Facts Quotes · Page 75

The office of the scholar is to cheer, to raise, and to guide men by showing them facts amidst appearances.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

A mother is always a mother, since a mother is a biological fact, whilst a father is a movable feast.

— Angela Carter

The fact is that war films, by their very nature, are pitched at a high dramatic range.

— Mark Boal

I wish I could just accept that I'm not that good and not be shy about the fact that I'm not that…

— Charlotte Gainsbourg

There may be some substitute for hard facts, but if there is, I have no idea what it can be.

— J. Paul Getty

Theory is the essence of facts. Without theory scientific knowledge would be only worthy of the madhouse.

— Oliver Heaviside

Look for something positive about today. Even if you have to look a little harder than usual, it still exists.

— Suman Rai

And may they forever in tragedy be known, these words I love you..

— Melchor Lim

Now and forever there will forever be the seeds of ignorance, fear, greed and hatered in the hearts of men. All they…

— Melchor Lim

The fact that natural selection and evolution crafted essentially carbon and water into a mechanism that can think and be conscious means…

— Neill Blomkamp

It takes resolution to go forth from the ease and beautiful simplicity of a well-formed hypothesis and struggle with amorphous facts.

— Anonymous

Now, the United Nations is an organization that I believe was founded with good intentions. As a matter of fact, a prominent…

— Zach Wamp

The fact is, America needs energy and new energy infrastructure, and the Keystone XL pipeline will help us achieve that with good…

— John Hoeven

The great fact was the land itself, which seemed to overwhelm the little beginnings of human society that struggled in its sombre…

— Willa Cather

In so far as such a theory is empirically correct it will also tell us what empirical facts it should be possible…

— Talcott Parsons

The choice--the dedication to one's highest potential--is made by accepting the fact that the noblest act you have ever performed is the…

— John Galt

The unemployment rate today for people with our-year college degrees is 4.1%, which is almost none. That's people switching jobs basically. That…

— Thomas Friedman

She knew I could tell with one glance, one look, one simple instant. It was her eyes. Despite the thick makeup, they…

— Sarah Dessen

Beauty is deeper than just what you look at in a picture. You could fancy what you like, but as a woman…

— Alek Wek

In actual fact, I wanted to be an actor, but I was a lawyer, and I was a week away from qualifying…

— Gerard Butler

One must conclude that, contrary to the established and current wisdom, a scenario describing the genesis of life on earth by chance…

— Hubert Yockey

When people live in the full light of an open society, paying their taxes, abiding by the rules, that makes not only…

— Martin O'Malley

“The aim of science is to seek the simplest explanations of complex facts. We are apt to fall into the error of…

— Alfred North Whitehead

There's a nastiness out there that wants to harm me with words. These are my enemies - the ideologues, the populists, the…

— Ed Koch

In fact, theres a lot to legitimately hate about pro sports and the way they are conducted.

— Chad Harbach

Heroes aren't allowed to be nervous." "Who made up that rule?" "It's a known fact...

— David Eddings

You will eventually get what you want if you are only patient

— Melchor Lim

And in the absence of facts, myth rushes in, the kudzu of history.

— Stacy Schiff

Do your homework and know your facts, but remember it's passion that persuades.

— H. Jackson Brown, Jr

You aren't making time for me, so I stopped making time for you.

— Nishan Panwar

Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification.

— Anonymous

Try till you succeed...if you don't succeed once, then destroy all evidence of the fact that you tried!

— W. C. Fields

It is a simple fact that all of us use the techniques of acting to achieve whatever ends we seek.

— Marlon Brando

Nothing starts easy; everything begins at some level of difficulty.

— Melchor Lim

In fact, this is a blackmail of the terrorists at the expense of the suffering of the hostages.

— Alberto Fujimori

The summer moon hung full in the sky. For the time being it was the great fact of the world.

— Willa Cather

I don't think his life has been in any way disfigured by the film. The film did disclose some difficult facts.

— Martin Bashir

Eating chocolate & or ice cream has the same effect on the brain as when listening to music you relate to.

— Anonymous

Here was a strange but true fact: The closer you were to the market, the harder it was to perceive its folly.

— Michael Lewis

I'm having to cope with the fact that some people might consider me a musician.

— Grant Evans