#rut

Relativism is neither a method of fighting, nor a method of creating, for both of these are uncompromising and at times even ruthless; rather, it is a method of cognition. ↗

— Karel Capek

#cognition #creating #even #fighting #method

I learned at a very early age, the easiest thing in the world is to tell the truth, and then you don't have to remember what you said. It has nothing to do with morality, just remembering what you said. ↗

— Robert Evans

#early #early age #easiest #easiest thing #i

With my own memoirs, they are truthful, and I write everything fully expecting to some day end up televised on Court TV, and I'm fully prepared to be challenged legally on it. ↗

— Augusten Burroughs

#court #court tv #day #end #everything

I know every politician spins the truth a little. ↗

— Zach Braff

#i #know #little #politician #truth

If the truth contradicts deeply held beliefs, that is too bad. ↗

— Hans Eysenck

#beliefs #contradicts #deeply #held #too

I always felt that a scientist owes the world only one thing, and that is the truth as he sees it. ↗

— Hans Eysenck

#felt #i #i always #one thing #only

All musicians start out with ideals but hanging on to them in the face of media scrutiny takes real integrity. Tougher still is to live up to the ideals of your dedicated fans. ↗

— Billy Bragg

#face #fans #hanging #ideals #integrity

Variety is very, very good. Going from medium to medium, if you get the chance to do it, from theater to television to film, which are all distinctly different, keeps me sharp. What works in one doesn't work in the other, and you have to be looking for the truth of the performance, whatever way that medium might demand. ↗

— Kenneth Branagh

#demand #different #distinctly #film #get

I am an atheist, and if an atheist and a pope think the same things, there must be something true. There must be some human truth that is beyond religion. ↗

— Oriana Fallaci

#atheist #beyond #human #i #i am

The truth is that relative income is not directly related to happiness. Nonpartisan social-survey data clearly show that the big driver of happiness is earned success: a person's belief that he has created value in his life or the life of others. ↗

— Arthur C. Brooks

#big #clearly #created #data #directly