“To no circumstance is the wide diffusion of error in the world more owing than to our habit of adopting conclusions from insufficiently established data. An indispensable preliminary, then, in every investigation, is to get at facts. Until these are arrived at, every opinion, theory, or system, however ingeniously framed, must necessarily rest upon an uncertain basis.” WorldFactsOpinionTheoryHabitCircumstancesBasesErrorsWideConclusionDataInvestigationUncertainIndispensableFramedOwingAdoptingDiffusion Author:Christian Nestell Bovee
“Conclusions which are merely verbal cannot bear fruit, only those do which are based on demonstrated fact. For affirmation and talk are deceptive and treacherous. Wherefore one must hold fast to facts in generalizations also, and occupy oneself with facts persistently, if one is to acquire that ready and infallible habit which we call "the art of medicine".” IfsArtFactsReadyBearsHabitMedicineFruitOneselfConclusionAcquireAffirmationInfallibleDeceptiveTreacherousGeneralizationHold Fast Author:Hippocrates
“Good judges develop certain habits of mind. One of those habits of mind is the habit of delaying reaching conclusions until everything has been considered.” MindHas BeensCertainJudgingHabitConclusionReachingHabits Of MindGood Judges Author:Samuel Alito
“The woman frowned. "I probably should have mentioned that annoying habit of letting people come to the wrong conclusions and not correcting them? He got it from me.” PeopleShouldHabitShould HaveConclusionAnnoyingCorrectingWrong Conclusion Author:Ilona Andrews