I think there ought to be a club in which preachers and journalists could come together and have the sentimentalism of the one matched with the cynicism of the other. That ought to bring them pretty close to the truth. Reinhold Niebuhr bringcloseclub share on social
The purpose of satire has been rightly stated as to strip off the veneer of comforting illusion and cosy half truth, and our job, as I see it, is to put it back again! Michael Flanders backcomfortcosy Change image and share on social
It is good to express a thing twice right at the outset and so to give it a right foot and also a left one. Truth can surely stand on one leg, but with two it will be able to walk and get around. Friedrich Nietzsche expressfootgive Change image and share on social
Freedom and order are not incompatible... truth is strength... free discussion is the very life of truth. Thomas Huxley discussionfreefreedom Change image and share on social
Truth is, we offered it to Tom Hanks, which pretty much every movie in America does, but Tom passed. Billy Bob said that Hanks recently called and said he's voting for all of us for Oscars, he loved the film. Peter Berg americabillybob share on social
People seem to have this idea that I've always been very ambitious. Nothing could be further from the truth. Judi Dench ambitioushaveidea Change image and share on social
Acting is many things. Acting is playing lines, of course, but it's much more profound than that. Acting is truth-telling and trying to find the truth in a human situation, which will be sketched out by a screenwriter with all the skill that a screenwriter can do; but in the end, that's just the map of the journey. Paul Greengrass actendfind share on social
One of the peculiar sins of the twentieth century which we've developed to a very high level is the sin of credulity. It has been said that when human beings stop believing in God they believe in nothing. The truth is much worse: they believe in anything. Malcolm Muggeridge badlybeingbelieve share on social
The first function of poetry is to tell the truth, to learn how to do that, to find out what you really feel and what you really think. June Jordan feelfindfunction Change image and share on social
To tell the truth is to become beautiful, to begin to love yourself, value yourself. And that's political, in its most profound way. June Jordan beautifulbeginlove Change image and share on social