It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. Arthur Conan Doyle excludeimpossibleimprobable Change image and share on social
If people really want to know and learn from history, why do they want bad history? Why don't they want good history? Wouldn't you rather know the truth, rather than the legend? Alison Weir badgoodhistory Change image and share on social
It takes a long time to learn that a courtroom is the last place in the world for learning the truth. Alice Koller courtroomlearnlong Change image and share on social
Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth. By simply not mentioning certain subjects... totalitarian propagandists have influenced opinion much more effectively than they could have by the most eloquent denunciations. Aldous Huxley denunciationeffectivelyeloquent share on social
The truth is that humans have the potential to be horrific. And I think being conscious of that is important. Andie MacDowell conscioushorrifichuman Change image and share on social
Quick condemnation of all that is not ours, of views with which we disagree, of ideas that do not attract us, is the sign of a narrow mind, of an uncultivated intelligence. Bigotry is always ignorant, and the wise boy, who will become the wise man, tries to understand and to see the truth in ideas with which he does not agree. Annie Besant agreeattractbigotry share on social
The only way you can handle big kinds of questions is to simply state briefly what the truth was. What am I going to tell you about the Holocaust? Would you like three pages about it? I don't think you would... I don't think anything different than you think - it was horrible. Alan Furst bigbrieflyhandle share on social
Photography seduces us into thinking we can believe photographs, whereas we can't really believe that a picture can tell us any kind of truth at all. Alison Jackson kindphotographphotography Change image and share on social
We can lie in the language of dress or try to tell the truth; but unless we are naked and bald, it is impossible to be silent. Alison Lurie balddressimpossible Change image and share on social