Evidence Quotes

False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views, if supported by some evidence, do little harm, for every one takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness.

Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.

Every friend of freedom must be as revolted as I am by the prospect of turning the United States into an armed camp, by the vision of jails filled with casual drug users and of an army of enforcers empowered to invade the liberty of citizens on slight evidence.

If you are of the opinion that the contemplation of suicide is sufficient evidence of a poetic nature, do not forget that actions speak louder than words.

All credibility, all good conscience, all evidence of truth come only from the senses.

This is a court of law, not TV. Consider the testimonial evidence.

Credulity is belief in slight evidence, with no evidence, or against evidence.

Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.

The most savage controversies are about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.

If at first you don't succeed, remove all evidence that you tried.

caused excitement recently when he uncovered evidence in China that indicates anthropoid primates may have developed fist in Asia rather than Africa.

Although there is no statistically confirmed evidence of a benefit in raising student achievement, there is for sure statistical proof that students experience less depression, greater feelings of self-efficacy, and there is a statistical finding of more students staying in high school until completion with the later start time.

It remains unclear, of course, what role economic data really are playing in markets just now. Despite evidence that the recovery continues both in the U.S. and abroad, equity markets continue to struggle.

There is growing evidence across the nation that shows early diagnosis and treatment of patients dramatically improves their ability to survive a stroke and fully recover.

It's shocking it has taken this long. But it's very difficult to collect evidence as neither parents who have gone for sex tests nor doctors who lust for the money will speak out about it.

The deepest sin of the human mind is to believe things without evidence.

Texas' current retention policy has not demonstrated any evidence of improving student success. It has not materially improved our high school graduation rate, nor has retention resulted in improved academic proficiency of graduates.

The facts are always friendly, every bit of evidence one can acquire, in any area, leads one that much closer to what is true.

If there was ever any truth to the trickle-down theory, the only evidence of it I've ever seen was in that period of 1960 to 1965. All of sudden they were handing out major label recording contracts like they were coming in Cracker Jack boxes.

But with each passing year and each new study, the evidence for the genetic contribution to individual and group differences becomes more firmly established than ever.

It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this.

The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd.

I've been extremely disappointed to hear evidence for the last three days here that I interpret as a complete disregard of our election law, and the corrupt attempt, in my opinion, to prevent the public from knowing the source and recipients of contributions.

There have always been questions about reliability (of) other types of evidence -- eyewitness testimony or circumstantial evidence. Once they see the DNA evidence, there's no question. You are either guilty or not guilty.

I don't think courts will ever let someone be convicted on secret evidence, no matter how conservative the judge, ... The tape eventually going public was very anticipatable and indeed it did.