"What are facts but compromises? A fact merely……" — Bliss Carman
"What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease."
More Agreed Quotes
- We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question which divides us is whether it is crazy enough… — Niels Bohr
- History is a set of lies agreed upon. — Napoleon Bonaparte
- What is history but a fable agreed upon? — Napoleon Bonaparte
- When Brian told me he grew up in New Mexico, I told him I thought it is cool that people… — Terry Bradshaw
- Compared to gardeners, I think it is generally agreed that others understand very little about anything of consequence. — Henry Mitchell
- Basically we could not have peace, or an atmosphere in which peace could grow, unless we recognized the rights of… — Eleanor Roosevelt
- Contemporary philosophers, even the rationalistic minded ones, have on the whole agreed that no one has intelligibly banished the mystery… — William James
- I called it ignose, not knowing which carbohydrate it was. This name was turned down by my editor. 'God-nose' was… — Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
- In all matters of opinion and science ... the difference between men is ... oftener found to lie in generals… — David Hume
- The world is agreed that labor is the source from which human wants are mainly supplied. There is no dispute… — Abraham Lincoln
- It is a moot question whether the origin of any kind of property is derived from nature at all. It… — Thomas Jefferson
- Though negotiations are a rough game, you should never allow them to become a dirty game. Once you've agreed to… — Victor Kiam