Quotes of: Facts Keyword

All I'm going to tell you is investigations, whether it be this and others, where you have partial facts, analysts, agents are always trying to interpret what those facts mean, extrapolate from them what they mean.

Robert Mueller

Culture is mix. Culture means a mix of things from other sources. And my town, Istanbul, was this kind of mix. Istanbul, in fact, and my work, is a testimony to the fact that East and West combine cultural gracefully, or sometimes in an anarchic way,...

Orhan Pamuk

Here again, it occurred to me, was the unique problem that faces my generation, the generation of those who had been, say, seven or eight years old during the mid-1960s, the generation of the grandchildren of those who'd been adults when it all happe...

Daniel Mendelsohn

The wise man looks ahead. The fool attempts to fool himself and won't face facts. Proverbs 14:8

Biblical

Wise men talk about ideas, intellectuals about facts, and the ordinary man talks about what he eats.

Mongolian

If such things were not so dangerous one would laugh. But one recognizes the technique. Such propaganda always begins with words, but soon it proceeds to deeds. When there are no facts to support lies, facts must be made.

A Coffin for Dimitrios

I submit a body of facts which cannot be invalidated. My opinions may be doubted, denied, or approved, according as they conflict or agree with the opinions of each individual who may read them; but their worth will be best determined by the foundati...

Experiments and Observations on the Gastric Juice: and the Physiology of Digestion

Alone is just another word for love.

At even one penny, this book would be overpriced. In fact, free is too expensive, because you'd still waste time by reading it.

I dig art. With a shovel. In the cemetery.

At even one penny, this book would be overpriced. In fact, free is too expensive, because you'd still waste time by reading it.

If I had to believe, I would. But I don’t, and I do.

At even one penny, this book would be overpriced. In fact, free is too expensive, because you'd still waste time by reading it.

The decision to empty my mind was a no-brainer. 

At even one penny, this book would be overpriced. In fact, free is too expensive, because you'd still waste time by reading it.

Life insurance is a dying industry.

At even one penny, this book would be overpriced. In fact, free is too expensive, because you'd still waste time by reading it.

I didn’t fire my gun. I gave it a promotion.

At even one penny, this book would be overpriced. In fact, free is too expensive, because you'd still waste time by reading it.

Webster’s—the original high definition entertainment.

At even one penny, this book would be overpriced. In fact, free is too expensive, because you'd still waste time by reading it.

I’m for a big government. A big government contraction.

At even one penny, this book would be overpriced. In fact, free is too expensive, because you'd still waste time by reading it.

Politics isn’t dirty. And neither are politicians. No, politicians are filthy.

At even one penny, this book would be overpriced. In fact, free is too expensive, because you'd still waste time by reading it.

The only class I studied religiously was Christianity 101.

At even one penny, this book would be overpriced. In fact, free is too expensive, because you'd still waste time by reading it.

So many trees, so few chimneys.

At even one penny, this book would be overpriced. In fact, free is too expensive, because you'd still waste time by reading it.

To speculate without facts is to attempt to enter a house of which one has not the key, by wandering aimlessly round and round, searching the walls and now and then peeping through the windows. Facts are the key.

Essays in Popular Science

He was the least spiritual of all the monks here, accepting nothing without proof. This skepticism was simultaneously his greatest asset and his greatest impediment.

Analog Science Fiction and Fact, 2013 January/February

Fact One: Races are won or lost in key moments. Fact Two: Success in the sport is, above all else, about enduring suffering.

I'm Here To Win: A World Champion's Advice for Peak Performance