Confirmation Quote by Hester Lynch Piozzi

Science by itself is about numbers, and it's about measuring things. It's very important but it's very dry.

— James Balog

The science of numbers ought to be preferred as an acquisition before all others, because of its necessity and because of the great secrets…

— Boethius

Amazing things happen when you pull individual pieces of information together into larger linked datasets: meaning emerges, as you produce facts from figures.

— Ben Goldacre

When a spectator approaches a painting with his own particular set of filters or theories, be they historical, political, intellectual or whatever - he…

— Douglas Portway

Even before the hearings that led to confirmation of Chief Justice Roberts, senators were saying they were reserving judgment on how they would vote…

— Dana Perino

No senator's vote, except for the declaration of war or the authorization for the use of force, is more important than the confirmation of…

— Arlen Specter

I write to withdraw as a nominee to serve as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States. ... I am…

— Harriet Miers

Had Christ not risen we could not believe Him to be what He declared Himself when He "made Himself equal with God." But He…

— B. B. Warfield

I am not myself free or human until or unless I recognize the freedom and humanity of all my fellowmen... I am truly free…

— Mikhail Bakunin

Instead of using this space to pretend the newly released CIA 'torture' report confirms that the United States is the most evil nation in…

— David Limbaugh

“I was living for one thing only, and that was to confirm my own lack of feeling.”

— Haruki Murakami

The human understanding, when any preposition has been once laid down... forces everything else to add fresh support and confirmation; and although more cogent…

— Francis Bacon