David Brock Quotes

Conservatives need to go where the facts, not ideology, take them.

I am not here concerned with intent, but with scientific standards, especially the ability to tell the difference between a fact, an opinion, a hypothesis, and a hole in the ground.

Even a conscientious person cannot reach reasonable political conclusions without trustworthy, factual information.

We all have an obligation to move beyond anecdotes.

A man with a conviction is a hard man to change.

You can't manage science.... There are some things that you have to do based on the facts regardless of your ideology.

If a man will kick a fact out of the window, when he comes back he finds it again in the chimney corner.

doubts, like facts, are stubborn things.

A true conservative is on the side of science.

and a fact is the most stubborn thing in the world.

There ain't nobody going to run me out of nowhere.

Whether you are a Democrat, Republican, or Independent, facts matter.

The thing that Wikipedia focuses on is not truth nor facts, it's reliable, verifiable information. And what we would say is that as the world's consensus changes about what is reliable, verifiable information, the information for us will change too. […] If Wikipedia had been around a couple hundred years ago we probably would have had an article that says that the Sun revolves around the Earth because that was what we understood to be true. […] So we're not really in the business of truth or facts, we're in the business of what is known, and what has been determined through consensus—scientific consensus or otherwise. And I think that that actually provides some clarity on how to understand what information you're looking at.

It would be impossible to be fact-checking Donald Trump all the time.

Accurate knowledge is the basis of correct opinions; the want of it makes the opinions of most people of little value.

I will work day after day like I did my whole life ... I'm not going to change anything.

Science is not wisdom.

The fact that I have an ideology, however, doesn't mean I'm indoctrinated.

Libraries remind us that truth isn't about who yells the loudest but who has the right information.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Sorry Mr. Yipes, sir, she won't budge!' Put your back into it, man, give it all you've got!' Bang! Bang! Bang!

A stubborn ass needs a stubborn driver

I won't give up till we surrender!

I'm gonna have to be killed before I lose, and I ain't going to die easy.

So when someone, a veteran stands up and say, "Here are the facts on the VA." He [Donald Trump] says, "No, your facts are wrong." Turns out her facts are right and his facts are wrong.

And, anyway, no matter how much you may behave like the deaf adder of Scripture which, as you are doubtless aware, the more one piped, the less it danced, or words to that effect, I shall carry on as planned.