Subject: Beliefs » Facts

The truth is more important than the facts.

(1867 – 1959) architect, interior designer, writer & educator
Beliefs Facts Honesty Truth

The greatest American superstition is belief in facts.

(1880 – 1946) Baltic German philosopher
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Facts without theory are trivia. Theory without facts is bullshit.

Beliefs Facts

One could drive a schooner through any part of his argument and never scrape against a fact.

(1866 – 1940) academic, businessman & politician
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1. Anyone can make a decision given enough facts. 2. A good manager can make a decision without enough facts. 3. A perfect manager can operate in perfect ignorance.

Facts Murphy’s Laws

The fewer the facts, the stronger the opinion.

(1905 –1998) American author
Beliefs Facts Opinion

Facts are stubborn things.

(1911 – 2004) 40th U.S. president & actor
Beliefs Facts

Figures won’t lie, but liars can figure.

(1911 – 1993) columnist & novelist
Characteristics Facts Honesty Lies People

What really matters is the name you succeed in imposing on the facts – not the facts themselves.

Facts Murphy’s Laws Science/Weather

Where facts are few, experts are many.

Beliefs Facts

Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.

(1838 – 1918) journalist, historian, academic & novelist
Beliefs Facts Government Politics

Statistics: The science of producing unreliable facts from reliable figures.

(1899 – 1995) humorist
Facts Science/Weather

Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist
Communication Facts Language Science/Weather

Anything asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.

Beliefs Facts Murphy’s Laws

If enough data is collected, anything may be proven by statistical methods.

Beliefs Facts Intelligence Murphy’s Laws

Any theory can be made to fit any facts by means of appropriate additional assumptions.

Facts Intelligence Murphy’s Laws

1. Any great truth can – and eventually will – be expressed as a cliche.

2. Half of being smart is knowing what you're dumb at.

Communication Facts Intelligence Murphy’s Laws

The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference between a mermaid and a seal.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist
Beliefs Facts

If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.

(1879 – 1955) German-born physicist
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I Will Respect Your Opinion As Soon As You Stop Making Shit Up!

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A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation.

(1870 – 1916) British writer
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