Best 4898 quotes in «facts quotes» category

It is often very illuminating...to ask yourself how you got at the facts on which you base your opinion. Who actually saw, heard, felt, counted, named the thing, about which you have an opinion?

It is only in the light of the inescapable fact of death that a person can adequately engage and enter upon the mysterious fact of life.

It is only possible through the fact that sympathy for the general life and suffering of mankind is very weakly developed in the individual.

It is only on the battlefield of ideas that the best ones can be recognized and ultimately prevail. Only those afraid of the truth seek to silence debate, intimidate those with whom they disagree, or slander their ideological counterparts. Those who know they are right have no reason to stifle debate because they realize that all opposing arguments will ultimately be overcome by fact.

It is precisely because Biblical revelation is absolutely authoritative and perspicuous that the scientific facts, rightly interpreted, will give the same testimony as that of Scripture. There is not the slightest possibility that the facts of science can contradict the Bible.

It is particularly odd that economists who profess to be champions of a free-market economy, should go to such twists and turns to avoid facing the plain fact: that gold, that scarce and valuable market-produced metal, has always been, and will continue to be, by far the best money for human society.

It is possible to be a master in false philosophy, easier, in fact, than to be a master in the truth, because a false philosophy can be made as simple and consistent as one pleases.

It is quite true - in fact, obvious on the surface - that the vast majority of dramatic shows and comedies, as well, advocate a liberal and humanistic and relativistic lifestyle and concept.

It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire.

It is simply a fact that the birth rate of our illegal immigrants exceeds that of our legal residents.

It is that of increasing knowledge of empirical fact, intimately combined with changing interpretations of this body of fact - hence changing general statements about it - and, not least, a changing a structure of the theoretical system.

It is the fault of our rhetoric that we cannot strongly state one fact without seeming to belie some other.

It is, therefore, possible to extend a partially specified interpretation to a complete interpretation, without loss of verifiability... This fact offers the possibility of automatic verification of programs, the programmer merely tagging entrances and one edge in each innermost loop.

It is the simplest fact of Indian life: there are too many Indians.

It is this union of passionate interest in the detailed facts with equal devotion to abstract generalisation which forms the novelty in our present society .

It is true that the successful quest for wisdom might lead to the result that wisdom is not the one thing needful. But this result would owe its relevance to the fact that it is the result of the quest for wisdom: the very disavowal of reason must be reasonable disavowal.

It is true that a great deal of the rhetoric of the new atheism is often just the confessional rote of materialist fundamentalism (which, like all fundamentalisms, imagines that in fact it represents the side of reason and truth); but it is also true that the new atheism has sprung up in a garden of contending fundamentalisms.

It is true that all of the current presidential candidates once denied that they had any intention of running. But the fact that I am also a liar, doesn't make me a candidate.

It is very obvious that we are not influenced by "facts" but by our interpretation of the facts.

It is widely assumed, contrary to fact, that theism necessarily involves the two assumptions which cannot be squared with the existence of so much suffering, and that therefore, per impossibile, they simply have to be squared with the existence of all this suffering, somehow.

It is well said, in every sense, that a man's religion is the chief fact with regard to him.

It never stops, accepting that fact is difficult. I took some time out for life.

It occurred to me, in 1837, that something might perhaps be made of this question (the origin of the species) by patiently accumulating and reflecting on all sorts of facts which could possibly have any bearing on it

It occurred to me that there was a story behind the scar -- maybe not as dramatic as the story of my wrists, but a story nonetheless -- and the fact that everyone had a story behind some mark on their inside or outside suddenly exhausted me, the gravity of all those untold pasts.

I took up leprosy work. Not to help anyone, but to overcome that fear in my life. That it worked out good for others was a by-product. But the fact is: I did it to overcome fear.

I travel around the world constantly promoting my projects and endorsing products. Yes, I do get paid to go to parties; in fact, I'm the person who started the whole trend of paid appearances. But when you see me at a party, I'm always working or promoting something.

I tried the plan of talking incessantly myself, so as to hide the fact I didn't hear anything they said, the result was nobody paid the slightest attention to my (doubtless brilliant) remarks.

It's a 90 minute game for sure. In fact I used to train for a 190 minute game so that when the whistle blew at the end of the match I could have played another 90 minutes.

It's a bit unfair to accuse Obama of dividing the nation when the facts show that it already is.

It's a fact of life. Hearts are always hurting. And yet they still keep pumping.

It's a fact of life that how you dress affects how you are perceived and whether your contribution to a meeting is registered as worth listening to.

It's a fact of life that there will be oil spills, as long as oil is moved from place to place, but we must have provisions to deal with them, and a capability that is commensurate with the size of the oil shipments.

It's a fact that people are afraid of what they don't understand. And most are too lazy or ignorant to find out more.

It's a fact the whole world knows, That Pobbles are happier without their toes.

It's a curious fact about Americans that in their most fiercely patriotic moods they are willing to set aside their Constitution, the guarantor of their freedom, in order to prosecute war -- yet they insist that the war is for 'freedom'.

It's a fact: stock investors sometimes lose money on their way to wealth. Get over it.

It’s a known fact that in certain contexts people’s great strengths become their epic failings.

It's a fact of life that positive reasons don't always get people to vote. You need some negative reasons.

It's a fact that it is much more comfortable to be in the position of the person who has been offended than to be the unfortunate cause of it.

It's a libel to say that I use my newspapers to support my other business interests. The fact is, I haven't got any other business interests.

It's all connected. When you save any part of the world, you've saved the whole world. In fact, that's the only way it can be done.

It's an important fact of life, war.

It's always great when you want scientific fact to get a really good science fiction writer to talk to you about it.

It's always seemed to me that photography tends to deal with facts whereas film tends to deal with fiction.

It's always unfortunate when something gets misreported and the facts are not clear.

It's amazing how lucky Westlife were and what we achieved. It's very rare to have seven number ones in a row. Ridiculous in fact.

It's an objective fact that I am a double amputee, but it's very subjective opinion as to whether that makes me disabled.

It's an objective fact, that if you want to solve some of these huge, kind of bigger problems of extreme poverty, you have to include the women. They're the ones who will get it done.

It's a sad fact of modern life that if you drive long enough, sooner or later you must leave London behind.

It's a scientific fact that gratitude reciprocates.