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If observed facts of undoubted accuracy will not fit any of the alternatives it leaves open, the system itself is in need of reconstruction. ↗

— Talcott Parsons

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Empirical interest will be in the facts so far as they are relevant to the solution of these problems. ↗

— Talcott Parsons

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Perfect as the wing of a bird may be, it will never enable the bird to fly if unsupported by the air. Facts are the air of science. Without them a man of science can never rise. ↗

— Ivan Pavlov

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Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts. ↗

— George Santayana

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Science is built up of facts, as a house is with stones. But a collection of facts is no more a science than a heap of stones is a house. ↗

— Henri Poincare

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Facts do not speak. ↗

— Henri Poincare

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Just as houses are made of stones, so is science made of facts. ↗

— Henri Poincare

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The mathematical facts worthy of being studied are those which, by their analogy with other facts, are capable of leading us to the knowledge of a physical law. ↗

— Henri Poincare

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I haven't exaggerated anything, I've stuck to the facts. ↗

— Scott Ritter

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Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. ↗

— Mark Twain

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