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Facts Quotes

What the evidence actually says.

These quotes treat facts as something almost alive: strange, unbelievable, worth chasing down. One line ties scientific honesty to national survival, another pushes back on accusations of media bias by insisting reporters are simply describing what happened, in the spirit of Knowledge quotes.

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This is one of those cases in which the imagination is baffled by the facts.

Quotes by Adam Smith

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The theory that can absorb the greatest number of facts, and persist in doing so, generation after generation, through all changes of opinion and detail, is the one that must rule all observation.

Quotes by Adam Smith

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'Alternative facts' is really one of the better things that's come out in a long time. 'Alternative facts?' It's brilliant! Really? Alternative facts? There are two different realities?

Quotes by Ad-Rock

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When you seek advice, do not withhold any facts from the person whose advice you seek.

Quotes by Abu Bakr

Good Quotes

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As far as I know, only a small minority of mathematicians, even of those with Platonist views, accept the idea that there may be mathematical facts which are true but unknowable.

Quotes by Abraham Robinson

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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

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When you boil down the real facts and statistics of what carbon dioxide is doing to this planet... to not feel like you have to do something... I don't think you're human.

Quotes by A. J. Buckley

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I am always hearing from Israelis, 'Oh, CNN is anti-Israel,' or 'BBC is against us.' But no, they are reporting facts.

Quotes by Zubin Mehta

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I discovered what it meant to 'live for Christ,' and that it honestly was something I wanted to do. The facts were there, and I could sense the Holy Spirit at work.

Quotes by Zach Johnson

History Quotes

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I will exercise patience and will provide all facts to the general public.

Quotes by Yingluck Shinawatra

A fourth example wades into a policy debate over firearm transfers, arguing that evidence should guide the conversation rather than assumption. For nearby reading, see Good and History.