Uncomfortable Truth Quotes

We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.

If you're saying something that people don't want to hear or accept, a significant proportion of them will reply with hostility. Not because they know the facts, or because they have researched it themselves, but because they're so psychologically involved in believing good news that they will oppose it with a reflex.

In the long run, the most unpleasant truth is a safer companion than a pleasant falsehood.

Human beings never think for themselves; they find it too uncomfortable. For the most part, members of our species simply repeat what they are told - and become upset if they are exposed to any different view.

People want to see politicians who are not afraid to speak the truth. They want them to be honest, no matter how uncomfortable it is.

The truth--a hideous spectacle!

Many people would rather have fine words and false hopes than the truth which is unacceptable.

A known fact may be so unbearable that it is habitually pushed aside and not allowed to enter into logical processes, or on the other hand it may enter into every calculation and yet never be admitted as a fact, even in one’s own mind.

But I've never felt that being an actress is being in a comfortable place. It's seen from the outside that we're being driven in big cars and having these gorgeous suites and all of that. But come on, it's not about that.

There are things you don't want to know you can do

You make real progress when somebody is honest enough to say something that's really uncomfortable. Of course when you're a candidate's wife and when you're first lady and the first African-American first lady to boot, that is very, very hard to do.

We do the same thing in our own lives, embracing information that supports what we already prefer or vindicates choices we previously made.After all, it feels better to justify our opinions rather than challenge them, to contemplate only the pros and relegate the cons to the back of our minds. However, if we want to make the most of choice, we have to be willing to make ourselves uncomfortable. The question is, if we are willing, how exactly do we go about fortifying ourselves against these biases?

Nothing makes a man, or a body of men, as mad as the truth. If there is no truth in it, they laugh it off.

People couldn't bear to go on living if they faced every cold truth about themselves.

I like people who shake other people up and make them feel uncomfortable.

The truth is what hurts

Life is like animal porn, it's not for everyone.

If you're standing in the manure pile, it's somebody's job to mention the stink.

Better a cruel truth than a comfortable delusion.

When I speak, I speak facts, and if you're getting mad, it's because you know it's the truth.

What ails the truth is that it is mainly uncomfortable, and often dull. The human mind seeks something more amusing, and more caressing.

Courage is the ability to do the right thing, all the time, no matter how painful or uncomfortable it might be.

Sing your praise of progress and the doom machine, the naked truth is still taboo whenever it can be seen.

I think little of people who will deny their history because it doesn't present the picture they would like.

"Comfort" is no test of truth; on the contrary, truth is often far from being "comfortable".