Facts Quotes · Page 148

“The world, we are told, was made especially for man — a presumption not supported by all the facts.”

— John Muir

Now, I know among the politically correct, you're not supposed to use facts that are uncomfortable.

— Newt Gingrich

55% of people yawn within 5 minutes of seeing someone else yawn.

— Anonymous

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design into the present.

— Melchor Lim

Don't live in the past. You might miss the great things happening in your present.

— Nishan Panwar

If something sounds too good to be true, it is too good to be true

— Suman Rai

You can forget facts but you cannot forget understanding.

— Eric Mazur

It is a simple fact that you can't steal second base if your foot is firmly planted on first.

— Irene Rosenfeld

Traditional education is based on facts and figures and passing tests - not on a comprehension of the material and its application…

— Will Smith

To stop trying to second-guess every possible outcome of every possible decision. To stop trying to control and account for every accountability.…

— Melchor Lim

The contradiction so puzzling to the ordinary way of thinking comes from the fact that we have to use language to communicate…

— D.T. Suzuki

Progress in every age results only from the fact that there are some men and women who refuse to believe that what…

— Russell Davenport

Superstition? Who can define the boundary line between the superstition of yesterday and the scientific fact of tomorrow?

— Garrett Fort

I think that I've been pigeon-holed by virtue of the fact that I've spent so much time in front of a green…

— Jonathan Frakes

Piano playing is a dying art. I love the fact that I can be one guy with one instrument evoking an emotional…

— Jon Bon Jovi

One remarkable fact stands out in the history of witchcraft; and that is, its victims were chiefly women. Scarce one wizard to…

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

The fact is that we have many superstitions, many bad spots and sores on our body - these have to be excised,…

— Swami Vivekananda

The molecules that comprise our body are traceable to the crucibles of the centers of stars.These atoms and molecules are in us…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Human memory awakens and extinguishes at will. It dulls and sharpens actions, enlarges and shrinks those who perform them. It humbles and…

— Meir Shalev

Remember: Plot is no more than footprints left in the snow after your characters have run by on their way to incredible…

— Ray Bradbury

... all of my life I've made things that are like fragmented mirrors of what I perceive to be the world. As…

— David Wojnarowicz

There is simply too much to be done for us all to go round 'enjoying ourselves.' When the world is perfect, then…

— Jon Richardson

These, then, are the two points I wanted to make. First, that human beings, all over the earth, have this curious idea…

— C. S. Lewis

Human life is so strangely constituted that even perfected intellectual understanding combined with the richest experience is incapable of conquering innate weaknesses.…

— Stefan Zweig

If the brutal facts are not faced by leaders, the brutal reality sets in.

— Andy Grove

True love is sacrifice. It is in giving; in losing,not in gaining; in realizing, not possing, that we love!

— Melchor Lim

My humble request to journalists - It only takes one phone call or an email to check facts.

— Parvathy

There aren't many opportunities for those who can't create some by themselves.

— Melchor Lim

One does not start with facts. One starts with opinions.

— Peter Drucker

Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else.

— Charles Dickens

There Is A Positive Side To Every Bad Situation. In Other Words, Bad Things Also Produce Some Good...

— Pacifiersucker

Many a prophecy, by the mere force of its being believed, is transmuted to fact.

— Isaac Asimov

Basic fact of life: no matter how far you run, you always take yourself with you.

— K.J. Parker

What makes bebop legitimate is the fact that when it was done, it was illegitimate.

— Matthew Shipp

As politicians we have to react to the fact that many people do not feel that they can relate to the EU.

— Angela Merkel

I think we should be proud of the fact that our face has got lines, because at least that means we have…

— Ashley Jensen

We're not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact checkers.

— Mitt Romney

In reading, the mind is, in fact, only the playground of another's thoughts.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

In fact, eloquence in English will inevitably make use of the Latin element in our vocabulary.

— Robert Fitzgerald

What's the main thing that makes magic magic? The fact that no one believes that it's possible.

— Kanye West