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title: "12 Truth Possible Quotes by 11 authors"
description: "Browse 12 Truth Possible quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Truth Possible sayings and thoughts."
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> [“The truth is that it's possible to love someone and not know them”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donal-o-callaghan/the-truth-is-that-it-s-possible-to-love-someone-and-not-know-them/)

[Donal O'Callaghan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donal-o-callaghan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b0/donal-o-callaghan-37714_love_the-truth-is-that-it-s-possible-to-love_2419599.jpg)

> [Being a rocker, to me, is equal to living as much of the truth as possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duff-mckagan/being-a-rocker-to-me-is-equal-to-living-as-much-of-the-truth-as/)

[Duff McKagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duff-mckagan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e0/duff-mckagan-2740_being_being-a-rocker-to-me-is-equal-to-living_2319603.jpg)

> [Fiction intended to please, should resemble truth as much as possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace/fiction-intended-to-please-should-resemble-truth-as-much-as-possible/)

[Horace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d7/horace-172_fiction_fiction-intended-to-please-should-resemb_2338973.jpg)

> [Any lie should be as close to the truth as possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-rhys/any-lie-should-be-as-close-to-the-truth-as-possible/)

[Matthew Rhys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-rhys/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a30/matthew-rhys-16434_close_any-lie-should-be-as-close-to-the-truth_263906.jpg)

> [Without free speech no search for truth is possible... no discovery of truth is useful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bradlaugh/without-free-speech-no-search-for-truth-is-possible-no-discovery-of/)

[Charles Bradlaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bradlaugh/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3c/charles-bradlaugh-18720_communication_without-free-speech-no-search-for-truth_902598.jpg)

> [“The great skill in lying is not lying, you'd say. Just leaving things out. Keeping everything as close to the actual truth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-stott/the-great-skill-in-lying-is-not-lying-you-d-say-just-leaving-things/)

[Rebecca Stott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-stott/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c65/rebecca-stott-44914_lying_the-great-skill-in-lying-is-not-lying-yo_3015953.jpg)

> [“When ever possible...take the necessary steps forward towards peace and proclaiming truth. It's always possible.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-pina/when-ever-possible-take-the-necessary-steps-forward-towards-peace-and/)

[Timothy Pina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-pina/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6d/timothy-pina-290_bullying-ben_when-ever-possible-take-the-necessary-st_6400.jpg)

> [Without free speech no search for Truth is possible; without free speech no discovery of Truth is useful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bradlaugh/without-free-speech-no-search-for-truth-is-possible-without-free/)

[Charles Bradlaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bradlaugh/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b4/charles-bradlaugh-18720_book-banning_without-free-speech-no-search-for-truth_1717351.jpg)

> [The art of writing fiction is to sail as dangerously close to the truth as possible without sinking the ship](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kinky-friedman/the-art-of-writing-fiction-is-to-sail-as-dangerously-close-to-the/)

[Kinky Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kinky-friedman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e94/kinky-friedman-2471_art_the-art-of-writing-fiction-is-to-sail-as_2049562.png)

> [I am someone who values truth - actual truth as opposed to "truthiness." I am also someone who has been trained in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hodgman/i-am-someone-who-values-truth-actual-truth-as-opposed-to-truthiness-i/)

[John Hodgman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hodgman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fb/john-hodgman-1811_absolute-truth_i-am-someone-who-values-truth-actual-tru_1352243.jpg)

> [I think all of us are looking for that which does not admit of bullshit . . . If you tell me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-crews/i-think-all-of-us-are-looking-for-that-which-does-not-admit-of/)

[Harry Crews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-crews/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/812/harry-crews-17383_bars_i-think-all-of-us-are-looking-for-that-w_1583465.jpg)

> [“If there is any kernel of truth in the religions we so deplore,and they are just a carnival of errors,the truth is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-harris/if-there-is-any-kernel-of-truth-in-the-religions-we-so-deplore-and/)

[Sam Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-harris/)

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