Best 512 quotes in «evidence quotes» category

The polls are inaccurate in my opinion, based upon anecdotal evidence, based upon people that I know.

There are 3 questions that would destroy most of the arguments of the Left. The first is - compared to what? The second is - at what cost? And the third is - what hard evidence do you have?

The regeneration of a sinner is an evidence of power in the highest sphere--moral nature; with the highest prerogative--to change nature; and operating to the highest result--not to create originally, which is great; but to create anew, which is greater.

There comes a point where you see no evidence that the carrot and diplomacy are working.

There does seem to be some evidence that as people get older, they procrastinate less, perhaps because they feel the pressure of time more.

There has also been much love, joy, evidence of admiration, there has never been one without the other.

There is an overwhelming mass of authentic evidence which can be cited as: direct observation, indirect observation, and supporting evidence or indication.

There is evidence that Democrates were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information.

There is no direct evidence, so how could you ask me to believe in God.

There is no direct evidence that [Alex] Haley sat down with the F.B.I.

...there is no evidence that casual exposure to secondhand smoke has any impact on your life expectancy.

There is no evidence that changing your managers repeatedly leads to success, but there is evidence at Manchester United, I was managing there for 26 years I won 38 trophies.

There is no evidence that the business cycle has been repealed.

There is nothing like first-hand evidence.

There is no surer evidence of an unconverted state than to have the things of the world uppermost in our aim, love, and estimation.

There is zero evidence for god.

There's always a miasma of misinformation emerging from the higher education sector as to which are the "best" courses to take. My advice would always be to ignore the perceived wisdom and look for the most reliable evidence on the ground.

There's a lot of evidence in evolutionary sciences that show that altruism and acting in ways that are empathetic to others are actually beneficial on an evolutionary basis.

There's good evidence that if people are disempowered, if they have little control over their lives, if they're socially isolated or unable to participate fully in society, then there are biological effects.

There's no evidence whatsoever that men are more rational than women. Both sexes seem to be equally irrational.

There's no evidence that I'm aware of that guns protect liberty.

There's no observational evidence that I know of that indicates electric and magnetic forces are important on cosmological scales.

There's no evidence that says that the money a federation has translates into success. I hope that that will change.

There were no gifts. Everything is properly accounted for. I provided testimony and evidence to the committee... This was all stuff that was previously known.

This is how proofiness works. The assertion is more important than the evidence itself.

The weight of evidence for an extraordinary claim must be proportioned to its strangeness.

The word 'racism' is like ketchup. It can be put on practically anything - and demanding evidence makes you a 'racist.'

This evidence is overwhelming at this point. You eat more plants, you eat less other stuff, you live longer.

Thousands of people have tried, and the evidence is clear: The more you trade, the less you keep.

Until the seventeenth century there was no concept of evidence with which to pose the problem of induction!

To be alive is sufficient evidence that we are needed in the world. Otherwise we wouldn't be here.

True art must be evidence of happiness, contentment and purity of its authors.

Truth lies at the confluence of independent streams of evidence.

Unemployment insurance was meant to be a bridge for temporary spells of unemployment. The bad news is all the evidence is that the longer you have unemployment insurance, the longer people stay out of work, their skills erode. The job they ultimately get pays less. And that's not to their benefit.

Utterance is the evidence of foregone study.

We don‘t have faith that #freedom works. We have evidence.

We do a disservice to society if we ignore the evidence which shows that stable families tend to be associated with better outcomes for children.

We don't know how large a proportion of the significant evidence about the universe is excluded by science. Perhaps hardly any. Perhaps so great a proportion that any body of knowledge which excludes it is hardly more than a caricature. Perhaps something in between - so that science finds truth but not the whole truth.

What I tried to do is to present the evidence that's available and that no one has been able to refute. Not even the Arab governments who own their media have been able to denigrate bin Laden as a man.

We have now seen that there is no particle of evidence for the Egyptian origin of Tarot cards.

We have the precedent of Collin Powell ten years ago, when he showed the evidence, it was false, and it was forged.

We've never made the case, or argued the case, that somehow Osama Bin Laden was directly involved in 9/11. That evidence has never been forthcoming.

What evidence would you need to see to change your mind about this?

What hard evidence is there that Obama doesn't want ebola in America?

4. Religion. Your reason is now mature enough to examine this object. In the first place, divest yourself of all bias in favor of novelty & singularity of opinion... shake off all the fears & servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear. You will naturally examine first, the religion of your own country. Read the Bible, then as you would read Livy or Tacitus. The facts which are within the ordinary course of nature, you will believe on the authority of the writer, as you do those of the same kind in Livy and Tacitus. The testimony of the writer weighs in their favor, in one scale, and their not being against the laws of nature, does not weigh against them. But those facts in the Bible which contradict the laws of nature, must be examined with more care, and under a variety of faces. Here you must recur to the pretensions of the writer to inspiration from God. Examine upon what evidence his pretensions are founded, and whether that evidence is so strong, as that its falsehood would be more improbable than a change in the laws of nature, in the case he relates. For example in the book of Joshua we are told the sun stood still several hours. Were we to read that fact in Livy or Tacitus we should class it with their showers of blood, speaking of statues, beasts, &c. But it is said that the writer of that book was inspired. Examine therefore candidly what evidence there is of his having been inspired. The pretension is entitled to your inquiry, because millions believe it. On the other hand you are astronomer enough to know how contrary it is to the law of nature that a body revolving on its axis as the earth does, should have stopped, should not by that sudden stoppage have prostrated animals, trees, buildings, and should after a certain time have resumed its revolution, & that without a second general prostration. Is this arrest of the earth's motion, or the evidence which affirms it, most within the law of probabilities? You will next read the New Testament. It is the history of a personage called Jesus. Keep in your eye the opposite pretensions: 1, of those who say he was begotten by God, born of a virgin, suspended & reversed the laws of nature at will, & ascended bodily into heaven; and 2, of those who say he was a man of illegitimate birth, of a benevolent heart, enthusiastic mind, who set out without pretensions to divinity, ended in believing them, and was punished capitally for sedition, by being gibbeted, according to the Roman law, which punished the first commission of that offence by whipping, & the second by exile, or death in fureâ. ...Do not be frightened from this inquiry by any fear of its consequences. If it ends in a belief that there is no God, you will find incitements to virtue in the comfort and pleasantness you feel in its exercise, and the love of others which it will procure you... In fine, I repeat, you must lay aside all prejudice on both sides, and neither believe nor reject anything, because any other persons, or description of persons, have rejected or believed it... I forgot to observe, when speaking of the New Testament, that you should read all the histories of Christ, as well of those whom a council of ecclesiastics have decided for us, to be Pseudo-evangelists, as those they named Evangelists. Because these Pseudo-evangelists pretended to inspiration, as much as the others, and you are to judge their pretensions by your own reason, and not by the reason of those ecclesiastics. Most of these are lost... [Letter to his nephew, Peter Carr, advising him in matters of religion, 1787]

When I started understanding how science works, it occurred to me that there just is no evidence that there is a God.

You are a very interesting case, General. Do you know what fat file of evidence we have against you here?

You can always make a loan at a bank if you can show sufficient evidence that you don't need it.

You have to believe in yourself despite the evidence.

You know what 'FEAR' stands for? It stands for 'False Evidence Appearing Real.' It's the darkroom where Satan develops his negatives.