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

Men on their side must force themselves for a while to lay their notions by and begin to familiarize themselves with facts.

Remember son, many a good story has been ruined by over verification.

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

Facts in books, statistics in encyclopedias, the ability to use them in men's heads.

I deal with the obvious. I present, reiterate and glorify the obvious -- because the obvious is what people need to be told.

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.

As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.

Facts are the most important thing in business. Study facts and do more than is expected of you.

Every fact is related on one side to sensation, and, on the other, to morals. The game of thought is, on the appearance of one of these two sides, to find the other; given the upper, to find the under side.

Facts and truth really don't have much to do with each other.

Anyone who knows a strange fact shares in its singularity.

A concept is stronger than a fact.

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

The fatal futility of Fact.

The ultimate umpire of all things in life is -- fact.

There are no facts, only interpretations.

Facts have a cruel way of substituting themselves for fancies. There is nothing more remorseless, just as there is nothing more helpful, than truth.

I might show facts as plain as day: but, since your eyes are blind, you'd say, "Where? What?" and turn away.

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.

We should keep so close to facts that we never have to remember the second time what we said the first time.

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.