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.

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.

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

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

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 concept is stronger than a fact.

A concept is stronger than a fact.

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.

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.

The fewer the facts, the stronger the opinion.

The fewer the facts, the stronger the opinion.