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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.
I might show facts as plain as day: but, since your eyes are blind, you'd say, "Where? What?" and turn read more
I might show facts as plain as day: but, since your eyes are blind, you'd say, "Where? What?" and turn away.
Don't let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.
Don't let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.
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.
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.
A concept is stronger than a fact.
A concept is stronger than a fact.
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.
Anyone who knows a strange fact shares in its singularity.
Anyone who knows a strange fact shares in its singularity.
Facts and truth really don't have much to do with each other.
Facts and truth really don't have much to do with each other.