Character Quote by Laurence Fishburne

Honesty of thought and speech and written word is a jewel, and they who curb prejudice and seek honorably to know and speak the…

— John Galsworthy

We may fondly imagine that we are impartial seekers after truth, but with a few exceptions, to which I know that I do not…

— August Krogh

Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.

— E. W. Howe

However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

But truth is most likely to be exhibited by the general sense of contemporaries, when the feelings of the heart can be expressed without…

— Mercy Otis Warren

“While we are expecting everybody to tell downright the truth, many are muddying the water, drowning questions in a river of words and trying…

— Erik Pevernagie

“Truth and integrity must be so rare these days that it confuses people when they hear it.”

— Donna Lynn Hope

When people silo themselves by belief, only affiliating with like-minded media organizations and people, we lose the opportunity for genuine conversation, much less persuasion.

— Daniel Levitin

Whatever distrust we may have of the sincerity of those who converse with us, we always believe they will tell us more truth than…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Among those whose reputation is exhausted in a short time by its own luxuriance are the writers who take advantage of present incidents or…

— Samuel Johnson

Now we will no longer concede so easily that anyone has the truth; the rigorous methods of inquiry have spread sufficient distrust and caution,…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

To me, truth is the big thing. Constantly you're writing something and you get to a place where your characters could go this way…

— Quentin Tarantino