James G. Frazer Quotes
If the test of truth lay in a show of hands or a counting of heads, the system of magic might appeal, with far more reason than the Catholic Church, to the proud motto, 'Quod semper, quod ubique, quod ab omnibus' always, everywhere, and by all, as the sure and certain credential of its own infallibility.James G. Frazer
Quotes to Explore
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I couldn't tell the truth if my life depended on it.
Rabih Alameddine -
Barack Obama would not be President if he were dark skin. You know what I mean? That's just the truth. I might not be as successful as I am now if I was dark skin.
J. Cole -
My friends seem much more excited about my doing Anastasia than Brainstorm... and to tell you the truth, I feel the same way.
Natalie Wood -
It's always good news when you're closer to the truth.
Fabiola Gianotti -
The writer isn't made in a vacuum. Writers are witnesses. The reason we need writers is because we need witnesses to this terrifying century.
E. L. Doctorow -
It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world.
Samuel Johnson
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Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
Pablo Picasso -
Where the senses fail us, reason must step in.
Galileo Galilei -
Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
Samuel Johnson -
I'd be nervous about skiing, wondering what I'd do if I felt shaky on top of a mountain; but other diabetics do ski, so there's no reason I couldn't.
Dana Hill -
There's a nastiness out there that wants to harm me with words. These are my enemies - the ideologues, the populists, the columnists who don't like the fact that I take them on toe-to-toe. What I try to do is tell the truth. It's not the coin of the realm in politics.
Ed Koch -
Regardless of theology or however you see life or relate to worshiping God, as an artist, my job is to tell the truth and then try to connect with these characters and people as honestly and deeply as possible.
Mahershala Ali
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'I'm sure you didn’t mean to hurt anyone.'Madoc Roswyn laughed a soft forlorn laugh. 'The sad truth is that I didn’t care-which may be worse.'
Jack Vance -
Q. You do not consider your statement a disloyal one? A. No, sir. Scientific truth is beyond loyalty and disloyalty. Q. You are sure that your statement represents scientific truth? A. I am.
Isaac Asimov -
It matters to people that the president tell them the truth.
Jake Tapper -
The truth is I'm fairly relaxed.
Diego Costa -
Not everyone can see the truth, but he can be it.
Franz Kafka -
I think the truth is always interesting, but with politicians, you don't get to see much of that.
Peter Capaldi
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You don't learn from successes; you don't learn from awards; you don't learn from celebrity; you only learn from wounds and scars and mistakes and failures. And that's the truth.
Jane Fonda -
There's a plaque on our wall that says we've sold over 65 million albums, and I don't feel I've accomplished anything. I feel like I'm just getting started.
Eddie Van Halen Van Halen -
I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one.
Mark Twain -
I'm not on drugs, I'm just weird.
Alex Gaskarth All Time Low -
Twenty men crossing a bridge, Into a village, Are twenty men crossing twenty bridges, Into twenty villages, Or one man Crossing a single bridge into a village.
Wallace Stevens -
If the test of truth lay in a show of hands or a counting of heads, the system of magic might appeal, with far more reason than the Catholic Church, to the proud motto, 'Quod semper, quod ubique, quod ab omnibus' always, everywhere, and by all, as the sure and certain credential of its own infallibility.
James G. Frazer