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Half Truths Quotes

Half-truths are like half a brick - they can be thrown farther Picture Quote #1

A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies Picture Quote #1

Still photographs are the most powerful weapon in the world. People believe them, but photographs do lie, even without manipulation. They are only half-truths Picture Quote #1

You must never believe everything they say about a person. Generally speaking, most of it will be lies, half-truths at best Picture Quote #1

The ancient sages never put their teachings in a systematic form. They spoke in paradoxes, for they were afraid of uttering half-truths. They began by talking like fools and ended by making their hearers wise Picture Quote #1

In 2004, I wrote ‘What We’ve Lost,’ a book about the Bush administration. It sold only reasonably well, in part, I think, because the book was a horrific downer, an unrelenting account of the administration’s actions, bungles, deceptions, half-truths, untruths, and downright corruptions Picture Quote #1

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... the habit of literature [is] the best defense against believing the half-truths of ideologues and the lies of demagogues Picture Quote #1

The Ten Commandments are for lame brains. The first five are solely for the benefit of the priests and the powers that be; the second five are half truths, neither complete nor adequate Picture Quote #1

Two left-handed gloves don’t make a pair. Two half-truths don’t make a truth Picture Quote #1

The misdeeds of ordinary men can be buried with them, and their lives described in half-truths that are really half-lies. But not a public man. Particularly not this one Picture Quote #1

Many philosophers in the second half of the 20th century really seemed to think that they were laying the foundations for science by laying down the conceptual (necessary) truths Picture Quote #1

Sure, the job of high school teachers is not to tear down students’ self-esteem. But it’s certainly not to inflate students’ sense of self-worth with a bunch of unearned compliments and half-truths Picture Quote #1

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I don’t have any particular methodology, to tell you the truth. ‘Silver Blue’ took exactly the amount of time to write that it takes to sing it, and ‘Prisoner in Disguise’ took about a year and a half. So you just never know Picture Quote #1

I’ve played with so many people that I never really noticed that I was playing with so many people until after it was compiled on the Internet. I just kept going. I haven’t even heard half the records I’ve played on, to tell you the truth Picture Quote #1

Two half-truths do not make a truth, and two half- cultures do not make a culture Picture Quote #1

At a time when politics deals in distortions and half truths, truth is to be found in the liberal arts. There’s something afoot in this country and you are very much a part of it Picture Quote #1

Common sense, the half-truths of a deceitful society, is honored as the honest truths of a frank world Picture Quote #1

There are no whole truths; all truths are half-truths. It is trying to treat them as whole truths that plays the devil Picture Quote #1

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Lies and half-truths fall like snow, covering the things that I remember, the things I saw. A landscape, unrecognizable after a snowfall; that is that she has made of my life Picture Quote #1

Science is always simple and always profound. It is only the half-truths that are dangerous Picture Quote #1

Quantum Mechanics and General Relativity are both accepted as scientific fact even though they’re mutually exclusive. Albert Einstein spent the second half of his life searching for a unifying truth that would reconcile the two Picture Quote #1

Any education that matters is liberal. All the saving truths, all the healing graces that distinguish a good education from a bad one or a full education from a half empty one are contained in that word Picture Quote #1

Advertising is the art of making whole lies out of half truths Picture Quote #1

Half truths were a wonderful way to inspire credibility Picture Quote #1

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Half a truth is often a great lie Picture Quote #1

An aphorism never coincides with the truth: it is either a half truth or one and a half truths Picture Quote #1

Two half-truths do not make a truth, and two half-cultures do not make a culture Picture Quote #1

Life is a system of half-truths and lies, Opportunistic, convenient evasion Picture Quote #1

Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is - it is her shadow Picture Quote #1

A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries better Picture Quote #1

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Half-truths are like half a brick - they can be thrown farther (Half Truths Quotes) A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies (Half Truths Quotes) Still photographs are the most powerful weapon in the world. People believe them, but photographs do lie, even without manipulation. They are only half-truths (Half Truths Quotes) You must never believe everything they say about a person. Generally speaking, most of it will be lies, half-truths at best (Half Truths Quotes) The ancient sages never put their teachings in a systematic form. They spoke in paradoxes, for they were afraid of uttering half-truths. They began by talking like fools and ended by making their hearers wise (Half Truths Quotes) In 2004, I wrote ‘What We’ve Lost,’ a book about the Bush administration. It sold only reasonably well, in part, I think, because the book was a horrific downer, an unrelenting account of the administration’s actions, bungles, deceptions, half-truths, untruths, and downright corruptions (Half Truths Quotes) ... the habit of literature [is] the best defense against believing the half-truths of ideologues and the lies of demagogues (Half Truths Quotes) The Ten Commandments are for lame brains. The first five are solely for the benefit of the priests and the powers that be; the second five are half truths, neither complete nor adequate (Half Truths Quotes) Two left-handed gloves don’t make a pair. Two half-truths don’t make a truth (Half Truths Quotes) The misdeeds of ordinary men can be buried with them, and their lives described in half-truths that are really half-lies. But not a public man. Particularly not this one (Half Truths Quotes) Many philosophers in the second half of the 20th century really seemed to think that they were laying the foundations for science by laying down the conceptual (necessary) truths. (Half Truths Quotes) Sure, the job of high school teachers is not to tear down students’ self-esteem. But it’s certainly not to inflate students’ sense of self-worth with a bunch of unearned compliments and half-truths. (Half Truths Quotes) I don’t have any particular methodology, to tell you the truth. ‘Silver Blue’ took exactly the amount of time to write that it takes to sing it, and ‘Prisoner in Disguise’ took about a year and a half. So you just never know. (Half Truths Quotes) I’ve played with so many people that I never really noticed that I was playing with so many people until after it was compiled on the Internet. I just kept going. I haven’t even heard half the records I’ve played on, to tell you the truth. (Half Truths Quotes) Two half-truths do not make a truth, and two half- cultures do not make a culture (Half Truths Quotes) At a time when politics deals in distortions and half truths, truth is to be found in the liberal arts. There’s something afoot in this country and you are very much a part of it. (Half Truths Quotes) Common sense, the half-truths of a deceitful society, is honored as the honest truths of a frank world. (Half Truths Quotes) There are no whole truths; all truths are half-truths. It is trying to treat them as whole truths that plays the devil. (Half Truths Quotes) Lies and half-truths fall like snow, covering the things that I remember, the things I saw. A landscape, unrecognizable after a snowfall; that is that she has made of my life (Half Truths Quotes) Science is always simple and always profound. It is only the half-truths that are dangerous (Half Truths Quotes) Quantum Mechanics and General Relativity are both accepted as scientific fact even though they’re mutually exclusive. Albert Einstein spent the second half of his life searching for a unifying truth that would reconcile the two (Half Truths Quotes) Any education that matters is liberal. All the saving truths, all the healing graces that distinguish a good education from a bad one or a full education from a half empty one are contained in that word (Half Truths Quotes) Advertising is the art of making whole lies out of half truths (Half Truths Quotes) Half truths were a wonderful way to inspire credibility (Half Truths Quotes) Half a truth is often a great lie (Half Truths Quotes) An aphorism never coincides with the truth: it is either a half truth or one and a half truths (Half Truths Quotes) Two half-truths do not make a truth, and two half-cultures do not make a culture (Half Truths Quotes) Life is a system of half-truths and lies, Opportunistic, convenient evasion (Half Truths Quotes) Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is - it is her shadow (Half Truths Quotes) A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries better (Half Truths Quotes)

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