History Quotes / MetaphoricallyTrue

->"[Sasuke] and I met back in our home ti--own. Hometown. We became fast friends.\\

-->-- '''Carrot's father''', ''[[Discworld/GuardsGuards Discworld: Guards! Guards!]]''

-->-- '''Creator/TerryPratchett''', ''Discworld/LordsAndLadies''

-->--'''Creator/RobertAHeinlein''', ''{{Stranger in a Strange Land}}''

->''They say the economy is essentially sound because people are considering buying things. That's like saying fat people are healthy because they might exercise."''

-->--'''Creator/MarkTwain''', ''[[RudyardKipling From Sea to Sea]]''

->'''[[JackNicholson Harry]]''': I've never lied to you, I've always told you some version of the truth.\\

->''And I will not lie to you\\
But I definitely only gave you half the truth''
-->--'''The Kaiser Chiefs''', ''Half the Truth''

->''A halbe emes iz a gantse lign.''\\

-->--Yiddish proverb

->''A truth that's told with bad intent\\
Beats all the lies you can invent.''
-->--'''Creator/{{William Blake}}''', ''Auguries of Innocence''

->Get your facts first, and then you can distort them at your leisure.

->The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes, look behind words that have changed their meaning.

-> Well, lying is lying, even from a [[InternalHomage "certain point of view."]]

->The slickest way in the world to lie is to tell the right amount of truth at the right time-[[WeWait and then shut up.]]

->In a manner of speaking, yes. In another manner of speaking, which is a rather more precise and accurate manner of speaking, no.

->A lie that is half-truth is the darkest of all lies.
-->--'''Alfred Tennyson'''

->The only reason Steven was awarded the black belt was because the judge, who was famous for his laziness, fell asleep during Steven’s presentation. The judge just gave him the black belt.
-->--'''Miyako Fujitani''' on Creator/StevenSeagal

->'''Obi Wan:''' What I told you was true...from a certain point of view.\\

-->--'''{{William Blake}}''', ''Auguries of Innocence''

-->--'''RobertAHeinlein''', ''{{Stranger in a Strange Land}}''

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->'''Jedi Exile:''' Well, lying is lying, even from a [[InternalHomage "certain point of view."]]
-->-- ''Star Wars: KnightsOfTheOldRepublic 2''

-->--'''Miyako Fujitani''' on StevenSeagal

->During an interview with fellow praying mantis Giuliana Rancic for an ''E!'' special about her life, [=LeAnn=] continued to milk her affair with Eddie for attention and pushed out invisible tears while talking about it. Giuliana asked [=LeAnn=] why did she act on her horniness for Eddie while they were both married, and instead of being truthful by saying [[YourCheatingHeart she wanted some good dick]] and [[GoldDigger he wanted a checking account full of gold]], she said this:\\\
''[-"You might have had so many wonderful things with each other’s spouses in your relationship, but something along the way broke that. You can’t break what’s broken already."-]''\\\
This is how much thought was put into their decision to divorce their spouses:\\\
''“DIS DICK IS GOOD!”'' – [=LeAnn=]\\\
''“DIS MONEY IS GOOD!”'' – Eddie\\\
The End.
-->--'''[[http://dlisted.com/2012/12/08/leann-rimes-still-crying-about-breaking-her-marriage-jumping-married-peen/ Michael K.]]''', "[=LeAnn=] Rimes Is Still Crying About Breaking Up Her Marriage By Jumping On Married Peen"

-->--'''Miyako Fujitani'' on StevenSeagal

->''"And I will not lie to you\\
But I definitely only gave you half the truth"''

->''"A halbe emes iz a gantse lign."''\\

->''“A truth that's told with bad intent\\
Beats all the lies you can invent.”''

->''“A lie that is half-truth is the darkest of all lies."''
-->--'''Alfred Tennyson'''

->''"Get your facts first, and then you can distort them at your leisure."''
-->--'''Mark Twain''', ''[[RudyardKipling From Sea to Sea]]''

->''The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes, look behind words that have changed their meaning.''
-->-- Creator/TerryPratchett, ''Discworld/LordsAndLadies''

->'''Max''': You killed him!\\
'''Vincent''': No, I shot him. The bullets and the fall killed him.
-->-- ''{{Collateral}}''

->''“The slickest way in the world to lie is to tell the right amount of truth at the right time-and then shut up.”''

-->-- ''Something's Gotta Give''

-->-- '''Webcomic/{{Collar 6}}'''

-> In a manner of speaking, yes. In another manner of speaking, which is a rather more precise and accurate manner of speaking, no.

->''"The only reason Steven was awarded the black belt was because the judge, who was famous for his laziness, fell asleep during Steven’s presentation. The judge just gave him the black belt."''
-->--Miyako Fujitani on StevenSeagal


->'''Luke:''' Obi-Wan? Why didn't you tell me? You told me Vader betrayed and murdered my father.\\
'''Obi-Wan:''' Your father was seduced by the dark side of the Force. He ceased to be Anakin Skywalker and became Darth Vader. When that happened, the good man who was your father was destroyed. So what I told you was true, from a certain point of view.\\
'''Luke:''' ''"A certain point of view"?''\\
'''Obi-Wan:''' Luke, you will find that many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view.
-->-- ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''

Beats all the lies you can invent.”

->A halbe emes iz a gantse lign.\\
''(Half a truth is a whole lie.)''

->And I will not lie to you\\
But I definitely only gave you half the truth...
-->--'''The Kaiser Chiefs''', ''Half the Truth''

->''"Our notion of genius -- a romantic -- isolated figure -- is fucking outdated. An updated notion of genius would have to center around one's mastery of information."''
-->--'''ShiaLabeouf'''

->''He declares that people who think they actually ''did'' something when they create are selfish assholes, but contends that working out how to [[SerialNumbersFiledOff press control and V at the same time]] is an act of genius.''
-->--'''{{Website/Cracked}}''', [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/why-shia-labeouf-hollywoods-new-king-jerks_p2/ in response]] to above quote

->"Our notion of genius -- a romantic -- isolated figure -- is fucking outdated. An updated notion of genius would have to center around ones mastery of information."

->''He declares that people who think they actually ''did'' something when they create are selfish assholes, but contends that working out how to [[SerialNumbersFiledOff press control and V at the same time is an act of genius.''

-->--'''ShiaLebeouf'''

->'''Max''': You killed him!\\
'''Vincent''': No, I shot him. The bullets and the fall killed him.
-->-- ''{{Collateral}}''

-> The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes, look behind words that have changed their meaning.
-->-- Creator/TerryPratchett, ''Discworld/LordsAndLadies''