Quotes about Fact and Opinion

Be able to notice all the confusion between fact and opinion that appears in the news. Votes: 4

There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the later ignorance. Votes: 4

Most people who are activists and are concerned about issues get their information from sources which reinforce their opinions and give them the facts that they want to hear. Votes: 4

Some people have facts; these can be proven. Some people have theories; these can be disproven. But people with opinions are mindless and have their minds made up about it. Votes: 4

The fact - not theory - that evolution has occurred and the Darwinian theory as to how it occurred have become so confused in popular opinion that the distinction must be stressed. Votes: 4

Be able to notice all the confusion between fact and opinion that appears in the news Votes: 3

I am not here concerned with intent, but with scientific standards, especially the ability to tell the difference between a fact, an opinion, a hypothesis, and a hole in the ground. Votes: 3

I remember reminding myself that beauty is an opinion, not a fact. And it has always made me feel better. Votes: 2

It is well known that the Nobel Committees bring world opinion to a focus, and that fact still further enhances the prestige attaching to the Prizes. Votes: 2

Entertaining these opinions of the course to be pursued, I beg of gentlemen to look at the question, as I have done, in a calm review of facts and of principles. Votes: 2

The theory that can absorb the greatest number of facts, and persist in doing so, generation after generation, through all changes of opinion and detail, is the one that must rule all observation. Votes: 2

I make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body but myself. If people don't like my opinions, it makes little difference as I don't solicit their opinions or votes. Votes: 2

One might almost reckon mathematically that, having undergone the double composition of public opinion and of the author, their history reaches us at third hand and is thus separated by two stages from the original fact. Votes: 2

Many women do not want to venture out into the 'opinion world' until they are certain of themselves, the facts, and that they are right. They are afraid of being shot down. The result is often silence. Votes: 2

My books deliberately provide no answers or messages. I'm drilled in the habit of objectivity and also aware that the steady drip of fiction has more power than facts to shape opinion, so I handle it with caution. Votes: 2

What is in question is a kind of book reviewing which seems to be more and more popular: the loose putting down of opinions as though they were facts, and the treating of facts as though they were opinions. Votes: 2

When blithe to argument I come, Though armed with facts, and merry, May Providence protect me from The fool as adversary, Whose mind to him a kingdom is Where reason lacks dominion, Who calls conviction prejudice And prejudice opinion. Votes: 2

Facts and data, rather than opinion, are the two cornerstones of problem solving, and yet they are consistently withheld from the people by American media. We must have facts and data in order to recognize where there is a problem! Votes: 2

You don't accomplish a lot by changing people's opinions by shoving facts down their throat. I think you change people's opinions by opening your heart up and showing the parallels between you and another person. That's how people's ideas shift. Votes: 2

Many young people now end a discussion with the supposedly definitive and unanswerable statement that such is their opinion, and their opinion is just as valid as anyone else's. The fact is that our opinion on an infinitely large number of questions is not worth having, because everyone is infinitely ignorant. Votes: 2

It's too hard to present an opinion on something that's not true to who you are. It's much easier to base opinions and debates off of fact and your true heart on things. To me that just comes quite naturally, and it's also about being open to what the debate is about and hearing the other side. Votes: 2

Beauty is an opinion not a fact Votes: 1

You don't need people's opinion on a fact. Votes: 1

Lady' is an opinion; 'woman' is a fact. Votes: 1

The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd. Votes: 1

Impossible is not a fact, it's an opinion. Votes: 0

Interdependence is a fact, it's not an opinion. Votes: 0

We are ready to die for an opinion but not for a fact Votes: 0

You may alter an opinion, but you cannot alter a #‎ fact . Votes: 0

'Fact checking' is opinion journalism pretending to be some sort of heightened objectivity. Votes: 0

A portrait isn't a fact but an opinion - an occasion rather than a truth. Votes: 0

There is a point when a personal opinion shades off into an error of fact. Votes: 0

A fact can never be an opinion but an opinion can at times be a fact Votes: 0

There are in fact two things, science and opinion. The former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance. Votes: 0

There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance. Votes: 0

There has to a certain responsibility, whether it's TV news, online news, to sort out opinion from fact. Votes: 0

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth. Votes: 0

The moment an emotion or fact is transformed into a photograph it is no longer a fact but an opinion. Votes: 0

It's an objective fact that I am a double amputee, but it's very subjective opinion as to whether that makes me disabled. Votes: 0

Everything that happens on Wall Street only fortifies my opinion that there is in fact a more ludicrous industry than the entertainment industry. Votes: 0

I'm tired of ignorance held up as inspiration, where vicious anti-intellectualism is considered a positive trait, and where uninformed opinion is displayed as fact. Votes: 0

The value of an opinion is only measured by its user. It's ironic that the value of a fact is only measured by its observer. Votes: 0

Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God Votes: 0

Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing Votes: 0

Impossible is not a fact... it's an opinion. What's impossible only remains so until someone finds a way to do what others are sure can't be done. Votes: 0

In my qualified opinion as a Biblical scholar, there is 'massive' and overwhelming historical evidence that the New Testament manuscripts are in fact reliable." ~R. Alan Woods [2013] Votes: 0