Quotes about Facts

Not every statement by a scientist is a statement of science.

The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of empirical facts by logical deduction from the smallest number of hypotheses or axioms.

Science is merely an extremely powerful method of winnowing what's true from what feels good.

Few challenges facing America and the world are more urgent than combating climate change. The science is beyond dispute and the facts are clear.

'Facts' are the bounds of human knowledge, set for it, not by it.

Truth is the courage to fathom the facts in order to see how they relate to the Word.

How sweetly we relish the opportunity to speak critically of someone else—even when we are unsure of our facts. We forget that "a man who stirs up dissension among brothers" by criticizing one to another is one of the "six things which the Lord hates" (Proverbs 6:16-19).

It is more than just knowing facts about God. It is coming into a deeper personal relationship with Him as a result of seeking Him in the midst of our personal pain and discovering Him to be trustworthy.

Our esteem for facts has not neutralized in us all religiousness. It is itself almost religious. Our scientific temper is devout.

Western culture generally, as well as the Christian subculture specifically, has had an unwarranted tendency to think that abstract ideas and facts are the only valid type of knowledge that we possess. Literature challenges that bias, and so does the Bible. The Bible is not a theological outline with proof texts attached. It is an anthology of literature.

The philosophy of this world may be founded on facts, but its business is run on spiritual impressions and atmospheres.

The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of empirical facts by logical deduction from the smallest number of hypotheses or axioms.