Half Truth

A cynic's definition of a libertarian is a Republican who smokes pot, but that is a half-truth. ❋ Con Chapman (2011)

The truth, a half-truth, or a lie could be employed, whichever served best in the circumstances. ❋ Anonymous (2011)

"One of the reasons I am writing this book," she avers, "is that I came to feel, especially as I saw the real, not-for-prime-time struggles of much older friends, that I was presenting a half-truth that amounted to a lie." ❋ Joseph Epstein (2011)

Just as equating yoga with only asana is a half-truth more like a 1/8th-truth, so too is ignoring the spiritual, metaphysical Truths upon which yoga rests. ❋ Esq. Suhag A. Shukla (2012)

Stay tuned as the headline for this ticker story will change every hour on the hour with a new pun ordecieving half-truth to make this non-story seem interesting. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And, by the way, a half-truth counts as a lie. joe m ❋ Unknown (2009)

And even that is a half-truth, since Boehner and his party have also no appetite for real cuts in the defense budget. ❋ Robert L. Borosage (2011)

Ehrlich accused O'Malley of using a half-truth to attack the former administration's record. ❋ John Wagner (2010)

PolitiFact scored the president's statement as a "half-truth," citing the Treasury Department report on the bank bailouts. ❋ David Weidner (2011)

Thomas L Friedman, the New York Times's foreign affairs columnist, is an engaging master of the pithy half-truth. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Confronted with a choice between following Jesus' inclusive behavior versus honoring a half-truth like "Birds of a feather flock together," generation upon generation seemed more comfortable with the latter. ❋ Eliot Daley (2011)

Again, more spin and half-truth from the Party of Satan - the NeoCons. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Stagliano: It seems like a half-truth when people say I don't have any regrets. ❋ Unknown (2011)

In fact, we should get rid of the normal understanding/reasonable person test in all contexts, and permit half-truth frauds on consumers and voters everywhere! ❋ Unknown (2010)

“Why would one ever choose to tell the whole truth when a half-truth is so much more creative?” ❋ MaryAnne Kolton (2011)

Can't wait to see these fear mongering, half-truth ads on TV. ❋ Unknown (2009)

[Half-truth] truth, lie white-lie [deception] false-light "We are all equal before [the law]", is changed to 'we are all equal'...which is not true. ❋ The 2nd White Knight (2014)