Pastoral Resources

Truth makes many appeals, not the least of which is its power to shock.

There are few nudities so objectionable as the naked truth.

The will to label will always prevail over what's being labeled, usually at the expense of either truth or understanding.

But the truth of the matter is, we're an open society, we want to remain an open society, and there will continue to be vulnerability. That's why we have to meet the threats when they are not yet taking place on our territory and on our soil.

When a woman tells the truth she is creating the possibility for more truth around her.

Art, whose honesty must work through artifice, cannot avoid cheating truth.

False history gets made all day, any day, the truth of the new is never on the news.

When something really comes from the soul, I think it has a truth that you cannot find in politics.

There is a huge difference between journalism and advertising. Journalism aspires to truth. Advertising is regulated for truth. I'll put the accuracy of the average ad in this country up against the average news story any time.

I know it's a lot harder for women who don't have enough help, but the truth is, no matter how much money you have, if you want to stay involved with your children and don't want to lose being a primary parent to them, you're still in the game.

I said the first concern of the administration of justice must, of course, be the individual. The second concern is the truth.

The truth is, I've been going pretty much nuts all year. I constantly have to fight being scattered. I feel like I'm on automatic pilot from fatigue. The hardest thing is trying to be present, living for the moment, for everybody in the family.

What emerged, of course, was that the magnitude scale presupposed that all earthquakes were alike except for a constant scaling factor. And this proved to be closer to the truth than we expected.

Ethnic prejudice has no place in sports, and baseball must recognize that truth if it is to maintain stature as a national game.

There can be no literary equivalent to truth.

To a poet the mere making of a poem can seem to solve the problem of truth, but only a problem of art is solved in poetry.

People say they love truth, but in reality they want to believe that which they love is true.

The truth is that we can learn to condition our minds, bodies, and emotions to link pain or pleasure to whatever we choose. By changing what we link pain and pleasure to, we will instantly change our behaviors.

Oh well, the truth hurts, doesn't it?

Jake Roberts has a hard enough time being Jake Roberts. The truth is a brutal thing, I just hope that the kids take the time to learn about each of the wrestlers in the game, and if the kids can learn from our mistakes, that would make me a happy man.