Hard Facts Quotes

In this new place we've found, sometimes there aren't words, because the truth can be even more difficult than the lies.

Facts are stupid things — stubborn things, I should say.

Haven't you got any romance in your soul?" said Magrat plaintively. "No," said Granny. "I ain't. And stars don't care what you wish, and magic don't make things better, and no one doesn't get burned who sticks their hand in a fire. If you want to amount to anything as a witch, Magrat Garlick, you got to learn three things. What's real, what's not real, and what's the difference.

Much of the self-righteous nonsense that abounds on so many subjects cannot stand up to three questions: (1) Compared to what? (2) At what cost? and (3) What are the hard facts?.

There may be some substitute for hard facts, but if there is, I have no idea what it can be.

When we don't like to face up to hard facts, we use soft words. We do not speak about killing a baby within the womb, but about "termination of potential life." Words are often multiplied to try to cover dark deeds.

I think that the truth is a really stern taskmistress.

Opinions are 10 a penny. In the spin-driven, PR-controlled world of the 21st century, hard facts are rare indeed.

Truth only means something when it's hard to admit.

Investigate what is, and not what pleases.

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

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

I used the imaginary kingdom not as a sentimentalized fairyland but as an opening wedge to express what I hoped would be some very hard truths.

Disneyland is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams, and the hard facts that have created America...

With handball, you have soft facts but not hard facts. The shot is wide, and then suddenly, it's a penalty.

Why is it we never get our bad medicine in small doses?

There are very few things that are purely conceptual without any hard content.

Ideals are dangerous things. Realities are better. They wound, but they're better.

Life is not a matter of theories. Life is a matter of facts. It calls on the young and the old alike to face these facts, even though they are hard and sometimes unpleasant.

A rock is harder than a feather, you can talk and jabber and make exceptions, but in the end, if you have to choose which one is gonna hit you on the head, you'll choose the feather every single time.

People can choose between the sweet lie or the bitter truth. I say the bitter truth, but many people don't want to hear it.

The critical lessons in life hold sway whether you like it or not.