Fact Quotes

Until four years ago, in fact, I was absolutely in love with the atom.

An argument fatal to the communist theory, is suggested by the fact, that a desire for property is one of the elements of our nature.

Your chances of success are directly proportional to the degree of pleasure you desire from what you do. If you are in a job you hate, face the fact squarely and get out.

Many people would be surprised that, in fact, I'm quite shy.

Sometimes I wonder if suicides aren't in fact sad guardians of the meaning of life.

If one does away with the fact of the Resurrection, one also does away with the Cross, for both stand and fall together, and one would then have to find a new center for the whole message of the gospel.

So I was surprised at the notion that I might have brought anthrax to my home, and would have been even amused if it was not for the fact that this matter is so grave and serious.

I think everybody knows that on November 7th more people voted for Al Gore than George Bush, a fact that has been documented time and time again.

My fiancee's brother-in-law was recently paralysed in an accident and it really brought home the fact that thousands of young people live with spinal injuries. It's an issue I wish had more coverage.

The intolerance of the Middle, and even later, Ages, is a fact all too familiar to every one.

The tires were scorching hot, in fact I burned my fingers on one.

Yes, I would say my comedy is grunge, evidenced by the fact my jokes have put an end to big-hair glam comedy.

I couldn't make it on the swimming team in high school. In fact, I got thrown off the swimming team and was forced to audition for the school play because they had at the audition about 35 girls show up and no boys, so my swimming coach suggested that I might be able to do the drama department more good than I was doing the swimming team.

The simple fact of existence, of being aware that you are aware; this to me is the most astounding fact.

The fact is that a man who wants to act virtuously in every way necessarily comes to grief among so many who are not virtuous.

I was in California when this journalist made a blanket statement about the fact that she did not think that black men and women had the kind of love relationship that Rebecca and Nathan had in Sounder.

I'm a big believer in the fact that life is about preparation, preparation, preparation.

May not the complaint, that common people are above their station, often take its rise in the fact of uncommon people being below theirs?

And, in fact, you can find that the lack of basic resources, material resources, contributes to unhappiness, but the increase in material resources do not increase happiness.

The fact is, with every friendship you make, and every bond of trust you establish, you are shaping the image of America projected to the rest of the world. That is so important. So when you study abroad, you're actually helping to make America stronger.

Anyone who knows a strange fact shares in its singularity.

Madam Speaker, I have spent more than half my life as a member of the Resources Committee. In that time I have supported numerous wilderness designations. In fact, I cannot recall ever opposing a wilderness bill.

I think the fact is that World Coming Down was just a really hard album for people to deal with.

A fact is like a sack - it won't stand up if it's empty. To make it stand up, first you have to put in it all the reasons and feelings that caused it in the first place.

The unity in any painter's work arises from the fact that a person, brought to a desperate situation, will behave in a certain way... style.

It is simply a fact that the birth rate of our illegal immigrants exceeds that of our legal residents.

The animal is ignorant of the fact that he knows. The man is aware of the fact that he is ignorant.

Belief is a very peculiar thing: we tend to put more store in a belief we like than a fact we hate.

Like Russell, I enjoy the fact that when I'm playing solo, if I want to do something completely spontaneous, I don't have to worry about how I'm going to cue the other musicians, or if it's something that's rehearsed.

Just the fact that I'm in the game is great. I'm just blessed to be working. I got a plan, but I'm humble and I try to be humble.