Fact Quotes
10490 Fact quotes by 5855 unique authors
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Almost all education has a political motive: it aims at strengthening some group, national or religious or even social, in the competition with other groups.…
— Bertrand Russell
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The fact that some people can push others to the point of thinking that their lives are not worthy is catastrophic.
— Unknown Author
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Our excessive tolerance with regard to suicide is due to the fact that, since the state of mind from which it springs is a general…
— Emile Durkheim
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You really do learn by example... Especially women, sometimes we think somebody's going to rescue us, or somebody's going to teach us how to do…
— Marlo Thomas
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I love that fact that Kayla actually persevered and went back to her sport," she said. "That's the role models. Sometimes, things like that happen…
— Unknown Author
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There are three ways in which a ruler can bring misfortune on his army: By commanding the army to advance or to retreat, being ignorant…
— Sun Tzu
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The fact that someone says something doesn't mean it's true. Doesn't mean they're lying, but it doesn't mean it's true.
— Carl Sagan
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If you think about it seriously, all the questions about the soul and the immortality of the soul and paradise and hell are at bottom…
— Antonio Gramsci
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Excitement is the more practical synonym for happiness, and it is precisely what you should strive to chase. It is the cure-all. When people suggest…
— Tim Ferriss
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Golf acts as a corrective against sinful pride. I attribute the insane arrogance of the later Roman Emperors almost entirely to the fact that, never…
— P.G. Wodehouse
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I'm certainly not a saint out there on the golf course. In fact, far from it. Like when you make a three-putt and become upset.…
— Bernhard Langer
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I accept the fact that I'm going to miss it sometimes. I just hope I miss it where I can find it.
— Fuzzy Zoeller
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Suppose you feel you cannot accept some fact about yourself. Then own your refusal to accept. Own the block. Embrace it fully. And watch it…
— Nathaniel Branden
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When a man finds that it is his destiny to suffer, he will have to accept his suffering as his task. . . . He…
— Viktor E. Frankl
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When "news stories" are broken, do we not expect a certain amount of fact-checking or source-checking? One has to ask if this falls under the…
— Sheryl Crow
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Customers don't always know what they want. The decline in coffee-drinking was due to the fact that most of the coffee people bought was stale…
— Howard Schultz
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Close investigation will show that the primary cause of oppression and injustice, of unrighteousness, irregularity and disorder, is the people's lack of religious faith and…
— Abdu'l-Bahá
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Much that passes for education is not education at all but ritual. The fact is that we are being educated when we know it least.
— David P. Gardner
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There is, in fact, no teaching without learning.
— Paulo Freire
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But when all is said and done, the fact remains that some teachers have a naturally inspiring presence and can make their exercises interesting, whilst…
— William James
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The absolute heart of loyalty is to value those people who tell you the truth, not just those people who tell you what you want…
— Pat Summitt
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I've never tried to hide the fact that it is my intention to become the best
— Cristiano Ronaldo
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It's really beneath the office of a member of Congress to say something that outrageous. The fact that she was once the Speaker is mind-numbing,…
— Trey Gowdy
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Here, then, is what I wanted to tell you of my architecture. I created it with courage and idealism, but also with an awareness of…
— Oscar Niemeyer
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I think he knows all my tricks. Or the fact I don't have any tricks
— Brendan Shanahan
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