Mark Twain
Writer, Humorist
"No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot"
Evidence quotes
Evidence
246 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Thomas Aquinas
Philosopher, Theologian
"For those with faith, no evidence is necessary; for those without it, no evidence will suffice."
Maria Montessori
Educator, Physician
"Joy is the evidence of inner growth."
Prince Ea
Activist, Filmmaker, Musician
"Since when does absence of evidence equate to evidence of absence?"
Carl Sagan
Astronomer, Astrophysicist
"The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence."
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"It is foolish to be convinced without evidence, but it is equally foolish to refuse to be convinced by real evidence."
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"Intolerance is evidence of impotence."
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"By all evidence we are in the world to do nothing."
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"What you see is evidence of what you believe."
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"Don't leave inferences to be drawn when evidence can be presented."
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"I have experimental evidence that time travel is not possible."
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"Faith: a firm belief for which there is no evidence."
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"Faith is not belief in spite of evidence but a life in scorn of the consequences."
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"Thousands of people have tried, and the evidence is clear: The more you trade, the less you keep."
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"Maintain a constant watch at all times against a dogmatical spirit: fix not your assent to any proposition in a firm and unalterable manner, till you have some firm and unalterable ground for it, and till you have arrived at some clear and sure evidence."
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"Power is not sufficient evidence of truth."
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"Faith is the evidence of divine adoption."
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"Words are just words. The evidence is in how you act, how you react."
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"If you find that the reader of popular romances--however uneducated a reader, however bad the romances--goes back to his old favourites again and again, then you have pretty good evidence that they are to him a sort of poetry."
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"It is the things for which there is no evidence that are believed with passion."
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"Evidence is conclusive that your self-talk has a direct bearing on your performance."
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"Follow the evidence wherever it leads, and question everything."
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"If you walk on snow you cannot hide your footprints."
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"There is zero evidence for god."
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"99.99% of your creation is complete before you see ANY physical evidence of it."
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