Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [581-600] of 753 Truth quotesTruth QuotesTruth Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Finding the occasional straw of truth awash in a great ocean of confusion and bamboozle requires intelligence, vigilance, dedication and courage. But if we don't practice these tough habits of thought, we cannot hope to solve the truly serious problems that face us -- and we risk becoming a nation of suckers, up for grabs by the next charlatan who comes along.~ Carl Sagan One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we've been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We're no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It is simply too painful to acknowledge -- even to ourselves -- that we've been so credulous. (So the old bamboozles tend to persist as the new bamboozles rise.)~ Carl Sagan There is a lurking fear that some things are not meant “to be known,” that some inquiries are too dangerous for human beings to make.~ Carl Sagan At the heart of science is an essential tension between two seemingly contradictory attitudes -- an openness to new ideas, no matter how bizarre or counterintuitive they may be, and the most ruthless skeptical scrutiny of all ideas, old and new. This is how deep truths are winnowed from deep nonsense.~ Carl Sagan A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation.~ Saki Without doubt the greatest injury of all was done by basing morals on myth. For, sooner or later, myth is recognized for what it is, and disappears. Then morality loses the foundation on which it has been built.~ Lord Herbert Louis Samuel Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.~ George Santayana Man is condemned to be free. Condemned because he did not create himself, yet is nevertheless at liberty, and from the moment he is thrown into this world he is responsible for everything he does.~ Jean-Paul Sartre Wherever a Knave is not punished, an honest Man is laugh'd at.~ George Savile If you want to know the big 'T' Truth, tell the little 't' truth without fail. Then listen closely to what you say.~ Eric Schaub Speak honestly, and the truth will make itself known.~ Eric Schaub The truth doesn't sell. It is high in supply, but low in demand.~ Eric Schaub Every party skews the facts to their advantage, and inevitably, the minority party must resort to telling the truth.~ Eric Schaub A seeker of truth is no stranger to controversy.~ Eric Schaub Some truths need to be learned from the inside.~ Eric Schaub The more I truly learn, I realize the less I truly know.~ Eric Schaub The truth is more important than its teller.~ Eric Schaub The Truth is not a thing. It is alive. It cannot be grasped. It is spoken.~ Eric Schaub Truth need only be spoken.~ Eric Schaub Those who are convinced they have a monopoly on The Truth always feel that they are only saving the world when they slaughter the heretics.~ Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print