“Trust a witness in all matters in which neither his self-interest, his passions, his prejudices, nor the love of the marvellous is strongly concerned. When they are involved, require corroborative evidence in exact proportion to the contravention of probability by the thing testified.” SelfMatterPassionInterestInvolvedEvidenceConcernedPrejudiceWitnessProportionProbabilitySelf InterestMarvellous Author:Thomas Huxley
“The very fact that the planet is probably unsustainable with all that we've done to it and are doing to it, it's an appalling piece of evidence. It shows our complacency, our lack of passion or inclination to be authentic and really understand our true values. It's consistently depressing, but nevertheless, we carry on.” DoneFactsShowsValuesPassionPiecesPlanetsEvidenceConsistentlyDepressingNeverthelessInclinationComplacencyTrue Value Author:Annie Lennox
“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence: nor is the law less stable than the fact.” MayStatesFactsLawPoliticalPassionPoliticsEnergyWishEnvironmentEvidenceClimate ChangePatrioticAdamStableStubbornInclinationStubbornnessRights And FreedomsBeing Stubborn Book:The Works [of] John Adams, Second President of the United States: Life of John Adams Source: The Works [of] John Adams, Second President of the United States: Life of John Adams
“I married him against all evidence. I married him believing that marriage doesn't work, that love dies, that passion fades, and in so doing I became the kind of romantic only a cynic is truly capable of being.” BelieveKindDiesPassionMarriedCapableEvidenceFadesCynic Book:Heartburn Source: Heartburn
“Blushing is the most peculiar and the most human of all expressions. Monkeys redden from passion, but it would require an overwhelming amount of evidence to make us believe that any animal could blush.” BelieveHumansPassionAnimalHuman NatureExpressionAmountEvidenceOverwhelmingPeculiarMonkeysBlushing Author:Charles Darwin