“You can't let facts get in the way of the truth.”
Joe Hill (1879–1915) Swedish-American labor activist, songwriter, and member of the Industrial Workers of the World
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American author and humorist 1835–1910Related quotes
“Isn't that what a good story does? It pulls you in and never lets you go.”
Jennifer Donnelly (1963) American writer
Source: Beauty and the Beast: Lost in a Book
“Be honest about what you see, get out of the way and let the story reveal itself”
Anderson Cooper (1967) journalist and author
“A scholar can never let mere wrongness get in the way of the theory.”
Source: “And there aren’t any.”
“Mmm,” I said. “Awkward.”
“That’s defeatist talk. I’ll cobble something together. A scholar can never let mere wrongness get in the way of the theory.”
Source: Embassytown (2011), Chapter 0.3 (p. 37)
Stanisław Lem (1921–2006) Polish science fiction author
"Pirx's Tale" in More Tales of Pirx The Pilot (1983)
Context: Oh, I read good books, too, but only Earthside. Why that is, I don't really know. Never stopped to analyze it. Good books tell the truth, even when they're about things that never have been and never will be. They're truthful in a different way. When they talk about outer space, they make you feel the silence, so unlike the Earthly kind — and the lifelessness. Whatever the adventures, the message is always the same: humans will never feel at home out there.
“In seeking truth you have to get both sides of a story.”
Walter Cronkite (1916–2009) American broadcast journalist
Source: Free the Airwaves! (2002)
“Never underestimate the power of a good story.”
John P. Kotter (1947) author of The heart of Change
Step 3, p. 80
The Heart of Change, (2002)
“Tell the truth. That way you don't have to remember a story.”
John Wooden (1910–2010) American basketball coach
Source: Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court
