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Aldous Huxley1 quote
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. — Aldous Huxley · 1927Antoine Lavoisier1 quote
We must trust to nothing but facts: these are presented to us by nature and cannot deceive. — Antoine Lavoisier · 1789Arthur Conan Doyle1 quote
Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones. — Arthur Conan Doyle · 1887Chuck Todd1 quote
Alternative facts are not facts, they're falsehoods. — Chuck Todd · 2017Col. Hans Landa1 quote
Facts can be so misleading, where rumors, true or false, are often revealing. — Col. Hans Landa · 2009John Adams1 quote
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 · 1770Leonard1 quote
No, no, really! Memory's not perfect. It's not even that good. Ask the police. Eyewitness testimony is unreliable. The cops don't catch a killer by sitting around remembering stuff. They collect facts, they make notes and they draw conclusions. Facts, not memory. That's how you investigate. I know. It's what I used to do. Look, memory can change the shape of a room. It can change the color of a car and memories can be distorted. They're just an interpretation. They're not a record. They're irrelevant if you have the facts. — Leonard · 2000Thomas Babington Macaulay1 quote
Facts are the mere dross of history. It is from the abstract truth which interpenetrates them, and lies latent among them, like gold in the ore, that the mass derives its whole value: and the precious particles are generally combined with the baser in such a manner that the separation is a task of the utmost difficulty. — Thomas Babington Macaulay · 1828