Facts Quotes

"Faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction--faith in fiction is a damnable false hope." "Every man has a right to his opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts" "Approach each new problem not with a view of finding what you hope will be there, but to get the truth, the realities that must be grappled with. You may not like what you find. In that case you are entitled to try to change it. But do not deceive yourself as to what you do find to be the facts of the situation." "I am a firm believer in the people If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis The great point is to bring them the real facts" "We cannot deny the facts of nature, but we should certainly try to improve on them" "Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please." "When we say we know what we are talking about, we mean that we know what we think about something, rather than knowing the facts" "The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it" "Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes" "A pessimist is an optimist in full possession of the facts" "There are two kinds of truths: those of reasoning and those of fact." "Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot." "Facts matter not at all. Perception is everything." "The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth." "All generous minds have a horror of what are commonly called 'Facts.' They are the brute beasts of the intellectual domain." "Pragmatism is the attitude of looking away from first things, principles, 'categories', supposed necessities; and of looking towards last things, fruits, consequences, facts."