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“Our account does not rob the mathematicians of their science... In point of fact they do not need the infinite and do not use it.”

Needs Doe Facts Use Logic Accounts Infinite Certainty Uncertainty Reasoning Mathematician Ontology

Book:Physics

Source: Physics

“It's a fact that children with cancer have higher cure rates than adults with cancer, and I wonder if the reason is their natural, unthinking bravery... Adults know too much about failure; they're more cynical and resigned and fearful.”

Ifs Knows Children Reason Facts Natural Wonder Too Much Higher Adults Logic Bravery Rate Cancer Cures Certainty Uncertainty Reasoning Cynical Fearful Ontology Resigned

Author:Lance Armstrong

“My opinion of mankind is founded upon the mournful fact that, so far as I can see, they find within themselves the means of believing in a thousand times as much as there is to believe in.”

Believe Mean I Can Facts Opinion Mankind Thousand Logic Certainty Uncertainty Reasoning Ontology

Book:A Budget of Paradoxes Reprinted, with the Author's Additions, from the Athenaeum Augustus De Morgan

Source: A Budget of Paradoxes Reprinted, with the Author's Additions, from the Athenaeum Augustus De Morgan

“In my paper the fact the XY was not equal to YX was very disagreeable to me. I felt this was the only point of difficulty in the whole scheme...and I was not able to solve it.”

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Author:Werner Heisenberg

“The errors which arise from the absence of facts are far more numerous and more durable than those which result from unsound reasoning respecting true data.”

Facts Science Results Errors Absence Arise Data Reasoning

Book:On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures ... Second edition enlarged

Source: On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures ... Second edition enlarged

“In fact the a priori reasoning is so entirely satisfactory to me that if the facts won't fit in, why so much the worse for the facts is my feeling.”

Ifs Facts Feelings Evolution Fit Reasoning

Author:Erasmus Darwin

“Facts have to be discovered by observation, not by reasoning”

Facts Observation Reasoning

Book:History of Western Philosophy: Collectors Edition

Source: History of Western Philosophy: Collectors Edition

“Though experience be our only guide in reasoning concerning matters of fact; it must be acknowledged, that this guide is not altogether infallible, but in some cases is apt to lead us into errors.”

Matter Facts Cases Errors Guides Reasoning Matter Of Fact Infallible

Book:An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding ; [with] A Letter from a Gentleman to His Friend in Edinburgh ; [and] An Abstract of a Treatise of Human Nature

Source: An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding ; [with] A Letter from a Gentleman to His Friend in Edinburgh ; [and] An Abstract of a Treatise of Human Nature

“All of the great leaders down through history have told us we become what we think about. In fact, they have been in complete and unanimous agreement on this point while they disagree on almost every other point. Unfortunately, the vast majority of people rarely think, they simply accept what they see or hear. The next time someone gives you a suggestion, rather than simply accepting and acting on the suggestion - THINK - exercise your reasoning factor. Ask yourself if the suggestion will improve the quality of your life.”

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Author:Bob Proctor

“The most superficial fact regarding the 'Discourses,' the fact that the number of its chapters equals the number of books of Livy's 'History,' compelled us to start a chain of tentative reasoning which brings us suddenly face to face with the only New Testament quotation that ever appears in Machiavelli's two books and with an enormous blasphemy.”

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Author:Leo Strauss

“It is amazing how many people think that they can answer an argument by attributing bad motives to those who disagree with them. Using this kind of reasoning, you can believe or not believe anything about anything, without having to bother to deal with facts or logic.”

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Author:Thomas Sowell

“Custom is custom: it is built of brass, boiler-iron, granite; facts, reasonings, arguments have no more effect upon it than the idle winds have upon Gibraltar.”

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Book:Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations

Source: Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations