The Quotes canon
Sourced and curated.
Every quote has been curated by hand and carefully authenticated.
Browse all 10,075 quotes or apply filters in different categories to narrow your search.
Browse all 10,075 quotes or apply filters in different categories to narrow your search.
Confirmation bias5 quotes
We do not seek for truth in the abstract... Every man sees what he looks for, and hears what he listens for, and nothing else. — George Bernard Shaw · 1891It is the nature of an hypothesis, when once a man has conceived it, that it assimilates every thing to itself, as proper nourishment; and, from the first moment of your begetting it, it generally grows the stronger by every thing you see, hear, read, or understand. — Laurence Sterne · 1760Be sure that you go to the author to get at his meaning, not to find yours. — John Ruskin · 1864A man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest. — Simon & Garfunkel · 1970Writers the most learned, the most accurate in details, and the soundest in tendency, frequently fall into a habit which can neither be cured nor pardoned-the habit of making history into the proof of their theories. — Lord Acton · 1907Cognitive biases3 quotes
We do not seek for truth in the abstract... Every man sees what he looks for, and hears what he listens for, and nothing else. — George Bernard Shaw · 1891It is the nature of an hypothesis, when once a man has conceived it, that it assimilates every thing to itself, as proper nourishment; and, from the first moment of your begetting it, it generally grows the stronger by every thing you see, hear, read, or understand. — Laurence Sterne · 1760A man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest. — Simon & Garfunkel · 1970Reading1 quote
Be sure that you go to the author to get at his meaning, not to find yours. — John Ruskin · 1864Seeking the truth1 quote
We do not seek for truth in the abstract... Every man sees what he looks for, and hears what he listens for, and nothing else. — George Bernard Shaw · 1891