Leonardo da Vinci Quotes
Fire is to represent truth because it destroys all sophistry and lies; and the mask is for lying and falsehood which conceal truth.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't know if I'm selfless - I still want to make a great record. I want to make a hit record. I want to tour; that's not completely selfless. But the truth is I'm not interested in people coming to my show for me as much as I am for them coming to my show for themselves. That's always been how I am.
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The truth doesn't hurt unless it ought to.
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Money is in some respects life's fire: it is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master.
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I think that all things, in their way, reflect heavenly truth, the imagination not least.
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Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
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The incentive for digging up gossip has become so great that people will break the law for the opportunity to take that picture. Then it crosses the line into invasion of privacy. The thing that's really bad about it, though, is that the tabloids don't tell the truth.
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Every great man, every successful man, no matter what the field of endeavor, has known the magic that lies in these words: every adversity has the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit.
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I'm shy, and I can hide behind my acting and discover the truth about myself because it's cathartic in that way. But I tend not to read reviews.
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As a young woman, I had been seeking experience, knowledge, truth, the stuff writers need in their work, but when the artist actually kicked in, I came to understand that in this romantic relationship I was not free to be myself, or to find myself, in order to begin the true work I needed to do.
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The simple truth of our finiteness is that we could, by whatever means, go on interminably only at the price of either losing the past and, therewith, our identity, or living only in the past and therefore without a real present. We cannot seriously wish either and thus not a physical enduring at that price.
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Truly, love is delightful and pleasant food, supplying, as it does, rest to the weary, strength to the weak, and joy to the sorrowful. It in fact renders the yoke of truth easy and its burden light.
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What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.
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You don't have to be scared of me, because I am loyal. Why are people so scared of creative ideas and so scared of truth? All I want to do is do good.
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Technology itself is neither good nor bad. People are good or bad.
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Obviously any band, any group, someday is not going to be together anymore. That's the truth.
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The camera never lies, man. I've learned that. If you allow it, it will see right through you, which is kind of cool.
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Intellectuals are people who manage the world in their head. They look at life and try to see some kind of truth, and if they cannot find it, they attempt to create it.
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Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.
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The wrath of God lies sleeping. It was hid a million years before men were and only men have power to wake it. Hell ain't half full.
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As Americans, we should all convey our thanks to the brave men and women who have selflessly and courageously served our nation.
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Every time you make a decision, you mess with someone's life.
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Nine English traditions out of ten date from the latter half of the nineteenth century.
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After my death, I want to be remembered as Africa's greatest industrialist.
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Fire is to represent truth because it destroys all sophistry and lies; and the mask is for lying and falsehood which conceal truth.
