Conrad Quote by Joseph Conrad

“Now, what I want is Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and…

— Charles Dickens

“We've got facts," they say. But facts aren't everything; at least half the battle consists in how one makes use of them!”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“But what are facts, really, except things we’ve already proven? There could be lots of almost-facts out there, still waiting for proof.”

— Kathryn Reiss

“You can even make facts lie.”

— Sándor Márai

“I prefer facts, but sometimes sense is all you have to go on.”

— Craig Lancaster

“We have facts,’ they say. But facts are not everything—at least half the business lies in how you interpret them!”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“He had a respect for facts maybe this was one.”

— Anne Carson

“Facts are a strange thing . . . when you know the facts to be true, they turn you into a revolutionary.”

— Richard Diaz

“Facts are facts, we can’t change them, but we absolutely can change our interpretations.”

— Ben Hunt-Davis

“I will take any liberty I want with facts as long as I don't trespass on the truth...We confuse facts with truth.”

— Farley Mowatt

“I thought if you told people facts, they’d draw their conclusions, and because the facts were true, the conclusions mostly would be too. But…

— James S.A. Corey

“Tell the facts even if the person doesn't want to hear them, if they don't like the facts than they can change them.”

— Trudy Shourt