Quotes tagged ‘The Truth’

“Truth is a powerful thing. It can right a wrong, or make a bad thing worse.”

— Tom Fontana, Augustus Hill, Harold Perrineau, imdb.com

“Are you telling the truth? Or are you just trying to make me feel better?”

— Vince Gilligan, Chuck McGill, Michael McKean, imdb.com

“Facts are facts.”

— Peter Gould, Chuck McGill, Michael McKean, imdb.com

“The Truth has shared so much of Itself With me That I can no longer call myself A man, a woman, an angel, Or even a pure Soul.”

— Hafiz of Persia, peacefulrivers.homestead.com

“And they’re someone else: Recy Taylor, a name I know and I think you should know, too. In 1944, Recy Taylor was a young wife and a mother. She was just walking home from a church service she’d attended in Abbeville, Ala., when she was abducted by six armed white men, raped and left blindfolded by th…”

— Oprah, nytimes.com

“So I want all the girls watching here and now to know that a new day is on the horizon! And when that new day finally dawns, it will be because of a lot of magnificent women, many of whom are right here in this room tonight, and some pretty phenomenal men, fighting hard to make sure that they become…”

— Oprah Winfrey, nytimes.com

“And I’ve interviewed and portrayed people who’ve withstood some of the ugliest things life can throw at you, but the one quality all of them seem to share is an ability to maintain hope for a brighter morning — even during our darkest nights.”

— Oprah Winfrey, nytimes.com

“They are domestic workers and farmworkers; they are working in factories and they work in restaurants, and they’re in academia and engineering and medicine and science; they’re part of the world of tech and politics and business; they’re our athletes in the Olympics and they’re our soldiers in the m…”

— Oprah Winfrey, nytimes.com

“And for too long, women have not been heard or believed if they dared to speak their truth to the power of those men. But their time is up. Their time is up. Their time is up.”

— Oprah, nytimes.com

“But we also know that it is the insatiable dedication to uncovering the absolute truth that keeps us from turning a blind eye to corruption and to injustice. To tyrants and victims and secrets and lies.”

— Oprah, nytimes.com

“So I want tonight to express gratitude to all the women who have endured years of abuse and assault, because they — like my mother — had children to feed and bills to pay and dreams to pursue. They’re the women whose names we’ll never know.”

— Oprah, nytimes.com

“Divulging our feelings, confessing our truths whether to ourselves or whoever affected takes courage. A courageous task that will bring us an entire kingdom of peace and nightmare free nights.”

— Mirtha Michelle Castro, amazon.com

“There are three sides to every story: yours, theirs, and the truth somewhere in the middle.”

— Sherrilyn Kenyon, amazon.com

“I’m convinced of two fundamental truths about human beings. The first is that we all have within us a centered place of wisdom, harmony, and strength. This is a truth that all the world’s philosophies and religions— whether Christianity, Islam, Judaism, or Buddhism— acknowledge in one form or anothe…”

— Arianna Huffington, amazon.com

“People will tell you most of the story… and I’ve learned that the part they neglect to tell you is often the most important part. People hide the truth because they’re afraid.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com