Henry David Thoreau Quotes

My only master and my only mistress are the facts and objectivity. I have no others.

The facts: nothing matters but the facts: worship of the facts leads to everything, to happiness first of all and then to wealth.

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

You don't need people's opinion on a fact.

But facts always convince, and another man's opinion rarely convinces.

Seek truth from facts.

The thing about science is that it's an accurate picture of the world.

The good thing about science is that it is true whether or not you believe in it.

I grow daily to honor facts more and more, and theory less and less.

How empty is theory in the presence of fact!

Science is true, whether you believe it or not.

It is my mission to put sensible and evidence-based information above politics and exaggeration.

Now, what I want is, Facts. . . . Facts alone are wanted in life.

Rationality is the recognition of the fact that nothing can alter the truth and nothing can take precedence over that act of perceiving it.

I always felt that a scientist owes the world only one thing, and that is the truth as he sees it. If the truth contradicts deeply held beliefs, that is too bad. Tact and diplomacy are fine in international relations, in politics, perhaps even in business; in science only one thing matters, and that is the facts.

Part of what it is to be scientifically-literate is how you think about information that's presented in front of you. I think that's the great challenge. You have people who believe they do know how to think about the information, but don't, and they're in the position of power and legislation. You can't base a society on non-objectively verifiable truth. Otherwise, it's a fantasy land and science is the pathway to those emerging truths that are hard-earned and that some have taken decades, if not centuries, to emerge from experiments all around the world.

Science is a willingness to accept facts even when they are opposed to wishes.

The stronger the facts are there, you should achieve justice. You don't need to make sensationalized statements.

I do not like to state an opinion on a matter unless I know the precise facts.

Everybody should care about facts. That is something all of us should agree on.

Emotion did not play a part in truth, only reality did.

I think journalists have the right to their opinions but I think their opinions should be based on history and what they see, not what they feel, how long they've been waiting or whether it's raining or it's snowing or whatever.

I prefer fact to fiction.

Science doesn't care, by and large, what the answers are. It's only interested in getting the right answer. And journalism should be very much that way.

Facts are neither Republican nor Democrat.