Just as houses are made of stones so is science made of facts.
With acknowledgement of residues we can be more easily prepared to grant the unit of science the overlapping of disciplines and the total coherence of all facts.
Science is built up of facts as a house is with stones. But a collection of facts is no more a science than a heap of stones is a house.
The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances and demonstrations for impressions.
False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science for they often endure long but false views if supported by some evidence do little harm for every one takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness.
The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of empirical facts by logical deduction from the smallest number of hypotheses or axioms.
Facts are the air of scientists. Without them you can never fly.
I hate facts. I always say the chief end of man is to form general propositions - adding that no general proposition is worth a damn.
I believe in general in a dualism between facts and the ideas of those facts in human heads.
The fewer the facts the stronger the opinion.
I know that some endeavor to throw the mantle of romance over the subject and treat woman like some ideal existence not liable to the ills of life. Let those deal in fancy who have nothing better to deal in we have to do with sober sad realities with stubborn facts.
Internationalism is a community theory of society which is founded on economic spiritual and biological facts. It maintains that respect for a healthy development of human society and of world civilization requires that mankind be organized internationally.
Facts matter. Science matters. Reason matters. Mitt Romney has shown an inability to respect any of the three. President Barack Obama not only respects them he relies on them. He is an overwhelming and unquestioned choice to continue as president.
Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors interpreting them as facts then you are in trouble.
Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.
Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now and facts and science and argument does not seem to be winning the day all the time is because we're hardwired not to always think clearly when we're scared. And the country's scared.
When it comes to atoms language can be used only as in poetry. The poet too is not nearly so concerned with describing facts as with creating images.
I will exercise patience and will provide all facts to the general public.
Modern morality and manners suppress all natural instincts keep people ignorant of the facts of nature and make them fighting drunk on bogey tales.
The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature usually crushed to earth by the cold facts and dry criticisms of the sober hour.
My music will go on forever. Maybe it's a fool say that but when me know facts me can say facts. My music will go on forever.
Never face facts if you do you'll never get up in the morning.
Listening to medical facts was not enough. People wanted one hundred percent guarantees.
The facts are plain: Religious leaders who preside over marriage ceremonies must and will be guided by what they believe. If they do not wish to celebrate marriages for same-sex couples that is their right. The Supreme Court says so. And the Charter says so.