Facts don't cease to exist because they are ignored.

Facts don't cease to exist because they are ignored.

A fact is like a sack --it won't stand up if it's empty. To make it stand up, first you read more

A fact is like a sack --it won't stand up if it's empty. To make it stand up, first you have to put in it all the reasons and feelings that caused it in the first place.

Comment is free but facts are sacred.

Comment is free but facts are sacred.

The fewer the facts, the stronger the opinion.

The fewer the facts, the stronger the opinion.

Facts have a cruel way of substituting themselves for fancies. There is nothing more remorseless, just as there is nothing read more

Facts have a cruel way of substituting themselves for fancies. There is nothing more remorseless, just as there is nothing more helpful, than truth.

Anyone who knows a strange fact shares in its singularity.

Anyone who knows a strange fact shares in its singularity.

We should keep so close to facts that we never have to remember the second time what we said the read more

We should keep so close to facts that we never have to remember the second time what we said the first time.

It is easier to believe a lie that one has heard a thousand times than to believe a fact that read more

It is easier to believe a lie that one has heard a thousand times than to believe a fact that no one has heard before.

I deal with the obvious. I present, reiterate and glorify the obvious -- because the obvious is what people need read more

I deal with the obvious. I present, reiterate and glorify the obvious -- because the obvious is what people need to be told.