Circumstantial evidence Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle

Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when you find a trout in the milk.

— Henry David Thoreau

“It's circumstantial evidence, like finding a trout in the milk.”

— Henry David Thoreau

Circumstantial evidence is evidence.

— Bernard Goldberg

Circumstantial evidence is a very tricky thing. It may seem to point very straight to one thing, but if you shift your own point…

— Arthur Conan Doyle

“Circumstantial evidence may not be enough to convict. But it’s almost always enough to reveal the truth. Isn’t it?”

— Chris Pavone

The same evidence that is convincing to one person may not convince another.

— G. Edward Griffin

I hold that the mark of a genuine idea is that its possibility can be proved, either a priori by conceiving its cause or…

— Gottfried Leibniz

“When, indeed, is a thing proven? Only when an individual has accumulated in his own consciousness enough observations, impressions, reasonings and feelings to satisfy…

— Hugh Nibley

There is an overwhelming mass of authentic evidence which can be cited as: direct observation, indirect observation, and supporting evidence or indication…

— Morris K. Jessup

This is how proofiness works. The assertion is more important than the evidence itself.

— David Corn

“Circumstantial evidence is not, as they [defense counsel] claim, like a chain. You could have a chain spanning the Atlantic Ocean from Nova Scotia…

— David Bagby

“It is remarkable how often the first interpretations of new evidence have confirmed the preconceptions of its discoverers.”

— John Reader