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Facts Quotes

I have barely time to give you a brief statement of facts as I find them Picture Quote #1

Once the object has been constructed, I have a tendency to discover in it, transformed and displaced, images, impressions, facts which have deeply moved me Picture Quote #1

As soon as you sit down to write about something you are pressing your nose deeper into the sewer of facts Picture Quote #1

I have fully cooperated with the investigation and before the grand jury, and I’m quite confident at the end of the day that we’ll know what facts are in this particular case Picture Quote #1

There is a class, moreover, by whom all these scientific theories, and more are held as ascertained facts, and as the basis of philosophical inferences which strike at the root of theistic beliefs Picture Quote #1

The importance of the facts testified, and their relations to the affairs of the soul, and the life to come, can make no difference in the principles or the mode of weighing the evidence Picture Quote #1

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History creates comprehensibility primarily by arranging facts meaningfully and only in a very limited sense by establishing strict causal connections Picture Quote #1

To believe in something not yet proved and to underwrite it with our lives: it is the only way we can leave the future open. Man, surrounded by facts, permitting himself no surmise, no intuitive flash, no great hypothesis, no risk, is in a locked cell. Ignorance cannot seal the mind and imagination more surely Picture Quote #1

At the head of these new discoveries and insights comes the establishment of the facts that electricity is composed of discrete particles of equal size, or quanta, and that light is an electromagnetic wave motion Picture Quote #1

You’re not a historian, but most historians will tell you that they make very discrete judgment as to what facts to omit in order to make their book into some shape, some length that can be managed Picture Quote #1

Such abstraction which refuses to accept the given universe of facts as the final context of validation, such transcending analysis of the facts in the light of their arrested and denied possibilities, pertains to the very structure of social theory Picture Quote #1

Clinging uncritically to traditional ideas and beliefs often serves to obscure or deny real facts of our life history Picture Quote #1

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Great commanders write their actions with simplicity; because they receive more glory from facts than from words Picture Quote #1

The facts of science, as they appeared to him, fed the flame in his soul, and in its light, he saw into the depths of the world Picture Quote #1

The narrative was properly about race, sex and class... We went a beat too fast in assuming that a rape took place... We just got the facts wrong. The narrative was right, but the facts were wrong Picture Quote #1

It is as fatal as it is cowardly to blink facts because they are not to our taste Picture Quote #1

If facts weren’t funny, or scary, or couldn’t make you rich, the heck with them Picture Quote #1

Our empirical criterion for a series of theories is that it should produce new facts. The idea of growth and the concept of empirical character are soldered into one Picture Quote #1

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Washington’s entire honesty of mind and his fearless look into the face of all facts are qualities which can never go out of fashion and which we should all do well to imitate Picture Quote #1

Darwin investigated the numerous facts obtained by naturalists in living nature and analysed them through the prism of practical experience Picture Quote #1

We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don’t it is easier to ignore the facts than to change the preconceptions Picture Quote #1

If you understood the facts they needed no embroidery: all the wonder was already there, the more spellbinding because it was true Picture Quote #1

I believed that anything was possible, or at least because I didn’t put together everyone else’s facts and believe that winning was impossible Picture Quote #1

It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated Picture Quote #1

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I never guess. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts Picture Quote #1

Science is facts; just as houses are made of stones, so is science made of facts; but a pile of stones is not a house and a collection of facts is not necessarily science Picture Quote #1

Acceptance is not submission; it is acknowledgment of the facts of a situation. Then deciding what you’re going to do about it Picture Quote #1

I was a frustrated schoolteacher, persisting against overwhelming evidence to the contrary in the belief that the human mind could be moved by facts and reason Picture Quote #1

Too many facts are often as much of an obstacle to understanding as too few. There is a sense in which we moderns are inundated with facts to the detriment of understanding Picture Quote #1

It’s not because my mind is made up that I don’t want you to confuse me with any more facts. It’s because my mind isn’t made up. I already have more facts than I can cope with Picture Quote #1

