--- title: "11 Falsify Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 11 Falsify quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Falsify sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3c/karl-barth-3434_deceived_we-act-unbelievingly-and-disobediently-w_2720901.jpg" --- > [We act unbelievingly and disobediently when, for whatever motive, we distort, falsify, or suppress the facts about our life in nature and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-barth/we-act-unbelievingly-and-disobediently-when-for-whatever-motive-we/) [Karl Barth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-barth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3c/karl-barth-3434_deceived_we-act-unbelievingly-and-disobediently-w_2720901.jpg) > [If you like it, you'll find a way to justify it. But if you don't , you'll find ways to falsify it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toba-beta/if-you-like-it-you-ll-find-a-way-to-justify-it-but-if-you-don-t-you/) [Toba Beta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toba-beta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a81/toba-beta-105_ego_if-you-like-it-you-ll-find-a-way-to-just_199173.jpg) > [The expression to write something down suggests a descent of thought to the fingers whose movements immediately falsify it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-h-gass/the-expression-to-write-something-down-suggests-a-descent-of-thought/) [William H. Gass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-h-gass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/243/william-h-gass-4166_descent_the-expression-to-write-something-down-s_1233451.png) > [“Insecure people often falsify the past, in order to make the future pure.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shannon-l-alder/insecure-people-often-falsify-the-past-in-order-to-make-the-future/) [Shannon L. Alder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shannon-l-alder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b10/shannon-l-alder-363_angry-men_insecure-people-often-falsify-the-past-i_1135099.jpg) > [Every genuine test of a theory is an attempt to falsify it, or to refute it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-popper/every-genuine-test-of-a-theory-is-an-attempt-to-falsify-it-or-to/) [Karl Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-popper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/098/karl-popper-2167_genuine_every-genuine-test-of-a-theory-is-an-att_2027707.jpg) > [“It's not a lie if you don't tell the truth. But it's fucked up if you falsify the fact.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toba-beta/it-s-not-a-lie-if-you-don-t-tell-the-truth-but-it-s-fucked-up-if-you/) [Toba Beta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toba-beta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb9/toba-beta-105_fact_it-s-not-a-lie-if-you-don-t-tell-the-tru_236445.jpg) > [Digital tools and 'create a fake' websites make it easy for anyone to falsify or manipulate an image, social media posts, news…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alisyn-camerota/digital-tools-and-create-a-fake-websites-make-it-easy-for-anyone-to/) [Alisyn Camerota](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alisyn-camerota/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b18/alisyn-camerota-7568_create_digital-tools-and-create-a-fake-websites_2231874.jpg) > [“To paint, to write, to engage in politics—these are not merely ‘sublimations’; here we have aims that are willed for their own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simone-de-beauvoir/to-paint-to-write-to-engage-in-politics-these-are-not-merely/) [Simone de Beauvoir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simone-de-beauvoir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c17/simone-de-beauvoir-407_history_to-paint-to-write-to-engage-in-politics_1964489.jpg) > [The underground press serves as the only effective counter to a growing power, and more sophisticated techniques used by establishment mass media…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/the-underground-press-serves-as-the-only-effective-counter-to-a/) [William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3d/william-s-burroughs-528_book_the-underground-press-serves-as-the-only_2713219.jpg) > [Politicians, real-estate agents, used-car salesmen, and advertising copy-writers are expected to stretch facts in self-serving directions, but scientists who falsify their results…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-gardner/politicians-real-estate-agents-used-car-salesmen-and-advertising-copy/) [Martin Gardner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-gardner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ef/martin-gardner-15175_advertising_politicians-real-estate-agents-used-car_445992.jpg) > [“Of course, it is not so easy to “falsify,” i.e., to state that something is wrong with full certainty. Imperfections in your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nassim-nicholas-taleb/of-course-it-is-not-so-easy-to-falsify-i-e-to-state-that-something-is/) [Nassim Nicholas Taleb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nassim-nicholas-taleb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1b/nassim-nicholas-taleb-352_confidence_of-course-it-is-not-so-easy-to-falsify-i_696406.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/falsify/#itemlist", "name": "Falsify Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We act unbelievingly and disobediently when, for whatever motive, we distort, falsify, or suppress the facts about our life in nature and history.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Karl Barth" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-barth/we-act-unbelievingly-and-disobediently-when-for-whatever-motive-we/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3c/karl-barth-3434_deceived_we-act-unbelievingly-and-disobediently-w_2720901.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3c/karl-barth-3434_deceived_we-act-unbelievingly-and-disobediently-w_2720901.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3c/karl-barth-3434_deceived_we-act-unbelievingly-and-disobediently-w_2720901.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We act unbelievingly and disobediently when, for whatever motive, we distort, falsify, or suppress the facts…” — Karl Barth", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you like it, you'll find a way to justify it. 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