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.

Obviously the facts are never just coming at you but are incorporated by an imagination that is formed by your read more

Obviously the facts are never just coming at you but are incorporated by an imagination that is formed by your previous experience. Memories of the past are not memories of facts but memories of your imaginings of the facts.

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge - myth is more potent than history - dreams are more powerful read more

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge - myth is more potent than history - dreams are more powerful than facts - hope always triumphs over experience - laughter is the cure for grief - love is stronger than death

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.