Quotes About Facts

It was a perfect title, in that it crystallized the article's niggling mindlessness, its funereal parade of yawn-enforcing facts, the pseudo-light it threw upon non-problems.

The Christian religion is so manifestly contrary to the facts, belief in it can only be held with the most delusional gerrymandering imaginable.

The theory that religion is a force for peace, often heard among the religious right and its allies today, does not fit the facts of history.

My religious superstition gave place to rational ideas based on scientific facts, and in proportion as I looked at everything from a new standpoint, I grew more happy day by day.

A firm belief atthracts facts. They come out iv holes in the ground an' cracks in th' wall to support belief but they run away fr'm doubt.

Our desire to conform is greater than our respect for objective facts.

I will exercise patience and will provide all facts to the general public.

Experience itself depends on memory, which permits us to recall facts and to draw our conclusions from them, on which facts reasoning is based.

all mass identities are based on fictional stories, not on scientific facts or even on economic necessities.

Scientists hope to dispel wrong views by better science education, and pundits hope to sway public opinion on issues such as Obamacare or global warming by presenting the public with accurate facts and expert reports

Los humanos pensamos más en relatos que en hechos, números o ecuaciones, y cuanto más sencillo es el relato, mejor.

Human power depends on mass cooperation, and mass cooperation depends on manufacturing mass identities—and all mass identities are based on fictional stories, not on scientific facts or even on economic necessities.

Controversial issues often stem from conflicting beliefs about what is factual. This is why learning how to discern facts from conjecture, disinformation, and misinformation must become an essential goal of schooling.

The arrogance of metaphor when facts save people's lives. The succour of metaphor when facts inadequately describe people's lives.

things you do are the things you do. Nothing can change the facts. Others might lie or distort those things, but they never go away. Your choices, your actions are forever. You leave a footprint that can be followed if someone is determined to look closely enough.

Knowledge is not rooted in facts; it is rooted in curiosity. One inspired teacher can alter a student for life by instilling curiosity.

When you explore yourself on the inner plane, you are working with intuition. It's a common misconception that intuition is at odds with science, but Einstein himself said that what separated him from atheists was that "they cannot hear the music of the spheres." In truth, science and spirituality both depend upon intuition, for the greatest scientific discoveries are made through creative leaps, rather than by following a linear trail of established facts.

El origen de los conocimientos no está en los hechos, sino en la curiosidad.

The proof is in the pudding - all you need to know is to look at the details.

Have the courage of your knowledge and experience. If you have formed a conclusion from the facts and if you know your judgment is sound, act on it – even though others may hesitate or differ.

Theory is the essence of facts. Without theory scientific knowledge would be only worthy of the madhouse.

To be specific, is to exhibit a knowledge of the principles and art of adjusting; a comprehension of facts so systematized that they are available for the relief of disease.

We are anxious when there is a dissonance between our "knowledge" and the perceivable facts. Since our "knowledge" is not to be doubted or questioned, it is the facts that have to be altered.

Speculation is not knowledge.