--- title: "10 Capital Truth Quotes by 3 authors" description: "Browse 10 Capital Truth quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Capital Truth sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c1/david-foster-wallace-161_before-death_capital-t-truth-is-about-life-before-dea_2216587.jpg" --- > [Capital T-truth is about life before death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-foster-wallace/capital-t-truth-is-about-life-before-death/) [David Foster Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-foster-wallace/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c1/david-foster-wallace-161_before-death_capital-t-truth-is-about-life-before-dea_2216587.jpg) > [Capital T truth is dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-cupitt/capital-t-truth-is-dead/) [Don Cupitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-cupitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0c/don-cupitt-31574_capital_capital-t-truth-is-dead-1168418_1168418.png) > [The capital-T Truth is about life before death. It is about making it to 30, or maybe 50, without wanting to shoot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-foster-wallace/the-capital-t-truth-is-about-life-before-death-it-is-about-making-it-2/) [David Foster Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-foster-wallace/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b38/david-foster-wallace-161_before-death_the-capital-t-truth-is-about-life-before_2035990.jpg) > [“None of this stuff is really about morality or religion or dogma or big fancy questions of life after death. The capital-T…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-foster-wallace/none-of-this-stuff-is-really-about-morality-or-religion-or-dogma-or/) [David Foster Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-foster-wallace/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf4/david-foster-wallace-161_big-fan_none-of-this-stuff-is-really-about-moral_2115560.jpg) > [“The capital-T Truth is about life BEFORE death. It is about the real value of a real education, which has almost nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-foster-wallace/the-capital-t-truth-is-about-life-before-death-it-is-about-the-real-2/) [David Foster Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-foster-wallace/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2e/david-foster-wallace-161_awareness_the-capital-t-truth-is-about-life-before_2469372.jpg) > [“Truth in the world resides only in mathematical proofs and physics labs. Everywhere else, it’s really a matter of opinion, and if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antonio-garcia-martinez/truth-in-the-world-resides-only-in-mathematical-proofs-and-physics/) [Antonio Garcia Martinez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antonio-garcia-martinez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/932/antonio-garcia-martinez-11158_truth_truth-in-the-world-resides-only-in-mathe_1627179.jpg) > [The capital-T Truth is about life BEFORE death. It is about the real value of a real education, which has almost nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-foster-wallace/the-capital-t-truth-is-about-life-before-death-it-is-about-the-real/) [David Foster Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-foster-wallace/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdc/david-foster-wallace-161_adults_the-capital-t-truth-is-about-life-before_1539251.jpg) > [“I know that this stuff probably doesn't sound fun and breezy or grandly inspirational. What it is, so far as I can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-foster-wallace/i-know-that-this-stuff-probably-doesn-t-sound-fun-and-breezy-or/) [David Foster Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-foster-wallace/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba8/david-foster-wallace-161_big-fan_i-know-that-this-stuff-probably-doesn-t_281174.jpg) > [“The capital-T Truth is about life BEFORE death. It is about the real value of a real education, which has almost nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-foster-wallace/the-capital-t-truth-is-about-life-before-death-it-is-about-the-real-3/) [David Foster Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-foster-wallace/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ca/david-foster-wallace-161_death_the-capital-t-truth-is-about-life-before_2621059.jpg) > [“The capital-T Truth is about life before death. It is about making it to 30, or maybe even 50, without wanting to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-foster-wallace/the-capital-t-truth-is-about-life-before-death-it-is-about-making-it/) [David Foster Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-foster-wallace/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/001/david-foster-wallace-161_death_the-capital-t-truth-is-about-life-before_1883027.jpg) ## Top authors on Capital Truth - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-david-foster-wallace-27461.jpg) David Foster Wallace 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/capital-truth/david-foster-wallace/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/capital-truth/#itemlist", "name": "Capital Truth Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Capital T-truth is about life before death.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Foster Wallace" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-foster-wallace/capital-t-truth-is-about-life-before-death/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c1/david-foster-wallace-161_before-death_capital-t-truth-is-about-life-before-dea_2216587.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c1/david-foster-wallace-161_before-death_capital-t-truth-is-about-life-before-dea_2216587.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c1/david-foster-wallace-161_before-death_capital-t-truth-is-about-life-before-dea_2216587.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Capital T-truth is about life before death.” — David Foster Wallace", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Capital T truth is dead.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Don Cupitt" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-cupitt/capital-t-truth-is-dead/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0c/don-cupitt-31574_capital_capital-t-truth-is-dead-1168418_1168418.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0c/don-cupitt-31574_capital_capital-t-truth-is-dead-1168418_1168418.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0c/don-cupitt-31574_capital_capital-t-truth-is-dead-1168418_1168418.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Capital T truth is dead.” — Don Cupitt", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The capital-T Truth is about life before death. 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