Quotes about fact

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“In fact writing a computer program is a pretty good way to summarize knowledge about any set of rules.”

“I see the significance of the Marshall Plan in the fact that probably for the first time in history a victorious country held out its hand so that the vanquished might rise again.”

“Even if the Pope's project ends, the Church will in fact continue to give its help and stay close to the people.”

“I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter. With the laugh comes the tears and in developing motion pictures or television shows, you must combine all the facts of life — drama, pathos and humor.”

“Put workingmen in the places of the capitalists and they would have done just as the capitalists were doing. In fact, whenever workingmen did become capitalists they were commonly said to make the hardest sort of masters.”

“The fact that so few creatures can tolerate these conditions means that any animal that can, has the place to itself and so can proliferate in vast numbers.”

“You might think that a hornbill would have the most powerful excavation tool of all, but in fact its huge beak is a relatively delicate structure and no use at all as a chisel.”

“Mallards must be one of the most familiar birds in the world. Because of that, perhaps we tend to take ducks for granted. But in fact, they are a very varied family.”

“I want to draw attention of everybody [to the fact that] I met with numerous policemen who died, with the protesters who died, and all of them are asking...”

“That’s no malarkey, That's a fact.”

“Perhaps then we must begin with such facts as are known to us from individual experience. It is necessary therefore that the person who is to study, with any tolerable chance of profit, the principles of nobleness and justice and politics generally, should have received a good moral training.”

“Our method of evangelising is in fact to promote respect for the dignity of every person.”

“Economics was like psychology, a pseudoscience trying to hide that fact with intense theoretical hyperelaboration. And gross domestic product was one of those unfortunate measurement concepts, like inches or the British thermal unit, that ought to have been retired long before.”

“I try to solve problems, always remembering that the world has already been saved by the Lord, we must only participate in this salvation. It is a fact that I often repeat to myself.”

“The fact is women are in chains, and their servitude is all the more debasing because they do not realize.”

“There is no Church without the Eucharist. The fact that it is not available makes us become a Protestant Catholic Church, because we lack the Eucharist and the other sacraments.”

“Everybody needs laughs, so the fact that I've had the opportunity to make people laugh for a living is one of the many blessings that I have received in my life.”

“It is worth noting that Protestantism suppresses the clergy, and though it claims to uphold the authority of the Bible, it in fact ruins it by 'free inquiry.'”

“I discovered two very important facts that day - Number one: The springs will pull the hair out of your legs, and Number two: the dog doesn't like to jump.”

“This is a stick-up, everybody get face-down. Ren, gag their mouths so they can't make a sound. Tie em up for the fact that I'm kickin ass”

“England, as I persuade myself, still contains in it many kings; possesses, as old Rome did, many men not needing "election" to command, but eternally elected for it by the Maker Himself. England's one hope is in these, just now. They are among the silent, I believe; mostly far away from platforms and public palaverings; not speaking forth the image of their nobleness in transitory words, but imprinting it, each on his own little section of the world, in silent facts, in modest valiant actions, that will endure forevermore. They must sit silent no longer. They are summoned to assert themselves; to act forth, and articulately vindicate, in the teeth of howling multitudes, of a world too justly maddened into all manner of delirious clamors, what of wisdom they derive from God.”

“The past and present events in the Universe point towards the fact that the extinction of humans, or any other potential intelligent life, in this space desert is a common physical phenomenon.”

“In many cases, humans think themselves as the culmination of all knowledge. In fact, more things we don't know about ourselves. Without knowledge of the source of that truth, humans cannot exist. Humans have no value.”

““My biggest mistake is that I consider myself as the subject. The fact is, I am only an object of existence. My limitations, hinder my view. My ignorance keeps me away from the truth.””

“If there are still doubts about the truth behind human existence, then the answer to those doubts is the fact that humans cannot control their own destiny.”

“Your thoughts will only lead you astray, leading you away from the truth as long as you harden your heart from the fact that you are filled with limitations. And the hardness of your heart will make your soul fall into the abyss of destruction.”

“The sooner Mr. Parkinson realises the fact that true education is not an ability to write in copperplate work lengthy and useless problems in arithmetic or memorise long strings of capes and bays, the better.”

“In many perspectives, being fat, thin or slim has never been a really crucial issue. It can be a necessity. It can also be an option and choice for each. Because the fact is, the beauty standards of every nation are not entirely the same. And all societal traditions in the world have their own perspectives.”

“The irony of those who are willing to do plastic surgery, facelifts or whatever just to look beautiful. Many of them forget the fact that beauty is not fully reflected in what other people see.”

“The ironic fact about our education system is that even those who study to be smart often don't get the flickering flame of wisdom from what they learn.”

“It is very difficult to find a government that is fully in favor of the people, because the ironic fact is that it is easier to prioritize the interests of oneself, group, class or party. That is also why many rulers favor elites, capitalists, oligarchs and even dictators.”

“The sad fact is how easily we forget the great events of the past. What we don't really learn from history education at school is how important it is for us to learn to never forget history as President Soekarno once said.”

“This world has been corrupt from the beginning. It was humans who corrupted the noble order with manipulative ideas. They always tend to seek justification for themselves. The fact is that no one can escape from personal motives and subjectivity.”

“The fact that we have forgotten history is that we have placed the ego as the basis for justifying the logic of thinking based on the dominance of gender, skin color and especially power. Human collective history tends to be absurd, senseless and even insane. We have mistreated our fellow beings, ignored humanity and peace, destroyed the earth and damaged the environment, created wars, nuclear bombs and weapons of mass destruction in the name of personal ego.”

“Those who do not admit their mistakes, confirmed by evidence, facts and events, are endowed with poor intellect.”

“This is a painful and contradictory fact about the world, why can't we always live the way we want and act the way we want? Because all choices have consequences. And those consequences are not always pleasant. He who sows shall reap, karma is real!”