Plausible Quotes

129 quotes by 116 authors

The study of history is a powerful antidote to contemporary arrogance. It is humbling to discover how many of our glib assumptions, which seem to… — Paul Johnson
As is so often the case with a legend, every incident has two possible interpretations, the plausible and the one that is molded to suit… — Bryce Courtenay
Reality is a question of perspective; the further you get from the past, the more concrete and plausible it seems - but as you approach… — Salman Rushdie
when we badly want a thing, we go to hunting for good and righteous reasons for it; we give it that fine name to comfort… — Mark Twain
What people want, mainly, is to be told by some plausible authority that what they are already doing is right. I don't know know of… — John Brunner
The man assumes the role of the loner, the thinker and the searching spirit who calls the privileged and the powerful to task. The power… — Bryce Courtenay
I hurt myself deeply, though at the time I had no idea how deeply. I should have learned many things from that experience, but when… — Haruki Murakami
My friend, the truth is always implausible, did you know that? To make the truth more plausible, it's absolutely necessary to mix a bit of… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Life is full of strange absurdities, which, strangely enough, do not even need to appear plausible, since they are true. — Luigi Pirandello
The problem with fiction, it has to be plausible. That's not true with non-fiction. — Tom Wolfe
It sounds plausible enough tonight, but wait until tomorrow. Wait for the common sense of the morning. — H.G. Wells
Implausible truth can serve one better than plausible fiction — David Mitchell
The chief practical use of history is to deliver us from plausible historical analogies. — James Bryce
We must embrace a new agenda based on inclusiveness; a commitment to reconnecting the social and the economic; a relinking of the latter to a… — Noreena Hertz
You have plausible deniability, as they say in politics, as an author with movies. Because if the movie is terrible, you simply say they failed… — Walter Kirn
There is no plausible theory under which the record of the Pentagon Papers can be interpreted as relating to the national defense. — Noam Chomsky
All sacrifices of common sense, and all recourse to plausible political combinations, whether of individuals or of men, are uniformly made at the expense of… — James Fenimore Cooper
If nothing is to be done in the given situation, he must invent plausible reasons for doing nothing; and if something must be done, he… — Charles Edward Merriam
There is simply no plausible construction of the known evidence that leaves out Novak either providing a proffer through his lawyer of what he would… — Michael Isikoff
What I had to do was keep the story within certain limits of what was, of course, plausible. — Arthur Golden

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