Mere Fact Quotes
30 quotes by 30 authors
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The significance of a fact is relative to [the general body of scientific] knowledge. To say that a fact is significant in science, is to…
— Bertrand Russell
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He who attempts to draw any conclusion whatever as to the nation's wealth or poverty from the mere fact of a favorable or unfavorable Balance…
— Ernst Engel
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The mere fact that [Tommy Atkins] saw himself as a hero, and not as the rough he was, enlisted, more probably, through hunger, and disciplined…
— Esme Cecil Wingfield-Stratford
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We make too much of winning. The mere fact of winning doesn't make you great.
— Wilt Chamberlain
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Your mind now, moldering like wedding-cake, heavy with useless experience, rich with suspicion, rumour, fantasy, crumbling to pieces under the knife-edge of mere fact. In…
— Adrienne Rich
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The mere fact of an American being present could help save the lives of innocent people. That's why I believe in the importance of bearing…
— Bianca Jagger
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The mere fact that you belong to a certain ethnic group makes you eternally guilty, according to the twisted logic of Zionism. If Germans who…
— Ernst Zundel
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But nothing will persuade me that the mere fact of being in a place is enough in itself to justify the effort of getting out…
— Jenny Diski
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I think that the mere fact that I'm doing it ought to inspire someone. In junior high school the counselor suggested that I focus on…
— Christopher Darden
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Some days the mere fact of seeing feels like perfect happiness... You feel so rich you long to share your jubilation with others. The memory…
— Robert Doisneau
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Human life is not some sort of race or game in which each person should start from an identical mark. It is an attempt by…
— Murray Rothbard
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The mere fact that you get a lot of seeds in a packet doesn't mean you have to plant all of them.
— Henry Mitchell
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Let us not seek our disease out of ourselves; 'tis in us, and planted in our bowels; and the mere fact that we do not…
— Seneca the Younger
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The mere fact that so many who espouse such far-right views and beliefs still exist in this society is incarnate proof that Darwin's theories apply…
— Derek R. Audette
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There is a quality of life which lies always beyond the mere fact of life; and when we include the quality in the fact, there…
— Alfred North Whitehead
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Proposition 19 already is a winner no matter what happens on election day. The mere fact of its being on the ballot has elevated and…
— George Soros
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Statistically, the probability of any one of us being here is so small that you'd think the mere fact of existing would keep us all…
— Lewis Thomas
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The only artists I have ever known who are personally delightful are bad artists. Good artists exist simply in what they make, and consequently are…
— Oscar Wilde
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Every form has its own meaning. Every man creates his meaning and form and goal. Why is it so important - what others have done?…
— Ayn Rand
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When it comes to such open-heart reflection, I'm a firm believer in the observer effect, which states that anything you try to observe is automatically…
— Neal Shusterman
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