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Facts Quotes - Page 96

If we are immortal, it is a fact of nature, and that fact does not depend on bibles, on Christs, priest, or creeds.

If we are immortal, it is a fact of nature, and that fact does not depend on bibles, on Christs, priest, or creeds.

Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.1061, Library of Alexandria

No poem is worth anything unless it starts from a poetic trance, out of which you can be wakened by interruption as from a dream. In fact, it is the same thing.

Robert Graves, Frank L. Kersnowski (1989). “Conversations with Robert Graves”, p.105, Univ. Press of Mississippi

The fact that we are loved and accepted and forgiven in spite of everything we have done is simply too good to be true.

Rob Bell (2006). “Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith”, p.146, Harper Collins

It is the fact that the electrons cannot all get on top of each other that makes tables and everything else solid.

Richard P. Feynman, Robert B. Leighton, Matthew Sands (2013). “The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Desktop Edition Volume I”, Basic Books

Humour is, in fact, a prelude to faith; and laughter is the beginning of prayer … Laughter is swallowed up in prayer and humour is fulfilled by faith.

Reinhold Niebuhr, (2013). “Discerning the Signs of the Times - Sermons for Today and Tomorrow”, p.72, Read Books Ltd

It is the fault of our rhetoric that we cannot strongly state one fact without seeming to belie some other.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2010). “Self-Reliance, the Over-Soul, and Other Essays”, p.17, Coyote Canyon Press

The person of Christ is to me the greatest and surest of all facts.

Philip Schaff (1866). “The person of Christ: the miracle of history, with a reply to Strauss and Renan, and a collection of testimonies of unbelievers”, p.5

Intelligence we gathered at the time indicated that this was in fact leadership and we struck the leadership.

"Afghan official: U.S. strike hits tribal delegates", www.cnn.com. December 22, 2001.

Scientists would rather change facts than their theories.

"Peter Lilley: 'I am a global lukewarmist' and other quotes" by Lauren Niland, www.theguardian.com. October 25, 2012.

Patience has nothing to do with suppression. In fact, it has everything to do with a gentle, honest relationship with yourself.

Pema Chodron (2006). “Practicing Peace in Times of War”, p.41, Shambhala Publications

Addiction is not a fact of life but a description about how we are choosing to live.

Paul Pearsall (2009). “Last Self-Help Book You'll Ever Need: Repress Your Anger, Think Negatively, be a Good Blamer and Throttle Your Inner Child”, p.45, Basic Books

When that theory is isolated from known facts, it is likely not to be productive.

"Causal machines". Interview with Richard Marshall, www.3ammagazine.com. April 10, 2012.

The spine, and I do not attempt to conceal the fact, had become soluble, in the last degree.

P.G. Wodehouse (2009). “Joy in the Morning: (Jeeves & Wooster)”, p.69, Random House