Evidence Quotes

It seems to me that all the evidence points to Apollonius as the founder of Greek mathematical astronomy.

What better evidence could there be of a man's salvation than that he offers to others the grace he himself has received?

I think Enlightenment as an epistemic ideal involves rejecting the appeal to a fundamental stratum of non-conceptual self-evidence.

I might respect you as a brilliant intellect, runner, musician or juggler. But respect your BELIEFS? Only if they're supported by evidence.

Certainly science should continue to see whether we can find evidence for multiverses that might explain why our own universe seems to be so finely tuned.

The difference between science and religion is the difference between a willingness to dispassionately consider new evidence and new arguments , and a passionate unwillingness to do so.

And, while it was regarded as pretty good evidence of criminality to be living in a slum, for some reason owning a whole street of them merely got you invited to the very best social occasions.

The uniform tenor of a man's life furnishes better evidence of what he has said or done on any particular occasion than the word of any enemy.

Now everyone has eyes, and now everyone has evidence. That's really changed how we tell the news and what we get from it.

About fifty million years ago...geological evidence indicates CO2 levels were several thousand ppm, much higher than now. And life flourished abundantly.

Politics is not religion and we should govern on the basis of evidence, not theology.

As scientists, we keep an open mind, but we have to base our ideas about the past on archaeological evidence.

We have strong statistical evidence that shows that transgender people are twice as likely as their fellow citizens to join the military, to have served in the military.

Conservatives are more religious than liberals--although there is no evidence that they're nicer people because of it.

There's evidence that one of the Paris attackers may have entered Europe posing as a refugee.

Whenever you find yourself getting angry about a difference of opinion, be on your guard; you will probably find, on examination, that your belief is going beyond what the evidence warrants.

Never underestimate the power of the human mind to believe what it wants to believe, no matter the conflicting evidence.

I do not support Common Core because there is absolutely no evidence that a big, centralized bureaucracy makes anything better. In fact, there is a lot of evidence to the contrary.

I cannot see ... evidence of design and beneficence ... There seems to me too much misery in the world.

Final perseverance is the necessary evidence of genuine conversion.

I am a person of faith: I am a person who will believe practically anything on no evidence at all.

There is absolutely no scientific basis or evidence for 'intelligent design.' It is simply a religious assertion, and it has no place in a science course.

The absence of evidence is not necessarily the evidence of absence

The grand jury's job is not to weigh the evidence from both sides; it is only to decide whether there is enough evidence on one side to bring a person to trial.

evidence without ideas is more valuable than ideas without evidence.

Jewelry and profuse ornaments are unmistakable evidences of vulgarity.

A myth is a fixed way of looking at the world which cannot be destroyed because, looked at through the myth, all evidence supports the myth.

[The monks'] credulity debased and vitiated the faculties of the mind: they corrupted the evidence of history; and superstition gradually extinguished the hostile light of philosophy and science.

I don't know what it is I'm doing. But it's not that. Despite all evidence to the contrary.

A woman scoffs at evidence. Show her the sun, tell her it is daylight, at once she will close her eyes and say to you, "No, it is night.

The most vulgar slang is scarcely worse than the attempted elegance which those unused to good society imagine to be the evidence of cultivation.

The best evidence that time travel is impossible is the fact that we haven't been invaded by hordes of tourists from the future.

Variation must be taken as random until there is positive evidence to the contrary.

Often the strongest evidence of my growth in grace is my growth in the knowledge of my need for grace.

I saw no evidence during my week in Gaza of Israel’s accusation that Hamas uses Palestinians as human shields.

I admire and respect the tenacity, courage, and patience of the unenlightened in the face of so much overwhelming evidence

There comes a point where you see no evidence that the carrot and diplomacy are working.

If they be principles evident of themselves, they need nothing to evidence them.

The Rationalist case needs no straining of evidence and always gains by the severest self-criticism.

We've outsourced our memories to digital devices, and the result is that we no longer trust our memories. We see every small forgotten thing as evidence that they're failing us.

There is empirical evidence that leading brands that keep investing during recessions gain share.

We have no evidence whatsoever that the soul perishes with the body.

True art must be evidence of happiness, contentment and purity of its authors.

Remember: it's not clutter; it's the evidence of life.

Analysis is more likely to adjust evidence than to adjust itself.

A big hole in a poor child's shoe is the simplest evidence to condemn the society he lives in.

History is what the evidence compels us to believe.

As for George Bush of Kennebunkport, Maine- personally I think he's further evidence that the Great Scriptwriter in the Sky has an overdeveloped sense of irony.

There is an overwhelming mass of authentic evidence which can be cited as: direct observation, indirect observation, and supporting evidence or indication.

Among modern occupations, only cult leaders and TV weathermen rival the technological visionary's ability to retain credibility despite all evidence to the contrary.