Thomas Piketty Quotes

Maybe I don't believe things myself, as well. Truth is such a transient thing.

The minute one utters a certainty, the opposite comes to mind.

I have a problem when people say something's real or not real, or normal or abnormal. The meaning of those words for me is very personal and subjective. I've always been confused and never had a clearcut understanding of the meaning of those kinds of words.

The color of truth is gray.

I believe it is impossible to be sure of anything.

My personal philosophy is, you can be sure of nothing.

All human knowledge takes the form of interpretation.

There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.

There is no standard for truth. We cannot even agree on the meaning of words.

Designer' is meant to mean whatever it means.

The opposite of every truth is just as true.

Poets are like proverbs: you can always find one to contradict another.

Everything is true, and nothing is true!

Take it in what sense thou wilt.

Everyone who tells a story tells it differently, just to remind us that everybody sees it differently. Some people say there are true things to be found, some people say all kinds of things can be proved. I don't believe them. The only thing for certain is how complicated it all is, like string full of knots. It's all there but hard to find the beginning and impossible to fathom the end. The best you can do is admire the cat's cradle, and maybe knot it up a bit more.

Everything is true and not true about everything. That’s one thing I’ve learned.

Nothing is black or white.

I think if you decide that any book is about Only One Thing you're probably wrong. Even if that thing is in there.

A philosopher who says, 'There are no truths, only interpretations,' risks the retort: 'Is that true, or only an interpretation?'

I simply cannot accept that there are on every story two equal and logical sides to an argument.

But O the truth, the truth. The many eyes That look on it The diverse things they see.

Critics should help people see for themselves; they should never try to define things, or impose their own explanations, though I admit that if... a critic's explanations serve to increase the general obscurity, that's all to the good.

It is a matter of perspective, the difference between opponent and partner," Tsukiko says. "You step to the side and the same person can be either or both or something else entirely. It is difficult to know which face is true.

There is no such thing as an absolute truth to be discovered.

A moment might be a thousand different things.