Edmund H. North Quotes

There is tonic in the things that men do not love to hear.

The truth hurts. It hurts to some people.

Oh well, the truth hurts, doesn't it?

Oftentimes, reality is much worse than what you can put in a movie.

We all know about certain problems we wish we didn't have.

There are many hard truths that we must face in life.

We're all happier when we know less, because the details are frightening and haven't really improved much. The more you pay attention, the more horrifying the world is.

But romantic vision can also lead one away from certain very hard, ugly truths about life that are important to know.

Most truths are so naked that people feel sorry for them and cover them up, at least a little bit.

All generous minds have a horror of what are commonly called 'Facts'. They are the brute beasts of the intellectual domain.

It is one of the most saddening things in life that, try as we may, we can never be certain of making people happy, whereas we can almost always be certain of making them unhappy.

When people say, 'Nothing's coming to me,' they usually don't like what's coming to them.

There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.

There is no such thing as a harmless truth.

I started at a very early age in this business and I'm sure most of you have read stories about people who have started as children and ended up in very difficult lives and bad consequences.

You recognize the truth because sometimes it's hard to swallow, but if you hold it in your mouth, refusing to eat it, you are going to choke.

'No' is the second shortest word in the English language, but one of the hardest to say.

Thy fate is the common fate of all; Into each life some rain must fall.

They who do not understand that a man may be brought to hope that which of all things is the most grievous to him, have not observed with sufficient closeness the perversity of the human mind.

There are few nudities so objectionable as the naked truth.

A truth that disheartens because it is true is of more value than the most stimulating of falsehoods.

I take no pleasure in the fact that the scientific predictions I've relayed to popular audiences turn out to be true.

Coming to terms with Donald Trump as the Republican nominee is like being told you have Stage 1 or Stage 2 cancer. You know you'll probably survive, but one way or the other, there's going to be a lot of throwing up.

We don’t like to face unpleasant reality. We want our leaders to tell us what we want to hear …. You cannot manipulate reality. Reality will real its ugly head

The truth is not beautiful --- it stands on cloven hooves - it is covered in coagulated blood --- but it is the truth.