Home » Facts Facts 1 Mankind is not a circle with a single center but an ellipse with two focal points of which facts are one and ideas the other. Victor Hugo Ideas, Facts, Single Add to Collection 2 Our esteem for facts has not neutralized in us all religiousness. It is itself almost religious. Our scientific temper is devout. William James Facts, Temper, Almost Add to Collection 3 Traditional education is based on facts and figures and passing tests - not on a comprehension of the material and its application to your life. Will Smith Life, Education, Facts Add to Collection 4 I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. Will Rogers Politics, Government, Facts Add to Collection 5 Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. Mark Twain Funny, Facts, You Add to Collection 6 Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable. Mark Twain Stubborn, Statistics, Facts Add to Collection 7 Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot explain away. Oscar Wilde Death, Facts, Away Add to Collection 8 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. Albert Einstein Science, Greatest, Facts Add to Collection