Truth

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
Lies (5), Truth (9), World (7)Winston Churchill (13)

... when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
Sherlock Holmes
Truth (9), Impossible (2)Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1)

A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.
Men (12), Truth (9), Liars (2)Mark Twain (20)

Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.
Truth (9), Facts (2)Mark Twain (20)

When in doubt tell the truth.
Doubt (2), Truth (9), Wisdom (11)Mark Twain (20)

I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everyone to tell me the truth - even if it costs him his job.
Truth (9), Job (3)Samuel Goldwyn (1)

All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.
Truth (9), Discoveries (2)Galileo Galilei (3)

62.15% of all statistics are meaningless.
Statistics (2), Truth (9)Anonymous (6)

Never tell a story because it is true: tell it because it is a good story.
Stories (1), Truth (9)John Pentland Mahaffy (1)