#rut

The truth is, of course, that history is not completed in modern commerce any more than philosophy is perfected in political economy. In other words, there is nothing timeless or God-given about filling stations and penicillin and plastic bags. ↗

— James Buchan

#any #bags #commerce #completed #course

I have seen the Gore documentary 'An Inconvenient Truth,' just released in the States, and admired the acutely revolutionary delivery of the slideshow assisted talk he has now been giving for some 16 years. ↗

— Saffron Burrows

#admired #assisted #been #delivery #documentary

From this, without doubt, sprang the fable. Man created it thus, because it was not given him to see more than himself and nature, which surrounds him; but he created it true with a truth all its own. ↗

— Alfred de Vigny

#created #doubt #fable #given #him

The unvarnished truth is that we have spent the last decade funding the machinery of war, and our children have been sacrificed. ↗

— LeVar Burton

#children #decade #funding #last #machinery

Life is more fragile and precious than I can comprehend, but believe me, I'm trying. ↗

— John O'Callaghan

#brain #consider #faith #fragile #hope

Adversity is the first path to truth. ↗

— Lord Byron

#first #path #truth

But what is Hope? Nothing but the paint on the face of Existence; the least touch of truth rubs it off, and then we see what a hollow-cheeked harlot we have got hold of. ↗

— Lord Byron

#face #got #harlot #hold #hope

Opinions are made to be changed - or how is truth to be got at? ↗

— Lord Byron

#changed #got #how #made #opinions

Comedy has to be based on truth. You take the truth and you put a little curlicue at the end. ↗

— Sid Caesar

#based #comedy #end #little #put

I have legs of iron, but to tell you the truth, they're starting to rust and buckle a bit. ↗

— Jeanne Calment

#i #iron #legs #rust #starting