Truth is simply a compliment paid to sentences seen to be paying their way. Richard Rorty complimentpaysentence Change image and share on social
There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth. Chanakya bitterfriendshipinterest Change image and share on social
Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised; and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed. Pindar faceheedman Change image and share on social
When truth has no burning, then it is philosophy, when it gets burning from the heart, it becomes poetry. Muhammad Iqbal burnheartphilosophy Change image and share on social
The truth is that I am a very independent person and I've always been. That probably damaged some of my relationships with men. Bronagh Gallagher damagehaveindependent Change image and share on social
Most people don't grow up. It's too damn difficult. What happens is most people get older. That's the truth of it. They honor their credit cards, they find parking spaces, they marry, they have the nerve to have children, but they don't grow up. Maya Angelou cardchildcredit share on social
One of the most marvelous features of Canton is the city of house boats, floating and stationary, in which about a quarter of a million people live and, it may with truth be added, are born and die. This population is quite distinct in race from the land population of Canton, which looks down upon it as a pariah and alien caste. Isabella Bird addalienbear share on social
We are quite at ease in this no man's land of ignorance and doubt and dispute, absorbed in the ambiguities of trying to reach truth by mixing fact with invention. Barry Unsworth absorbambiguitydispute Change image and share on social
If you see voters as rational, you'll be a terrible politician. People are not wired to be rational. Our brains simply evolved to keep us alive. Brains did not evolve to give us truth. Brains merely give us movies in our minds that keeps us sane and motivated. But none of it is rational or true, except maybe sometimes by coincidence. Scott Adams alivebraincoincidence share on social
Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life, is the same - hardihood. Give them raw truth. John Jay Chapman americaconflictcure Change image and share on social