“The educated don't get that way by memorizing facts; they get that way by respecting them.”

“One of the virtues of being very young is that you don't let the facts get in the way of your imagination.”

Sam Levenson (1911–1980) American journalist

“You can't let facts get in the way of the truth.”

Joe Hill (1879–1915) Swedish-American labor activist, songwriter, and member of the Industrial Workers of the World

“Men will treat you the way you let them. There is no such thing as 'deserving' respect; you get what you demand from people.”

Tucker Max I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell

“People don't change. If anything, you get more set in your ways as you get older, not less”

Sarah Dessen book Along for the Ride

“Americans have been selling this view around the world: that progress comes from perfect protection of intellectual property. Notwithstanding the fact that the most innovative and progressive space we've seen — the Internet — has been the place where intellectual property has been least respected. You know, facts don't get in the way of this ideology.”

Lawrence Lessig (1961) American academic, political activist.

“The number one fact about the news media is they love fights. When you give them confrontations, you get attention; when you get attention, you can educate.”

Newt Gingrich (1943) Professor, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

“The best way to get even with anyone is to put them in the rearview mirror on your way to something better.”

Joe Hill (1879–1915) Swedish-American labor activist, songwriter, and member of the Industrial Workers of the World

“Love is a one-way street. Love, like respect isn't something you get; it's something you give”

Gregory David Roberts book Shantaram

“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.”

Joseph Campbell (1904–1987) American mythologist, writer and lecturer