Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ludwig Wittgenstein

The world divides into facts.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

The fact that we can describe the motions of the world using Newtonian mechanics tell us nothing about the world. The fact that we do, does tell us something about the world.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

A logical picture of facts is a thought.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

The world is made up of facts, not things.

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

The production of fuel from basic food commodities is, in fact, unjustifiable.

Telling a teenager the facts of life is like giving a fish a bath.

James Gray

All I can do is point out what the facts are, ... All I want to do is prove he was bad, he's racist and did it and is going to do other things in the future.

Eric Hoffer

Facts are counterrevolutionary.

Eric Hoffer

We are ready to die for an opinion but not for a fact

Eric Hoffer

The unpredictability inherent in human affairs is due largely to the fact that the by-products of a human process are more fateful than the product.

James Beard

It's foolish to go through life bemoaning the fact that you can't have this or that. Twaddle! You can omit certain foods and still enjoy eating.

Napoleon Hill

Fear is the most costly of all the human emotions, even though most fears have no foundation in fact.

Napoleon Hill

If you are really great, you will let others discover this fact from your actions.

Norman Mailer

Faction is that hybrid of documented fact and novelistic elaboration.

Octavia Butler

I was raised Baptist, and I like the fact that I got my conscience installed early.

Norton Juster

When you're very young and you learn something - a fact, a piece of information, whatever - it doesn't connect to anything.

Norman Vincent Peale

Constantly reemphasize to yourself the great fact that God built potential strength into your nature. By affirming it and practicing it, this basic strength will toughen up as muscles do.

Norman Vincent Peale

It is a fact that you project what you are.

Emile M. Cioran

The fact that life has no meaning is a reason to live - moreover, the only one.

Eric Alterman

American journalists tend to treat inequality as a fact of life. But it needn't be.

Javier Solana

We still don't know the facts. Prosecutors are looking into it, but it's hard to comment.

The review of the facts by federal prosecutors resulted in the filing of today's charges.

After the traffic stoppages have passed and the facts are rehashed, reporters are merely craning their necks and halting the normal pace of the news, ... There's 10 or 15 minutes of real news here and they're filling four hours with it. That's what most people have a problem with.

It's disappointing to lose to an in-state school. But that's the facts of life right now. We had some guys who just didn't show up. When we have guys who don't show up, we're going to struggle.

I want to get all the facts before I make any decisions, but you know, it just didn't look good,

Orrin Hatch

It was just a terribly botched, miserable, wretched thing, ... We've got to get to the facts.

The truth of the matter is that facts seldom prove the truth. Why? Because truth is inly found in a journey.

They made a rush to judgment. It looked good when they got him ... but it didn't come together. They known the facts didn't fit the theory.

It was just a matter to get the jury to see all the facts.

James Marsh

I wanted to be a police detective. In my work, particularly in documentaries, I am obsessed with finding things out, seeking ever-new facts and perspectives - each project can involve years of research.

Bill Belichick

Noll responded. ''The facts speak for themselves. I don't have to say it. The Steelers have proven themselves.

Newt Gingrich

Defeating Barack Obama becomes, in fact, a duty of national security. Because the fact is, he is incapable of defending the United States.

Newt Gingrich

Now, I know among the politically correct, you're not supposed to use facts that are uncomfortable.