Quote by Bill Whitehouse

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

Proof ... was a conclusion built on a pyramid of facts, a broad base of accepted information on which more specific assertions were made.

— Dan Brown

“it’s pretty easy to frame an argument convincingly by being selective in the data presented.”

— Roxane Gay

A proof is that which convinces a reasonable man; a rigorous proof is that which convinces an unreasonable man.

— Mark Kac

“where actual evidence had been a bit sparse he had, in the best traditions of the keen ethnic historian, inferred from revealed self-evident wisdom*…

— Terry Pratchett

“No idea should be allowed to squeeze out of needing to be explained simply by claiming to be above the rules and beyond our…

— T.J. Kirk

Circumstantial evidence is occasionally very convincing, as when you find a trout in the milk, to quote Thoreau's example.

— Arthur Conan Doyle

“In the business of scholarship, evidence is far more flexible than opinion. The prevailing view of the past is controlled not by evidence but…

— Hugh Nibley

“The legitimacy of something is not dependent upon my ability to explain it, for my inability to explain something often evidences the legitimacy of…

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

“..humans love complexity of thought. This they pursue on the totally baseless assumption that complexity indicates profundity or truth.”

— Walter Martin

“among this pool are these: (a) explanatory power, (b) explanatory scope, (c) plausibility, (d) degree of "ad hoc-ness" and (e) conformity with other beliefs.…

— Gary R. Habermas

“...a statement from you is more convincing than all the proofs in the world.”

— Émile Gaboriau