Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. Aldous Huxley, Complete Essays II
No matter how beautiful the theory, one irritating fact can dismiss the entire formulism, so it has to be proven. Michio Kaku
‘We’ve got facts,’ they say. But facts aren’t everything; at least half the battle consists in how one makes use of them! Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The facts and the intelligence were being fixed around the policy by the Bush administration. Sir Richard Dearlove, MI6, attributed statement in Cabinet meeting
I’ve got facts you’d be interested in. Hey, give me a chance I can lead you to the truth of many things. Ray Donovan s5e12: Time Takes a Cigarette, Mickey to rozzer, Showtime 2017
It is the spirit of the age to believe that any fact, however suspect, is superior to any imaginative exercise, no matter how true. Gore Vidal, Encounter magazine December 1967, ‘French Letters: The Theory of the New Novel’
Facts complicate things. Yes, Prime Minister s1e6: A Victory for Democracy, Sir Humphrey, BBC 1986
If he can’t ignore facts, he’s got no business being a politician. Yes, Prime Minister s2e7: The National Education Service, Sir Humphrey to Bernard
One of the most cowardly things ordinary people do is shut their eyes to facts. C S Lewis