Jason Witten Quotes

Don't tell 'em - SHOW 'em!

The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances, and demonstrations for impressions.

Words do not convince me; I must have deeds.

Proof is the product that you put on the field.

Scientific beliefs are supported by evidence, and they get results. Myths and faiths are not and do not.

I believe in things that have proof.

...operational proof...it's all theory until you see for yourself whether or not something works.

If you've got the truth you can demonstrate it. Talking doesn't prove it.

By far the best proof is experience.

Advice maybe wrong, but examples prove themselves.

I used my pants to illustrate.

[One's] inability to invalidate your hypothesis is not at all the same thing as proving it true.

People want to see something that shows them you can do what you say. That's the trick.

The scientist believes in proof without certainty.

As the scale of the balance must give way to the weight that presses it down, so the mind must of necessity yield to demonstration.

And no one has the right to say that no water-babies exist, till they have seen no water-babies existing; which is quite a different thing, mind, from not seeing water-babies; and a thing which nobody ever did, or perhaps will ever do. But surely ... they would have put it into spirits, or into the Illustrated News, or perhaps cut it into two halves, poor dear little thing, and sent one to Professor Owen, and one to Professor Huxley, to see what they would each say about it.

...Thomas did not believe the resurrection [John 20:25], and, as they say, would not believe without having ocular and manual demonstration himself. So neither will I, and the reason is equally as good for me, and for every other person, as for Thomas.

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

No evidence or proof of the existence of a God has been found in the phenomena of nature, based on experience.

I wanted proof, not promises.

Experiment is the sole source of truth.

Truth is what stands the test of experience.

There's no point of having faith if you have evidence.

Exceptional claims, require exceptional evidence.

Science replaces private prejudice with public, verifiable evidence.