wanted: source and wording of a quote. warm fuzzy feelings of helping someone as reward.

October 28, 2007 10:10 PM

wanted: help with the source of and exact wording for a quote.

I heard a documentary director talking at a film festival. It was a great discussion about the importance of authenticity, and how (particularly where people are involved!) the truth is so subjective that it's impossible to attain it. In passing he tried to quote someone, but he wasn't sure who it was, and he didn't know the exact wording. I've since tried googling it a few times and haven't turned up anything useful, so I'm putting it out into the AskMe universe to see if it can help.

The quote goes something like this:

"There is no such thing as the truth, but there is such a thing as a damn lie"

Any leads on who said this or what the exact wording is?? :)

posted by ancamp to media & arts (3 comments total)

"What is truth today may be a damn lie next week." ATTRIBUTION:Lenny Bruce

Closest I could find.
posted by TeatimeGrommit at 10:36 PM on October 28, 2007

Probably not, but possibly, your quotation (I post because this page is about film conference) at the end of the second paragraph: "Well there may not be any such thing as truth, but there is one thing for certain, and that is there is such as thing as a non-truth."
posted by fidelity at 8:14 AM on October 29, 2007

thanks guys, both great responses.

Although I'm not sure if fidelity has quoted the "true" version on my quotation (get it?), his quote had the same intention as the one I was looking for, so he gets a "best answer" tick. :)
posted by ancamp at 9:52 PM on October 29, 2007