Quotes About Evidence

In examining the evidence of the Christian religion, it is essential to the discovery of truth that we bring to the investigation a mind freed, as far as possible, from existing prejudice, and open to conviction.

Any person without invincible prejudice who had the same experience would come to the same broad conclusion, viz., that things hitherto held impossible do actually occur.

Nothing leads the scientist so astray as a premature truth.

The leading edge in evidence presentation is in science; the leading edge in beauty is in high art.

Don't leave inferences to be drawn when evidence can be presented.

I have opinions that are based on the facts that are presented to me.

The fossil record is incredible when it preserves things, but it's not a complete record.

President Obama came to office with a strong belief that America had overreached, that we had become too involved. It matched the national mood, and indeed, there was some evidence that it was true.

Despite overwhelming and irrefutable evidence to the contrary, President Obama continues to believe that he can negotiate with Republicans.

Successive American presidents have turned a blind eye to piles of evidence that Saudi money is being used to foment holy war against America.

People who think they know what they are talking about when they talk about baseball include the announcers and all of the sports press - no matter how much evidence you present them to the contrary they will continue to think that what they think is right.

I have a Reagan-like ability to believe in my own data.

As a scientist, you're not supposed to make decisions without the data.

There's a lot of scientific data that I found out as a scientist that actually show that this is really a young Earth.

If you're a scientist, and you have to have an answer, even in the absence of data, you're not going to be a good scientist.

If you're a real scientist, you're constantly open to new data. Nothing is ever 100% validated.

If you're dealing with criminals, they're not going to want to go to court.

I should add that it is open to debate whether what we call the writing of history these days is truly scientific.

Every day we go over data and use science and data to drive policy and decision-making.

If it doen't make sense, you should find for the defense.

We consistently allow politicians to get away with playing identity politics rather than demanding evidence of what they're going to do and how they're going to do it.

The climate is changing; I don't think you can deny that. But climate has always changed.

History is obviously dependent on the evidence, and it's always amazing to me how much evidence there is.

I'd be an absolutely appalling detective... Appalling.