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I have barely time to give you a brief statement of facts as I find them (Facts Quotes) Once the object has been constructed, I have a tendency to discover in it, transformed and displaced, images, impressions, facts which have deeply moved me (Facts Quotes) As soon as you sit down to write about something you are pressing your nose deeper into the sewer of facts (Facts Quotes) I have fully cooperated with the investigation and before the grand jury, and I’m quite confident at the end of the day that we’ll know what facts are in this particular case (Facts Quotes) There is a class, moreover, by whom all these scientific theories, and more are held as ascertained facts, and as the basis of philosophical inferences which strike at the root of theistic beliefs (Facts Quotes) The importance of the facts testified, and their relations to the affairs of the soul, and the life to come, can make no difference in the principles or the mode of weighing the evidence (Facts Quotes) History creates comprehensibility primarily by arranging facts meaningfully and only in a very limited sense by establishing strict causal connections (Facts Quotes) To believe in something not yet proved and to underwrite it with our lives: it is the only way we can leave the future open. Man, surrounded by facts, permitting himself no surmise, no intuitive flash, no great hypothesis, no risk, is in a locked cell. Ignorance cannot seal the mind and imagination more surely (Facts Quotes) At the head of these new discoveries and insights comes the establishment of the facts that electricity is composed of discrete particles of equal size, or quanta, and that light is an electromagnetic wave motion (Facts Quotes) You’re not a historian, but most historians will tell you that they make very discrete judgment as to what facts to omit in order to make their book into some shape, some length that can be managed (Facts Quotes) Such abstraction which refuses to accept the given universe of facts as the final context of validation, such transcending analysis of the facts in the light of their arrested and denied possibilities, pertains to the very structure of social theory (Facts Quotes) Clinging uncritically to traditional ideas and beliefs often serves to obscure or deny real facts of our life history (Facts Quotes) Great commanders write their actions with simplicity; because they receive more glory from facts than from words (Facts Quotes) The facts of science, as they appeared to him, fed the flame in his soul, and in its light, he saw into the depths of the world (Facts Quotes) The narrative was properly about race, sex and class... We went a beat too fast in assuming that a rape took place... We just got the facts wrong. The narrative was right, but the facts were wrong (Facts Quotes) It is as fatal as it is cowardly to blink facts because they are not to our taste (Facts Quotes) If facts weren’t funny, or scary, or couldn’t make you rich, the heck with them (Facts Quotes) Our empirical criterion for a series of theories is that it should produce new facts. The idea of growth and the concept of empirical character are soldered into one (Facts Quotes) Washington’s entire honesty of mind and his fearless look into the face of all facts are qualities which can never go out of fashion and which we should all do well to imitate (Facts Quotes) Darwin investigated the numerous facts obtained by naturalists in living nature and analysed them through the prism of practical experience (Facts Quotes) We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don’t it is easier to ignore the facts than to change the preconceptions (Facts Quotes) If you understood the facts they needed no embroidery: all the wonder was already there, the more spellbinding because it was true (Facts Quotes) I believed that anything was possible, or at least because I didn’t put together everyone else’s facts and believe that winning was impossible (Facts Quotes) It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated (Facts Quotes) I never guess. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts (Facts Quotes) Science is facts; just as houses are made of stones, so is science made of facts; but a pile of stones is not a house and a collection of facts is not necessarily science (Facts Quotes) Acceptance is not submission; it is acknowledgment of the facts of a situation. Then deciding what you’re going to do about it (Facts Quotes) I was a frustrated schoolteacher, persisting against overwhelming evidence to the contrary in the belief that the human mind could be moved by facts and reason (Facts Quotes) Too many facts are often as much of an obstacle to understanding as too few. There is a sense in which we moderns are inundated with facts to the detriment of understanding (Facts Quotes) It’s not because my mind is made up that I don’t want you to confuse me with any more facts. It’s because my mind isn’t made up. I already have more facts than I can cope with (Facts Quotes)

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