Archive for the 'Truth Quotes' Category

07 Nov

“A man with a watch…” Segal’s Law

“A man with a watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure.” Segal’s Law
Popularity: 70% [?]

Popularity: 70% [?]

21 Nov

“A taste for irony has…” Jessamyn West

“A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor, for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself.” Jessamyn West
Popularity: 71% [?]

Popularity: 71% [?]

21 Nov

“Education is what survives when…” B. F. Skinner

“Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.” B. F. Skinner
Popularity: 75% [?]

Popularity: 75% [?]

26 Sep

“Everything you can imagine…” Pablo Picasso

“Everything you can imagine is real.” Pablo Picasso
Popularity: 53% [?]

Popularity: 53% [?]

21 Nov

“He who asks is a…” Chinese Proverb

“He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.” Chinese Proverb
Popularity: 80% [?]

Popularity: 80% [?]

30 Oct

“Honesty is the first chapter…” Thomas Jefferson

“Honesty is the first chapter in the book of Wisdom.” Thomas Jefferson
Popularity: 75% [?]

Popularity: 75% [?]

08 Oct

“If a man will begin…” Francis Bacon

“If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties.” Francis Bacon
Popularity: 45% [?]

Popularity: 45% [?]

26 Sep

“If the only tool…” Abraham Maslow

“If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.” Abraham Maslow
Popularity: 31% [?]

Popularity: 31% [?]

08 Oct

“It isn’t that they can’t…” G.K. Chesterton

“It isn’t that they can’t see the solution. It is that they can’t see the problem.” G.K. Chesterton
Popularity: 26% [?]

Popularity: 26% [?]

26 Sep

“Man is the only animal…” William Hazlitt

“Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they ought to be.” William Hazlitt
Popularity: 30% [?]

Popularity: 30% [?]

04 Nov

“Real knowledge is to know…” Confucius

“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.” Confucius
Popularity: 73% [?]

Popularity: 73% [?]

30 Oct

“The significance of man is…” Carl Becker

“The significance of man is that he is insignificant and is aware of it.” Carl Becker
Popularity: 72% [?]

Popularity: 72% [?]

26 Sep

“The truth does not change…” Flannery O’Connor

“The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.” Flannery O’Connor
Popularity: 21% [?]

Popularity: 21% [?]

19 Jun

“There are no passengers…” Marshall McLuhan

“There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew.” Marshall McLuhan
Popularity: 81% [?]

Popularity: 81% [?]

26 Oct

“Trying to determine what is…” Ben Hecht

“Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock.” Ben Hecht
Popularity: 66% [?]

Popularity: 66% [?]

25 Aug

“We cannot but desire…” Blaise Pascal

“We cannot but desire truth and happiness, but we are incapable of certainty or happiness.”   - Blaise Pascal
Popularity: 16% [?]

Popularity: 16% [?]

29 Sep

“We don’t see things…” Anais Nin

“We don’t see things as they are, we see things as we are.” Anais Nin
Popularity: 26% [?]

Popularity: 26% [?]

26 Sep

“When a thing is funny…” George Bernard Shaw

“When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth.” George Bernard Shaw
Popularity: 27% [?]

Popularity: 27% [?]

21 Nov

“Where we have strong emotions…” Carl Sagan

“Where we have strong emotions, we’re liable to fool ourselves.” Carl Sagan
Popularity: 66% [?]

Popularity: 66% [?]