Hatfill

It's true that none of my characters are admirable. But maybe I'm primarily a satirist, and a satirist needs to hold up what's not admirable.
‐‐ T. C. Boyle

It's true that obscenity is a matter of taste and in the eye of the beholder.
‐‐ Christopher Hitchens

It's true that Paris is made up of equal parts of social conservatism and anarchic experimentation, but foreigners never quite know where to place the moral accent mark.
‐‐ Edmund White

It's true that people were told facial hair was not appreciated by the British public, but I just decided to keep the moustache.
‐‐ Bob Ainsworth

It's true that redistributing income to the needy is politically easier in a growing economy than in a stagnant one.
‐‐ Robert Reich

It's true that romance novels do detail the courtship phase of a relationship. We usually write 'And they lived happily ever after' before our heroine starts snoring or our hero starts tossing his socks over the hamper.
‐‐ Teresa Medeiros

It's true that since 9/11, the application of conventional military rules of engagement has gotten a bit foggy. The Taliban were not an 'enemy state,' but the Canadian Forces conducted its operations in Afghanistan as though the rules of war applied anyway.
‐‐ Terry Glavin

It's true that stammerers can become more adept at sentence construction.
‐‐ David Mitchell

It's true that the Federal Reserve faces a lot of political pressure and is unpopular in many circles.
‐‐ Ben Bernanke

It's true that the human body is more vulnerable than the products of the human mind.
‐‐ Salman Rushdie

It's true that the more you put in the more you get out and that has to be there I think, If you aren't really hooked on your instrument this job would be a hell on earth but if you are, it's the best.
‐‐ Leo Kottke

It's true that the original idea was mine, but what you see today is the work of probably tens of thousands of the world's best engineers, all concentrating on improving the product, reducing the cost, things of that sort.
‐‐ Jack Kilby

It's true that the question of Iraq divided Europe.
‐‐ Jean-Pierre Raffarin

It's true that the skills required to be a conman are the same as those required for being an actor. Though those skills are in the service of something a bit more noble with acting, I hope.
‐‐ John C. Reilly

It's true that the war in Iraq opened a distance in relations between part of Europe and the U.S. government, but our basic ties are stronger than that. We share democracy, free markets and a commitment to Western security. We differ on how to guarantee that security.
‐‐ Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

It's true that there are people who live the idea of being an artist, as opposed to the idea of making art.
‐‐ Daniel Alarcon

It's true that this year, following my accident in the pre-season, I kind of lost morale and I felt like quitting at the end of this year. But today I can say that I want to be a professional bike rider in the year 2003 as well.
‐‐ Laurent Jalabert

It's true that virtually all new technologies do trigger what sociologists would call 'moral panics,' that there are a lot of people who are concerned with the possible political and social consequences, and that this has been true throughout the ages.
‐‐ Evgeny Morozov

It's true that when Christianity is socially powerful, faith can look from the outside as if it is mainly a matter of membership, of participation in the vast synchronised swim of institutions.
‐‐ Francis Spufford

It's true that you need much time to get rid of the fat girl you once were, but you know I am sincerely grateful for my buttocks.
‐‐ Kate Winslet

It's true that your environment influences how you write.
‐‐ Mary Gaitskill

It's true that youth is wasted on the young and, if I had my life to live over again, I suppose I would pay more attention to my career. I would make better choices. But, in my defence, I would say that I have three wonderful children, and that's something I am very proud of.
‐‐ Olivia Hussey

It's true, the Church will be raptured before the final seven years of Earth's history, but during that final seven years, many people will come to faith in Christ, but they will pay a terrible price to do so.
‐‐ Robert Jeffress

It's true the punk fashion itself was iconographic: rips and dirt, safety pins, zips, slogans, and hairstyles. These motifs were so iconic in themselves - motifs of rebellion.
‐‐ Vivienne Westwood

It's true: theatre has been part of my life for as long as I can remember. I always liked everything about it. As a child, I used to get so excited about performing, I'd get the giggles.
‐‐ Hattie Morahan

It's true, there's a lot of melancholy in my music. I don't know why, I'm not a melancholy person. I've always been drawn to it. Ever since I was a kid, if I had an album I would play the ballads on repeat.
‐‐ Norah Jones

It's true to say that I'm a budding young actor. But I'd rather get my name out there because of my acting rather than who I'm being photographed with.
‐‐ Josh Bowman

It's true to say that once I've got the bare bones of a story, I often get ideas from my own research trips to faraway places.
‐‐ Michelle Paver

It's true, too, that I'm tired of using books as political bullets and grenades. Books are too precious and wonderful to be used for long in such a fashion.
‐‐ Yann Martel

It's true what people say - that actors are the closest thing there is to children. They play.
‐‐ Nastassja Kinski

It's true what they say: 'You don't appreciate what you've got until it's gone.' I miss love. I miss being looked after.
‐‐ Cilla Black

It's true when they say songwriting is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration. In truth, what happens is... songs comes through you.
‐‐ Greg Lake

It's true with fashion, acting, anything: Make sure it's timeless, but at the same time, there's got to be a little hint of risk.
‐‐ Jake McDorman

It's true - women want the fantasy. So give them romance - but without the desperation, wondering, and waiting you see in the movies.
‐‐ Nadine Velazquez