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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Facts are many, but the truth is one.

Facts are many, but the truth is one.

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

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.