Absence Quote by Ronnie Montrose

“I want to believe that, despite all the evidence to the contrary, there is reason to hope.”

— Rachel Cohn, David Levithan

“Despite evidence to the contrary, I hated drinking to the point that I misplaced really big slabs of time.”

— Augusten Burroughs

Variation must be taken as random until there is positive evidence to the contrary.

— Harold Jeffreys

“Her message was always the same: God loved the world, all evidence to the contrary, and we must not give up on God.”

— Anne Lamott

Despite overwhelming and irrefutable evidence to the contrary, President Obama continues to believe that he can negotiate with Republicans.

— Krystal Ball

This truth I firmly hold, all evidence to the contrary notwithstanding; my life has been a gift, a blessing to the world.

— Anthony de Mello

Is there any evidence to the contrary? I don't need certainty in order to act on a well-founded suspicion.

— Robert Charles Wilson

But having considered everything which has been said, one could by this believe that the earth and not the heavens is so moved, and…

— Nicole Oresme

“…the American reader cannot bear a surprise. He knows that this is the greatest country on earth…and evidence to the contrary is not admissible.…

— Gore Vidal

“People might think that five-year-olds can't be cruel, but I have some strong evidence to the contrary".”

— Vera Brosgol

[O]ne of the mixed blessings of being twenty and twenty-one and even twenty-three is the conviction that nothing like this, all evidence to the…

— Joan Didion

“In science, you move closer to the truth by seeking evidence to the contrary. Perhaps the same method should inform your opinions as well.”

— David McRaney

I don't know what it is I'm doing. But it's not that. Despite all evidence to the contrary.

— Edward Gorey

Unless and until it can be proven that an unborn child is not a human being, can we justify assuming without proof that it…

— Ronald Reagan

Unless and until it can be proven that an unborn child is not a living human being, can we justify assuming without proof that…

— Ronald Reagan