Famous Quotes & Sayings

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Things always become obvious after the fact

Mort Sahl

Everything I tell you is true, but this is factual.

Marilynne Robinson

I owe everything that I have done to the fact that I am very much at ease being alone.

Leonardo da Vinci

If you find from your own experience that something is a fact and it contradicts what some authority has written down, then you must abandon the authority and base your reasoning on your own findings.

Lee Child

I have the 'thing' worked out - the trick or the surprise or the pivotal fact. Then I just start somewhere and let the story work itself out.

Peter Drucker

No one has ever failed to find the facts they are looking for.

Peter Drucker

The concept of profit maximization is, in fact, meaningless.

Peter Drucker

One does not start with facts. One starts with opinions.

What counted was not the facts but the fears.

Maurice Allais

Too many theorists have a tendency to ignore facts that contradict their convictions.

Maya Angelou

Tell the truth and not the facts.

Maya Angelou

Facts can obscure the truth.

Mark Levin

The fact is that the New Deal was, overall, a dismal failure.

Mason Cooley

The idealist regards facts as provisional.

Margaret Sanger

Diplomats make it their business to conceal the facts.

Michael Lewis

Here was a strange but true fact: The closer you were to the market, the harder it was to perceive its folly.

Michael Faraday

I could trust a fact and always cross-question an assertion.

Michael Bloomberg

You're entitled to your own opinions, but not your own facts.

Arnold Palmer

I guess that is one of the most humbling things that has happened to me, the fact the golfers of the world and just the fans have been so supportive, so responsive to what I do and what I am and where I'm going,

It helps us in the fact that they don't look past anybody.

David Healy

I think all of us on Wall Street were misled not only by the company's first quarter guidance, but also by fact back in the fourth quarter, their North American margins were disappointing and terrible. I think there's real strength here, but a lot of good things were concentrated in the first quarter.

I just do not see a sense of urgency in industry reflective of the fact that we are a nation at war.

Iraq will be the overriding factor going forward until that situation is resolved.

Eric Stoltz

I realize I'm a very lucky man. I love what I do, I love films, TV and theatre, and the fact that I'm able to make a living at it staggers me.

Mark Burnett

Clearly, with the fact that we've been so successful in foreign distribution, it makes perfect sense when appropriate to hold on to those rights, ... We've done very well. We've sold international on 'Casino'-that was very successful. We've sold international on 'Rock Star,' 'Contender' and 'Apprentice.' So we have quite a big international distribution operation.

Tom Johnson

Clearly, maintaining storm water prevention programs is a cost. But the fact is, it could be a whole lot worse.

Michael Vick

I'm kind of sick of the fact that everyone wants to praise me in the running game. My goal is try to make them respect me in the passing game, too.

I'm pleased overall with what we've done in the spring. We got a good look at some young guys we think can really help us. And I really like the fact we have a kicker and punter who've been under the gun.

Robert Esche

I?m pretty upset at the fact that we lost. I don?t like losing two in a row, but sometimes that comes with the territory. I felt really good today. I thought I made some big saves and smothered the puck really well.

I'm proudest of the fact that this team doesn't quit. To come back when you're down two in the third period when they're playing that well, that's tough to do.

I'm just happy that she survived. One has to respect the fact that she is psychologically in a very different state. She needs to be left alone.

I'm saddened by the fact that this person died.

If no one wants to talk to you about the fact that you're dying, you feel very isolated, ... That's one of the powers of a group.