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All The Facts Quotes

On the difference between hindsight and honest judgment.

One line calls it intellectually dishonest to judge past decisions with information nobody actually had at the time — a sharp point that shows up repeatedly here. An actor makes a related case, close to the spirit of Character.

Real education is about genuine understanding and the ability to figure things out on your own; not about making sure every 7th grader has memorized all the facts some bureaucrats have put in the 7th grade curriculum.

Quotes by Aaron Swartz

Well, first of all, you read the script a million times. Because what the script gives you are given circumstances. Given circumstances are all the facts of your character.

Quotes by Viola Davis

Once I had all the facts in, I found I didn't have the immoral courage to pull the caper. So I wrote it as a story. As a teenager, I didn't have any skills for writing as such, so it...

Quotes by Theodore Sturgeon

I am a lover of truth; and if you think of truth as being multifaceted and so huge that we human beings can't fully comprehend it, then obviously it makes sense to put all the facts together - to compare...

Quotes by Susan Howatch

Ability Quotes

I was a very intelligent kid. I used my intelligence to support my passions. When it came to comic books, I became enthralled in the whole universe. I had to know all the facts and timelines. The whole fictional universe...

Quotes by Rob Van Dam

Married life requires shared mystery even when all the facts are known.

Quotes by Richard Ford

It is intellectually dishonest to look backwards with all the facts and judge the decisions that were made with almost none of the facts, or the facts that existed hidden in the normal cloud of endless speculation of what might...

Quotes by Norm Coleman

The French people need to have all the facts so they can choose. And I won't be running away from it or hiding from it.

Quotes by Nicolas Sarkozy

We never know all the facts and the more we're mindful of how we deal with people, the more opportunity we have to evolve.

Quotes by Mary McDonnell

Bureaucrats Quotes

Justice can only be dispensed when you have all the facts in front of you.

Quotes by Julian Baggini

The most terrifying moment in my life was October 1962, during the Cuban Missile Crisis. I did not know all the facts - we have learned only recently how close we were to war - but I knew enough to...

Quotes by Joseph Rotblat

You can never get all the facts from just one newspaper, and unless you have all the facts, you cannot make proper judgements about what is going on.

Quotes by Harry S Truman

As a rule we disbelieve all the facts and theories for which we have no use.

Quotes by Gustave Flaubert

The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That's the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision,...

Quotes by George S. Patton

Character Quotes

When I'm writing fiction I'm thinking, God, this is so hard - I have to make all this stuff up! I wish I were writing a nonfiction book where all the facts are laid out and I don't have to...

Quotes by Douglas Preston

When issues emerge that might harm a campaign, like the Clinton e-mails, you have to get all the facts out right away, but not before you have all the facts.

Quotes by Bob Beckel

Eventually, while researching, you'll learn something you didn't want to know. Some fact that ruins a plotline you had in mind. The good news is that sometimes, learning all the facts can make for a much more interesting story than...

Quotes by Andy Weir

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these all the facts quotes focus on?
Fair judgment — and how unfair it is to evaluate a past decision using information nobody had at the time.
Why search for quotes about having all the facts?
They're useful whenever a decision or opinion feels rushed, offering a reminder to gather full context first.
Is there a quote connecting facts to acting or performance?
Yes, one actor describes given circumstances as all the facts of a character, built from reading the script repeatedly.
Does the collection touch on democratic choice?
Yes, one line argues that people need all the facts before they can genuinely choose, not just a curated version of events.
What other pages pair well with all the facts quotes?
The Character collection explores similar ideas about honesty and depth.

There's also a democratic argument, that people can only choose well once they've been told everything. For more, see Ability or Choose.