Neil Gaiman Quotes

Not many people were speaking truth to power in the '80s. I had a really good time doing it - I found it gratifying. It was a joy to have an opportunity to say what you believed. It's challenging to do it in fiction, but I liked writing the novels. I liked writing 'Democracy' particularly.

It is always brave to say what everyone thinks.

I've done truth to power all my life. It's got me into trouble, but who cares?

As you may possibly have noticed from time to time, I have tended to make a habit of sticking my head above the parapet and generally getting it shot off for pointing out what has always been blindingly obvious to me.

A radical is one who speaks the truth.

Speaking truth to power is never going to be easy.

I think the best comedians have that bravery and courage to say, 'This is what it is. This is unfair; that's not cool.'

I speak the truth, not my fill of it, but as much as I dare speak; and I dare to do so a little more as I grow old.

The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have always done just the opposite.

Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.

The courage in journalism is sticking up for the unpopular, not the popular.

No one but a fool is always right.

I speak truth, not so much as I would, but as much as I dare; and I dare a little more, as I grown older.

I am trying to do two things: dare to be a radical and not a fool, which is a matter of no small difficulty.

Truth is the most bitter to accept, swallow and digest it. The moment you speak truth, you lose your popularity. But I don't care.

The best servants of the people, like the best valets, must whisper unpleasant truths in the master's ear. It is the court fool, not the foolish courtier, whom the king can least afford to lose.

It is people's willingness to take personal risks and confront the powerful by daring to speak the truth, not the truth itself, that ultimately leads to change.

’Tis a gross error, held in schools,, That Fortune always favours fools.

A fool without fear is sometimes wiser than an angel without fear.

Wegh-wu-law-mo-end, The Man Who Talks The Truth

We know that when a woman speaks truth to power, there will be attempts to put her down... I'm not going to go anywhere.

I think for writers, I think it's really important to court eviction from your tribe: to expose things and to wake people up. And so I think that that can feel like a violation to the people you love the most.

I speak my mind too much, and the UFC probably don't really like that. But I really don't care.

I'm not going to hold my tongue because society wouldn't want me to say something.

The wise do not investigate such silliness.