Word: truthful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Male Teat. Few of Grand Central's sightseers were inclined to carp. To them, the Century's elegances were a glimpse of unknown comfort, a far cry from the jolting realities of everyday railroad travel. The truth was that the U.S. citizen, in his capacity as a passenger, had generally been regarded by the railroads as a damn nuisance. Until very recent times, the railroads have been mainly interested in freight. Empire Builder Jim Hill, gloomily contemplating one of his Great Northern Railway's Limiteds, once remarked: "A passenger train is like the male teat-neither useful...
...fights for Communism must be able to fight and not to fight, to say the truth and not to say the truth, to render and to deny service, to keep a promise and to break a promise, to go into danger and to avoid danger, to be known and to be unknown. Who fights for Communism has of all the virtues only one: that he fights for Communism...
...newly established Television Research Institute, will be practically empty by 1955, and there will be 24 million TV sets in U.S. homes. But TV will need "three to four times the total annual output of the U.S. film industry." Who is to pay for this increased output? "The simple truth is that either pictures must be made more cheaply or a method must be found for the public to foot the bill...
Science, like Communism, requires a kind of religious fervor of its practitioners. Scientists assume that they have the right to judge the truth on the basis of experiment, observation and reasoning. They regard any dogmatic authority as a deadly enemy...
...Tell [the people] the truth. If you make a promise, keep it. When you need money, tell them how much you need and why you need it. Try to fix upon a quota and give them time to pay it. The people appreciate considerate treatment. They will follow the pastor who shows them that he deserves their regard and their support. But do not make the mistake of putting money before doctrine. The Lord sent us to teach, not to pass the basket...