Nelson Goodman Quotes

If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.

The expression of truth is simplicity.

The simplest things are often the truest.

When the truth is spoken, it doesn't need to be adorned. It just needs to be simply stated, and often it only needs to be said once.

When somebody asks me a question, I try to be as straightforward about it as possible. I try not to overthink what I'm going to say in an interview.

The greatest truths are the simplest, and so are the greatest men.

The words of truth are simple.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

I speak as simply as possible because the issue is too great to be obscured by eloquence.

I feel like when you just say what the truth is, you can't really comment more than that.

Simple is the speech of truth.

A vocabulary of truth and simplicity will be of service throughout your life.

I've grown tired of smoke and mirrors. I yearn for the clean, well-lighted place.

The language of truth is unvarnished enough.

Simple is the language of truth.

You can always recognize truth by its beauty and simplicity.

Truth is the shortest and nearest way to our end, carrying us thither in a straight line.

In simplicity there is truth.

Some things you know all your life. They are so simple and true they must be said without elegance, meter and rhyme...they must be naked and alone, they must stand for themselves.

I don't like to act in my personal life. I like to be straightforward.

I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.

I learned at a very early age, the easiest thing in the world is to tell the truth, and then you don't have to remember what you said. It has nothing to do with morality, just remembering what you said.

I don't believe in putting on airs. I call it like I see it.

I insist on the truth. I surround myself with people who tell the truth.

A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring truth to form, he is not constantly at work upon the facade of his appearance.