Errol Morris Quotes

The chance that any given sentence is a lie, rather than a truth, I think, is fairly great. An intentional lie, a self-deception, a misconception - there are lots of categories of untruth, not one grab bag. And hotographs can reveal something to us, and they can also conceal things.

Errol Morris

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• Photographs
• Misconception

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• I want to compete in the next Olympics. If I go to Rio, it will be my third time, which is a rare feat for an Indian athlete. For me, Olympics is important because it's the biggest event on earth for a sports person. I hope this time around I come back with a medal.

  

  Vijender Singh
  • Time
  • Important
  • Hope

• The truth is, there's an information blockade in America, and it must be broken. In order to find crucial facts, numbers and outside perspectives, a person must spend an hour searching and cross-searching on the computer.

  

  Adam McKay
  • Truth
  • America
  • Broken

• Obviously Hall & Oates wasn't overlooked by the masses in terms of the record sales.

  

  Inara George
  • Sales
  • Masses
  • Overlooked

• People say you should go out at the top but I was enjoying my football so much. Robbie Fowler's exactly the same: he's not playing for money any more, he's playing for enjoyment. Why go out at the top if it's going to make you miserable? I just wanted to play as long as I could.

  

  Ian Rush
  • People
  • Long
  • Money

• I've always felt so fortunate to have writing to turn to every day. I'm obsessed with it.

  

  Patrick deWitt
  • Writing
  • Day
  • Everyday

• Weeks go by, and I don't talk to another living soul.

  

  Sally Mann
  • Soul
  • Living
  • Talk

• Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.

  

  Jack Nicklaus
  • Down
  • Mine
  • Appearances

• It's a shame when other people's gambling habits change the meaning of paintings or when fluctuations of value start to dictate how people perceive art because it's too expensive to be interesting or moving. That's when I get bummed out.

  

  Nate Lowman
  • People
  • Art
  • Interesting

• One day, I want to make a PG film.

  

  Jackie Chan
  • Want
  • Day
  • Film

• When I was really little, my favorite book was 'The BFG'. I read it - my teacher in, like, first grade read it to us. I love that book.

  

  Madison Pettis
  • Book
  • Like
  • Teacher

• I think it's time that we all be there for the children, to learn from the ones who came before us, and to teach our sons and daughters to have respect for themselves.

  

  Ja Rule
  • Time
  • Children
  • Respect

• The imperturbability of the Church resides in her ability to harmonize the unconditional preservation of eternal truths with an unmatchable elasticity of adjustment to the circumstances and challenges of changing times.

  

  Edith Stein
  • Church

• Live in the world like a waterfowl. The water clings to the bird, but the bird shakes it off. Live in the world like a mudfish. The fish lives in the mud, but its skin is always bright and shiny.

  

  Ramakrishna
  • World
  • Live
  • Water

• NETWORK - Any thing reticulated or decussated, at equal distances, with interstices between the intersections.

  

  Samuel Johnson

• 'You will be very welcome,' answered Dorothy, 'for you will help to keep away the other wild beasts. It seems to me they must be more cowardly than you are if they allow you to scare them so easily.' 'They really are,' said the Lion, 'but that doesn't make me any braver, and as long as I know myself to be a coward I shall be unhappy.'

  

  L. Frank Baum
  • Long
  • Help
  • Lion

• The mind has an outlook which transcends the natural law by which it functions.

  

  Arthur Eddington
  • Mind
  • Law

• I remember-the interruption of the hon. Gentleman reminds me of the words of a great writer, who said that 'Grace was beauty in action.' 'Sir, I say that justice is truth in action. Truth should animate an opposition, and I hope it does animate this opposition.;

  

  Benjamin Disraeli
  • Great
  • Truth
  • Remember

• Steak and its accompaniments - wine, vegetables, potatoes and generous desserts - is a primal source of pleasure to which many people can relate.

  

  Danny Meyer
  • People
  • Wine

• The Fed's ability to raise and lower short-term interest rates is its primary control over the economy.

  

  Alex Berenson
  • Control

• Yeah, I've always been a big Chunky Soup guy. I'm digging all the new Chunky Maxx flavors, which are packed with protein. Specifically, the black angus beef.

  

  Antonio Brown
  • Guy
  • Black

• I've always had a penchant for dialects. I remember getting detention and being told, 'Have a think about where doing these funny voices might get you someday.'

  

  Nolan North
  • Voices
  • Dialects

• I never come to know if somebody is in love with me; they will have to hold placards and say it.

  

  Anushka Sharma

• I'm interested in making films that ask questions and don't particularly provide answers.

  

  George Clooney
  • Film
  • Answers
  • Asks

• The chance that any given sentence is a lie, rather than a truth, I think, is fairly great. An intentional lie, a self-deception, a misconception - there are lots of categories of untruth, not one grab bag. And hotographs can reveal something to us, and they can also conceal things.

  

  Errol Morris
  • Truth
  • Chance
  • Photographs