#rut

I think all of us are looking for that which does not admit of bullshit . . . If you tell me you can bench press 450, hell, we'll load up the bar and put you under it. Either you can do it or you can't do it—you can't bullshit. Ultimately, sports are just about as close to what one would call the truth as it is possible to get in this world. ↗

— Harry Crews

#bullshit #sports #truth #sports

Evolution seems to close the heart to some of the plainest spiritual truths while it opens the mind to the wildest guesses advanced in the name of science. ↗

— William Jennings Bryan

#close #evolution #guesses #heart #mind

Technology to wipe out truth is now available. Not everybody can afford it but it's available. When the cost comes down, look out! ↗

— Bob Dylan

#technology

I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me. ↗

— S.E. Hinton

#lying #self-deception #truth #time

In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act. ↗

— George Orwell

#time

When she awoke, the world was on fire. ↗

— Scott Westerfeld

#awoke #fire #full-metal-alchemist #naruto #shay

Trust starts with truth and ends with truth. ↗

— Santosh Kalwar

#truth #trust

All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#writing #writing-advice #true

Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it. ↗

— Mark Twain

#people

I no longer feel allegiance to these monsters called human beings, despise being one myself. I think that Peeta was onto something about us destroying one another and letting some decent species take over. Because something is significantly wrong with a creature that sacrifices its children’s lives to settle its differences. You can spin it any way you like. Snow thought the Hunger Games were an efficient means of control. Coin thought the parachutes would expedite the war. But in the end, who does it benefit? No one. The truth is, it benefits no one to live in a world where these things happen. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#politics #truth #war #sacrifice