Famous Quotes & Sayings

Cleveland Amory

The facts of life are very stubborn things.

Danielle Steel

And the worst thing she had heard were the words he hadn't said, the fact that he hadn't loved her.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan

We have the right to our own opinions, but not our own facts.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan

You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts.

Clifford Geertz

If there's ever a place where you can't argue that you can put the facts over here and the text over there and see if they fit, it is surely in anthropology

Colin Meloy

It's hard for us to talk about how we disdain file-sharing when in fact it probably has been a great resource for us.

Colin Quinn

My stand-up act? I combine the fact that the world is a violent place with the fact that each person is responsible for the situation they are in.

Gurinder Chadha

The fact that it's hard to create an original British musical doesn't mean you shouldn't try.

I feel all the religions should be able to co-exist if the various factions would be willing to respect and learn from each other's faiths.

When we talk about what we want to do with this state, I think we have to be mindful of the fact that this state does have some assets. This state does have some ability. This state can do things.

Bill Cowher

We've played at a high level for a lot of years, and now they should have the same high expectations as we've always had. I think it should be a motivating factor to not let our performance slide.

John Hoeven

We wanted to get people focused on the facts and the science and CEQ was helpful in working through that,

Bud Selig

The president isn't bad, in fact he's pretty good.

Under the statute, race has to be a factor. It doesn't have to be the main factor and there were several other reasons why this happened.

First and foremost, Bonnie has done a great job. They're really playing well. They're so disciplined. They'll be hard to beat. I think they'll be a factor in the Big 12.

Expectations of an end to interest raises by the Fed is a supporting factor for exporters.

Hu Jintao

Facts have proved that China's development will not stand in the way of anyone, nor will it pose any threat to anyone. Instead, it will only do good to peace, stability and prosperity in the world.

Aldous Huxley

Facts are ventriloquists dummies. Sitting on a wise man's knee they may be made to utter words of wisdom; elsewhere, they say nothing, or talk nonsense, or indulge in sheer diabolism.

Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable

Dan Castellaneta

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true.

Facts are carpet-tacks under the pneumatic tires of theory

Peter Pace

But the intelligence that we gathered at the time indicated to us that this was in fact leadership, and we struck the leadership, as we will do next time we get that kind of intelligence,

Catherine Helen Spence

But more important than all this was the fact that we took hold of the growth and development of South Australia, and identified ourselves with it.

But more importantly, we felt that the raid had to be done because there was a risk that an individual who was occupying the residence, did have a weapon. And in fact we seized an imitation handgun.

Alice Waters

The fact that most kids aren't eating at home with their families any more really means they are eating elsewhere. They are eating out there in fast food nation.

Claudia Schiffer

I've never hidden the fact that I used to be shy, even when I was 30. However, I might have been self-conscious on the inside, but I was never inhibited about my body.

Barry Larkin

I did enjoy football, but the injury factor for me, you know, I had so many issues. I don't know how long my career would've been.

Arlie Russell Hochschild

Just as there is a wage gap between men and women in the workplace, there is a 'leisure gap' between them at home. Most women work one shift in the office or factory and a 'second shift' at home.

Robert Green Ingersoll

So far as I am concerned, I think more of reasons than of reputations, more of principles than of persons, more of nature than of names, more of facts than of faiths.

Anushka Sharma

There are two things that give me perfect happiness - doing the perfect shot and travelling. I get stressed, really stressed by the fact that there is just so much to see and I am not going to live long enough to visit all the places I want to.

There is no risk factor from food service members.

The pass-through impact of the global oil prices is just one of the factors from the long-term perspective.

Mike Tice

There are going to be factions in the building, ... There are guys that want Mooch to be there, and there are guys that might be happy he is gone.