#truth

People think that if you are a scientist you have to give up that joy of discovery, that passion, that sense of the great romance of life. I say that's completely opposite of the truth. ↗

— Ann Druyan

#discovery #give #great #i #joy

For truth has such a face and such a mien, as to be loved needs only to be seen. ↗

— John Dryden

#loved #needs #only #seen #such

Every day I try to do breathing exercises, meditation, and yoga. These things sound awfully cliche, but they help me slow down and try to point to a truth. ↗

— David Duchovny

#breathing #cliche #day #down #every

As we have always seen here in the U.S. the universal truth about elections is that people vote their pocketbook. ↗

— Jennifer Dunn

#always #elections #here #people #pocketbook

Truth is always a delusion. ↗

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

#delusion #truth #truth is

In society, one doesn't tell the truth, one tells the exact opposite. ↗

— Nelson Eddy

#exact opposite #opposite #society #tell #tells

The only people I have seen who have been truly pushing for the truth are the family members. ↗

— Sibel Edmonds

#family #family members #i #members #only

I saw myself sitting in the crotch of this fig-tree, starving to death, just because I couldn't make up my mind which of the figs I would choose. I wanted each and every one of them, but choosing one meant losing all the rest, and, I as sat there, unable to decide, the figs began to wrinkle and go black, and one by one, they plopped to the ground at my feet. ↗

— Sylvia Plath

#truths #death

Is there anything else you haven't told me?" My head spun. So much had happened and we still needed to stop a powerful magician. Death was a real possibility. I needed Valek to know how I felt. "I love you" Valek wrapped me in his arms. "My love has been yours since the fire festival. If those goons had killed you, I knew then that I would never be the same. I didn't want or expect this. But I couldn't resist you. ↗

— Maria V. Snyder

#feelings #love #resist #truth #death

The truth is, I'm proud of the life I've lived so far, and though I've made my share of mistakes, I have no regrets. ↗

— Carly Fiorina

#far #i #life #lived #made