#tru

Truth was funny, because it was an insistent thing, maybe as powerful and insistent as some force of nature, the push of water or wind. You could keep it out only so long, but it had its own will and its own needs, and maybe you could keep it at bay with lies, but not for long, not for always. ↗

— Deb Caletti

#funny

There is an ancient legend which warns that, should we ever learn our true origin, our universe will instantly be destroyed. ↗

— Len Wein

#destroyed #ever #instantly #learn #legend

The most unrealistic thing I've ever read in comics is when some group of characters calls themselves the Brotherhood of Evil or the Masters of Evil. I don't believe any character believes their goals to be truly evil. ↗

— Len Wein

#believe #believes #brotherhood #calls #character

When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#enemy #mouths #sent #sign #their

Taking it as a whole, Mexico is a grand city, and, as Cortes truly said, its situation is marvellous. ↗

— Edward Burnett Tylor

#grand #marvellous #mexico #said #situation

Quayle said the worst thing that happened to him was that he never trusted his own judgment. I said from now on I am going to go with my own judgment. ↗

— Mike Tyson

#go #going #happened #him #his

Baseball is a public trust. Players turn over, owners turn over and certain commissioners turn over. But baseball goes on. ↗

— Peter Ueberroth

#baseball #certain #commissioners #goes #over

I believe that there are still people who believe that game music is something equal to just an effect incorporated into the game, something like a BGM. And therefore this is something that I would like to show that is not true. ↗

— Nobuo Uematsu

#effect #equal #game #game music #i

It is truer to say that martyrs create faith more than faith creates martyrs. ↗

— Miguel de Unamuno

#create #creates #martyrs #more #say

I spent most of the '60s, when I was starting to try to write novels, living and working in Greece and Turkey. These are countries where the ancient past is interfused with the daily present, and I remember being struck with wonder at the constant sense of continuity and connection, the reminders that lie in wait for you at every turn. ↗

— Barry Unsworth

#being #connection #constant #continuity #countries