#fact

Two elements are needed to form a truth - a fact and an abstraction. ↗

— Remy de Gourmont

#elements #fact #form #needed #truth

I appreciate the fact, and am proud of it, that the attentions I am receiving are intended more for our country than for me personally. ↗

— Ulysses S. Grant

#appreciate #attentions #country #fact #i

When the mind withdraws into itself and dispenses with facts it makes only chaos. ↗

— Edith Hamilton

#dispenses #facts #into #itself #makes

Muhammad adhered meticulously to the charter he forged for Medina, which - grounded as it was in the Quranic injunction, "Let there be no compulsion in religion" (2:256) - is arguably the first mandate for religious tolerance in human history. ↗

— Huston Smith

#christian #compassion #death #discipline #earth

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. ↗

— Steven Hatfill

#anthrax #been #brought #even #fact

In fact, the bandits steal the drinks and assistance provided along the course. Worse, they cross the finish line and mess up the scoring of legitimate runners. ↗

— Joe Henderson

#assistance #bandits #course #cross #drinks

The Jews had, as a matter of fact, long been all along the most ingenious entrepreneurs. It was only our own future that we had never built upon a business basis. ↗

— Theodor Herzl

#basis #been #built #business #entrepreneurs

Facts sometimes have a strange and bizarre power that makes their inherent truth seem unbelievable. ↗

— Werner Herzog

#facts #inherent #makes #power #seem

Oh yes, as a matter of fact it is quite interesting that exercises can be conducted which demonstrate conclusively that there are memories which exist prior to this life. ↗

— L. Ron Hubbard

#conducted #demonstrate #exercises #exist #fact

I was aware that everybody said I was going to be a vast mega-flop, and that William Hague was just oh-so intelligent, and oh such a great parliamentarian, and therefore so different from me! So I thought, I must deprive them of the satisfaction of proving themselves right. ↗

— Harriet Harman

#deprive #different #everybody #going #great