#truth is

So much of our lives is given over to the consideration of our imperfections that there is no time to improve our imaginary virtues. The truth is we only perfect our vices, and man is a worse creature when he dies than he was when he was born. ↗

— Edward Dahlberg

#consideration #creature #dies #given #imaginary

The truth is, I could no more dictate her nature than she could dictate mine. Kinsey's happy as she is and she doesn't need to be rescued, improved, or saved. ↗

— Sue Grafton

#dictate #happy #her #i #improved

The truth is that everyone pays attention to who's number one at the box office. And none of it matters, because the only thing that really exists is the connection the audience has with a movie. ↗

— Tom Hanks

#audience #because #box #box office #connection

The truth is women use contraception not only as a way to prevent unintended pregnancies, but also to improve their health and the health of their families. Increased access to contraception is directly linked to declines in maternal and infant mortality. ↗

— Felicity Huffman

#also #contraception #declines #directly #families

True, the initial ideas are in general those of an individual, but the establishment of the reality and truth is in general the work of more than one person. ↗

— Willard Libby

#general #ideas #individual #initial #more

Truth is stranger than fiction; fiction has to make sense. ↗

— Leo Rosten

#make #sense #stranger #than #truth

The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it. ↗

— Dorothy L. Sayers

#advantage #believes #ever #great #great advantage

No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. ↗

— Noah Webster

#basis #christian #christian religion #evident #free