Assertion Quote by Erich Maria Remarque

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

— David Corn

“Absolute does not deny improbability, it fails to acknowledge its existence.”

— Christopher Bishoy Ayoub

[One's] inability to invalidate your hypothesis is not at all the same thing as proving it true.

— Carl Sagan

Doubt cannot override a certainty.

— The Talmud

Finally, if nothing can be truly asserted, even the following claim would be false, the claim that there is no true assertion.

— Aristotle

“What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof.”

— Christopher Hitchens

“Disclaimer: Consider all perceived errors and scrutinize all self-evident truths.”

— Adam Scott Huerta

Claiming certainty without corroborating evidence is stupid.

— Han Fei

“When we advance more confident claims and they fail to come to fruition, this constitutes much more powerful evidence against our hypothesis. We can't…

— Nate Silver

Attempt what is not certain. Certainty may or may not come later. It may then be a valuable delusion.

— Richard Diebenkorn

When someone repeatedly insists that something isn't true, it increases the likelihood that it is.

— Amy Dickinson

“What can be asserted without proof can be dissmissed without proof.”

— Christopher Hitchens