Truth : (51)

" The role of the intellectual, so it is said, is to speak truth to power. Noam Chomsky has dismissed this pious tag on two grounds. For one thing, power knows the truth already; it is just busy trying to conceal it. For another, it is not those in power who need the truth, but those they oppress. " - Terry Eagleton

" I was taught the truth will set you free… unless, of course, you want the truth about who killed JFK. " - Richard Belzer

" As an actor, you want to know if you’re keeping a secret or telling the truth. " - Andrea Riseborough

" As a nation – and as a world – we need more truth. " - John Legend

" It is such a relief to be told the truth. " - Katherine Anne Porter

" Some people think that the truth can be hidden with a little cover-up and decoration. But as time goes by, what is true is revealed, and what is fake fades away. " - Ismail Haniyeh

" I’m trying to tell a story and do it truthfully. " - Charlie Kaufman

" When you understand what you see, you will no longer be children. You will know that life is pain, that each of us hangs always upon the cross of himself. And when you know that this is true of every man, woman and child on earth, you will be wiser. " - Whittaker Chambers

" Why shouldn’t truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, has to make sense. " - Mark Twain

" Truth is a great flirt. " - Franz Liszt