A fact in itself is nothing. It is valuable only for the idea attached to it, or for the proof read more

A fact in itself is nothing. It is valuable only for the idea attached to it, or for the proof which it furnishes.

I often wish ... that I could rid the world of the tyranny of facts. What are facts but compromises? read more

I often wish ... that I could rid the world of the tyranny of facts. What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease.

If you get all the facts, your judgment can be right; if you don't get all the facts, it can't read more

If you get all the facts, your judgment can be right; if you don't get all the facts, it can't be right.

Any fact that needs to be disclosed should be put out now or as quickly as possible, because otherwise the read more

Any fact that needs to be disclosed should be put out now or as quickly as possible, because otherwise the bleeding will not end.

Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and read more

Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abysses nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.

A world of facts lies outside and beyond the world of words.

A world of facts lies outside and beyond the world of words.

I have a great belief in the fact that whenever there is chaos, it creates wonderful thinking. I consider chaos read more

I have a great belief in the fact that whenever there is chaos, it creates wonderful thinking. I consider chaos a gift.

Get the facts, or the facts will get you. And when you get 'em, get 'em right, or they will read more

Get the facts, or the facts will get you. And when you get 'em, get 'em right, or they will get you wrong.

Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable.

Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable.