The sky is not less blue because the blind man does not see it. – Danish proverb
Carelessness is worse than a thieve. – Scottish Proverb
Measure three times before you cut once. – Proverb
Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence. – John Adams
Twenty children can never play together for twenty years – Michael Adelowo
It is not the facts which guide the conduct of men, but their opinions about facts; which may be entirely wrong. We can only make them right by discussion – Norman Angell
Men on their side must force themselves for a while to lay their notions by and begin to familiarize themselves with facts. – Francis Bacon
If you get all the facts, your judgment can be right; if you dont get all the facts, it cant be right. – Bernard Baruch
Facts cant be recounted; much less twice over, and far less still by different persons. Ive already drummed that thoroughly into your head. What happens is that your wretched memory remembers the words and forgets whats behind them. – Augusto Roa Bastos
The construction of life is at present in the power of facts far more than convictions. – Walter Benjamin
Remember son, many a good story has been ruined by over verification. – James Gordon Bennett
A fact in itself is nothing. It is valuable only for the idea attached to it, or for the proof which it furnishes. – Claude Bernard
People can refute your facts, but never your feelings. – Sharon Anthony Bower
Facts in books, statistics in encyclopedias, the ability to use them in mens heads. – Fogg Brackell
Facts quite often, I fear to confess, like lawyers, put me to sleep at noon. Not theories, however. Theories are invigorating and tonic. Give me an ounce of fact and I will produce you a ton of theory by tea this afternoon. That is, after all, my job. – Ray Bradbury
What are your historical Facts; still more your biographical? Wilt thou know a man by stringing-together beadrolls of what thou namest Facts? – Thomas Carlyle
I grow daily to honor facts more and more, and theory less and less. A fact, it seems to me, is a great thing — a sentence printed, if not by God, then at least by the Devil. – Thomas Carlyle
Conclusive facts are inseparable from inconclusive except by a head that already understands and knows. – Thomas Carlyle
I deal with the obvious. I present, reiterate and glorify the obvious — because the obvious is what people need to be told. – Dale Carnegie
The best current evidence is that media are mere vehicles that deliver instruction but do not influence student achievement any more than the truck that delivers groceries causes change in our nutrition. – Richard Clark
