“Belief isn’t based on facts, as facts are proven by the 5 senses, if it was it would be, Knowing.”

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“Never assume that any fact is useless until it is so proven.”

James Blish (1921–1975) American author

Source: Short fiction, Midsummer Century (1972), Chapter 9 (p. 62)

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“Beliefs do not change facts. Facts, if one is rational, should change beliefs.”

Ricky Gervais (1961) English comedian, actor, director, producer, musician, writer, and former radio presenter
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“My belief is based on the fact that string theory is the first science in hundreds of years to be pursued in pre-Baconian fashion, without any adequate experimental guidance.”

Philip Warren Anderson (1923) American physicist

[New York Times, 2005-01-04, God (or Not), Physics and, of Course, Love: Scientists Take a Leap, http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/04/science/04edgehed.html?pagewanted=3&ei=5090&en=ce9bddb9581db4d9&ex=1262581200&partner=rssuserland, 2006-08-22]
Anderson was describing his dislike for "string theory".

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“Belief creates the actual fact.”

William James (1842–1910) American philosopher, psychologist, and pragmatist

“An ethic isn’t a fact you can look up. It’s a way of thinking.”

Source: More Than Human (1953), Chapter 3, p. 183

“All legends have a base in fact.”

Source: Drenai series, The Swords of Night and Day, Ch. 14

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