Quotes About Evidence

Since social networks gained popularity extremely rapidly, there had been a debate as to whether social media was a fad. There are countless pieces of evidence now proving the contrary, among them the explosion in Twitter growth and Facebook's public listing.

I'm the type of person who responds to facts.

A second type of direct evidence is formed by statements, whether as formal legends or personal information, regarding the age or relative sequence of events in tribal history made by the natives themselves.

Mr. Speaker, the scientific evidence is overwhelming that embryonic stem cells have great potential to regenerate specific types of human tissues, offering hope for millions of Americans suffering from debilitating diseases.

There are two types of claims: those based on hard numbers and those based on slippery numbers.

'Strong Island' is not your typical true-crime film. It's not actually about the uncovering of evidence or following leads that hadn't been seen before or any of that stuff.

The ultimate court of appeal is observation and experiment... not authority.

In nature, when you conduct science, it is the natural world that is the ultimate decider in what is true and what is not.

There is a heap of evidence to show Michael Avenatti is a liar and yet he was treated as the ultimate arbitrator of truth. How embarrassing.

Instead of fostering investment and innovation through deregulation, the FCC will be devoting its resources to adopting new rules without any evidence that consumers are unable to access the content of their choice.

At minimum, we must recognize that there are legitimate, unanswered questions about whether the Obama Justice Department involved themselves in a political project targeting then-candidate Donald Trump - a suggestion that has far more evidence behind it than the directionless investigation into Trump/Russian collusion.

You don't send people to prison on the basis of what other people imagine, or on the basis of media sound bites like 'shooting an unarmed child,' when that 'child' was beating him bloody.

Policy should always be rooted in unbiased science.

Ares gives his verdict without witnesses.

And of course there is so much of World War II that is documented that we never have seen

Keep in mind that the Iraqis are not telling us anything we don't already know or can't prove. This is what makes this whole inspection process and all the rigmarole surrounding it a total farce.

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.

What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.

Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There's no better rule.

We must never assume that which is incapable of proof.

Doubt the conventional wisdom unless you can verify it with reason and experiment

Wisdom is vindicated by all her children.

The civilized man has a moral obligation to be skeptical, to demand the credentials of all statements that claim to be facts.

School is an institution built on the axiom that learning is the result of teaching. And institutional wisdom continues to accept this axiom, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.