Paul Ricoeur Quotes

The statements of four witnesses of unquestioned integrity, traveling with me that day, attest that such comments were never made and confirm that it simply did not happen.

There is not to be found, in all history, any miracle attested by a sufficient number of men, of such unquestioned good sense, education and learning, as to secure us against all delusion in themselves.

Believe half of what you see and only some of what you hear, unless you hear it from me.

Any fact is better established by two or three good testimonies than by a thousand arguments.

Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.

I have a rule in research: The third time you hear something, it's generally true.

A fact never went into partnership with a miracle. Truth scorns the assistance of wonders. A fact will fit every other fact in the universe, and that is how you can tell whether it is or is not a fact. A lie will not fit anything except another lie.

I'm convinced from what I know of Vernon Bundy that his testimony was truthful.

All I have is the truth, and I've proven that.

Facts from paper are not the same as facts from people. The reliability of the people giving you the facts is as important as the facts themselves.

The facts will speak for themselves. Credit them or not, but read!

The act of witnessing is important to me; somebody's got to tell the truth, you know what I mean?

How can people trust the harvest, unless they see it sown?

The most difficult thing for a manager to determine is when a fact is really a fact.

Every form of evidence has its flaws …

Confronted by an unknowable, historians demand evidence, witnesses, corroboration.

You cannot trust a piece of paper.

As a trial lawyer in front of a jury and an author of true-crime books, credibility has always meant everything to me. My only master and my only mistress are the facts and objectivity. I have no others.

If something comes on the radio or in print, I don't think there are any facts to it at all until someone shows some proof.

I am no historian but have tried to stick tight to the facts.

Facts matter a great deal to me.

One eye witness is better than ten hear sayers.

I think Abraham Lincoln said believe nothing of what you hear and only half of what you see.

Just because something is beautifully written does not mean it is true.

You have to trust the words. They do not create anything more than themselves.