Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. Mark Twain American Author More Mark Twain Quotes 67
A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts. Ralph Waldo Emerson American Poet More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes 54
If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts. Albert Einstein German Physicist More Albert Einstein Quotes 17
The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death. E. M. Forster English Novelist More E. M. Forster Quotes 10
There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths. Friedrich Nietzsche German Philosopher More Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes 7
Facts are to the mind what food is to the body. Edmund Burke Irish Statesman More Edmund Burke Quotes 5
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. Charles Darwin English Scientist More Charles Darwin Quotes 4
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. Henry David Thoreau American Author More Henry David Thoreau Quotes 2
The D.B. Cooper story is so rich, ... Two facts about the man guide my development of Charles Westmoreland's character: D.B. Cooper let the passengers off the plane before he forced the pilot to fly over the country so that he (Cooper) could parachute out with the money, and, he tipped the flight attendants. That says volumes about the man in my book. Muse Watson More Muse Watson Quotes 1
I make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body but myself. If people don't like my opinions, it makes little difference as I don't solicit their opinions or votes. William T. Sherman More William T. Sherman Quotes 1
The hypothesis of surviving intelligence and personality - not only surviving but anxious and able with difficulty to communicate - is the simplest and most straightforward and the only one that fits all the facts. Oliver Joseph Lodge English Physicist More Oliver Joseph Lodge Quotes 1
Facts are the air of scientists. Without them you can never fly. Linus Pauling American Scientist More Linus Pauling Quotes 1
The facts are always friendly, every bit of evidence one can acquire, in any area, leads one that much closer to what is true. Carl Rogers American Psychologist More Carl Rogers Quotes 1
Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them as facts, then you are in trouble. Joseph Campbell American Author More Joseph Campbell Quotes 1
I am turned into a sort of machine for observing facts and grinding out conclusions. Charles Darwin English Scientist More Charles Darwin Quotes 1
While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use, he who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course. Larry Bird American Coach More Larry Bird Quotes 1
There are no facts, only interpretations. Friedrich Nietzsche German Philosopher More Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes 1
News reports don't change the world. Only facts change it, and those have already happened when we get the news. Friedrich Durrenmatt Swiss Author More Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes 1
The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That's the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead! George S. Patton American Soldier More George S. Patton Quotes 1
Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts. E. B. White American Writer More E. B. White Quotes 1
Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts. E. B. White American Writer More E. B. White Quotes 1
We don't encourage or discourage. We're just here to give them the facts. We don't pre-qualify them. Betty Parker More Betty Parker Quotes 1
Let's look at some facts. You know, false accusations are made by people all the time for all different types of reasons. Joe Cheshire More Joe Cheshire Quotes 1