Jean Cocteau Quotes

If there is any truth to my parenting the dreamwork movement, it comes from the power of the press.

In the sense that you're not at the centre of power, like a president or prime minister of a major power, everyone is marginalised; my position doesn't isn't unique in that respect. I think there are different sorts of relevance in different contexts.

Never question the relevance of truth, but always question the truth of relevance.

The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.

There's no Peter York Foundation, and you're no one without one.

While everyone has a right to his or her opinion, the people who are informed have more of a right.

Islam—like Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, or any other religion—is not about peace. Nor is it about war. Every religion is about absolute belief in its own superiority and the divine right to impose its version of truth upon others.

The magistrate has the right to enforce what he thinks, and he who is conscious of the truth has a right to suffer.

However sugarcoated and ambiguous, every form of authoritarianism must start with a belief in some group's greater right to power, whether that right is justified by sex, race, class, religion or all four.

History is about who tells it.

I am so credible and so influential and so relevant that I will change things.

A man's word Is believed just to the extent of the wealth in his coffers stored.

I don't need headlines. For me, it's the truth that matters.

There is nothing like first-hand evidence.

You wouldn't let him do it, would you, Jamie?" Jamie's expression was very serene. She stared at Andrew when she spoke to her husband. "With your permission, I would like to answer him." "You have it," Alec replied. "Andrew," she called out in a voice as cold and clear as a frigid winter morning, "my husband does whatever he wishes to do. I am sometimes allowed to help, though. If he decides to cut off your feet, I will, of course, offer him my assistance.

Truth must the guide of those who hold the power; but humility is their sign, the promise that their privileges are in safe hands.

There are times when sense may be unseasonable, as well as truth.

Truth is not truth merely because it is ancient. Nor is truth necessarily to be regarded with suspicion because it is ancient.

If The Times said it, it was the absolute truth.

The more credible you are, the more confidence people place in you, thereby allowing you the privilege of influencing their lives.

It is no bad thing to be a king-to see one's house enriched and one's authority enhanced.

It's good to be the king.

... if we take the universe of 'fitting,' countless coats 'fit' backs, and countless boots 'fit' feet, on which they are not practically fitted; countless stones 'fit' gaps in walls into which no one seeks to fit them actually. In the same way countless opinions 'fit' realities, and countless truths are valid, tho no thinker ever thinks them.

With great power comes great responsibilty.

Can I cut off your head?" "Are you asking for my permission?