Anecdotes Quote by Tryon Edwards

The way a story makes an argument is quite different from the way a persuasive essay does it. Emotional truth and the logic of…

— Ken Liu

You can argue with someone's opinion, but you can't argue with their story.

— Nicky Cruz

A compelling story, even if factually inaccurate, can be more emotionally compelling than a dry recitation of the truth.

— Frank Luntz

“Experience has taught me that an expected answer is often better than the truth.”

— Alan Bradley

Few look for truth; many prowl about for a reputation of profundity by arrogantly challenging whichever arguments are the best.

— Rene Descartes

Truth is generally the best vindication against slander

— Abraham Lincoln

“There's a point where anecdotal evidence becomes truth”

— Temple Grandin

“The effect of untrue statements on casual conversations is one of my great loves, my great ongoing investigations.”

— Jesse Ball

The force of truth that a statement imparts, then, its prominence among the hordes of recorded observations that I may optionally apply to my…

— Nicholson Baker

Truth springs from argument amongst friends.

— David Hume

Years ago I read an interview with Paula Fox in which she said that in writing, truth is just as important as story. Reading…

— Molly Antopol

Any fact is better established by two or three good testimonies than by a thousand arguments.

— Anonymous