All Quotes

The fact is that proprietary databases don't work for such basic and broadly needed information as the sequence of the human genome.
‐‐ John Sulston

The fact is that racism, despite all the doomsayers, has diminished.
‐‐ Constance Baker Motley

The fact is that seven per cent of the global population emits 50 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions, and the proportions are the same for the use of energy and raw materials, meat, wood, etc. Simply put, an infinitesimal minority consumes the most and imposes damage on the overwhelming majority, while asking it to change.
‐‐ Yann Arthus-Bertrand

The fact is that Superman isn't around because he is the oldest superhero. He's still around because he is a great superhero. He's the guy that spawned the entire genre, and that didn't happen because it was a mediocre idea.
‐‐ Gary Frank

The fact is that surveys which media people openly admit to show that fewer than twelve percent of their customers believe they're doing a good job, while the average profit margin in television is in the neighborhood of eighty percent.
‐‐ L. Neil Smith

The fact is that the British Museum had a complete specimen of a dodo in their collection up until the 18th century - it was actually mummified, skin and all - but in a fit of space-saving zeal, they actually cut off the head and they cut off the feet and they burned the rest in a bonfire.
‐‐ Adam Savage

The fact is that the College Board's products - the SAT, other standardized tests, the accompanying strategy guides - are sold at far higher than the cost to make them.
‐‐ Eliot Schrefer

The fact is that the Democratic Party in modern times has always had a conservative wing, one frequently as strong or stronger than its liberal wing, and as such, when progressives speak of the party as a vehicle that naturally belongs to them, as if by right - until conservatives stole it from them - they weaken progressivism.
‐‐ Rick Perlstein

The fact is that the diversity in this political class serves the same interest as diversity in any arena, which is it stirs the competitive pot.
‐‐ Carol Moseley Braun

The fact is that the economy is really posed for the kind of recovery that people can see and understand.
‐‐ Al D'Amato

The fact is that the learning process goes on, and so long as the voices are not stilled and the singers go on singing some of it gets through.
‐‐ Morris West

The fact is that the Vietnamese held Americans after 1973.
‐‐ Bo Gritz

The fact is that there is a serious problem of extremism with minority groups within Muslim communities.
‐‐ Maajid Nawaz

The fact is that trauma and risk taking hadn't become scarier over the years; it had become more normal.
‐‐ Lynsey Addario

The fact is that viewers are fickle and it's rare that such a large group of people can be categorized in any type of way. There's enough content to go around, and if we stop focusing on numbers and start focusing on the quality of the project, then I think everybody - viewers and artists alike - is going to be a lot happier.
‐‐ Natalie Zea

The fact is that violence gives you a rush.
‐‐ Penn Jillette

The fact is that war films, by their very nature, are pitched at a high dramatic range.
‐‐ Mark Boal

The fact is that we as a party at the Republican National Committee registered 3.4 million new voters in the past two years and brought them into the political process. The president won by 3.5 million votes.
‐‐ Ed Gillespie

The fact is that we cannot drill our way to independence. We cannot drill our way to freedom, and we cannot drill our way to create jobs in this country.
‐‐ Jay Inslee

The fact is that we created 10 to 20,000 jobs for Arabs and Jews and Druze, which has made the Galilee a very positive place.
‐‐ Stef Wertheimer

The fact is that we like each other very much, and we of course see each other on stage all the time, but this means more time to spend together, and that's great. We couldn't be happier.
‐‐ Bill Irwin

The fact is that we take music very seriously.
‐‐ Peter Garrett

The fact is that we would have had comprehensive health care now, had it not been for Ted Kennedy's deliberately blocking the legislation that I proposed in 1978 or '79.
‐‐ Jimmy Carter

The fact is that we wouldn't be in Iraq if it weren't for Democrats like Senator Kerry.
‐‐ Howard Dean

The fact is that when it comes to judgment as to what should be secret and what should not be secret, Julian Assange's judgment has been pretty good so far.
‐‐ Daniel Ellsberg

The fact is that when you do something from your heart, you leave a heart print.
‐‐ Alice Walker

The fact is, that with the creation of the Jewish state in 1948, hundreds of thousands of Jews fled Arab countries, almost all of whom left behind all their property for which compensation was never paid.
‐‐ Meir Kahane

The fact is that you are never too old to innovate.
‐‐ Vivek Wadhwa

The fact is that you could not be, and still cannot be, a 25-year-old homosexual trying to make it in the British film business or the American film business or even the Italian film business. It just doesn't work and you're going to hit a brick wall at some point.
‐‐ Rupert Everett

The fact is that you don't want to be away forever, but you want to lead a normal life.
‐‐ Peter Hook

The fact is that you're never gonna believe any of the reviews, because the movie is to you what it is to you. No one's ever gonna sway you from what you feel about it.
‐‐ Campbell Scott

The fact is that young people are going to have sex whether you like it or not.
‐‐ Emma Thompson

The fact is the American people want men and women to stand up and represent them and to put their interests ahead of the party interests.
‐‐ Matt Bevin

The fact is, the media never gets off the interstate unless there's a major explosion.
‐‐ Jim Harrison

The fact is the planet is warming right now, and it is easier to blame it on some human activity rather than saying we should better understand the whole problem and recognize there are natural conditions that are impacting this, too.
‐‐ Hugh Ross

The fact is there are a lot of things happening at the federal level that are absolutely beyond the jurisdiction of the Constitution. This is power that should be shifted back to the states, whether it's the EPA - there is no role at the federal level for the Department of Education.
‐‐ Mike Huckabee

The fact is there is forgiveness for those who seek God. And I believe in the power of redemption.
‐‐ Rick Perry

The fact is this is a great country because we've always embraced immigrants. The fact is we have every right to enforce our borders and to protect them, but we also need to provide a pathway for citizenship.
‐‐ Antonio Villaraigosa

The fact is, unlike a lot of writers, I credit the people who help me. A lot of writers out there have a ton of researchers and they don't get credited in the book.
‐‐ Graydon Carter

The fact is, violence is not only not a beautiful thing, but it's also very painful and not without consequences for the perpetrator as well as the victim.
‐‐ Clint Eastwood

The fact is, we are a nine-member court that sits on cases.
‐‐ Sandra Day O'Connor

The fact is we can only love what we know personally. And we cannot know much. In public affairs, in the rebuilding of civilization, something less dramatic and emotional is needed, namely tolerance.
‐‐ E. M. Forster

The fact is, we need markers in life, whether we subscribe to a religion or not. And the major holidays, such as Christmas, serve to remind us of the turning world.
‐‐ Jay Parini

The fact is, when I was 15 and a sophomore at high school, I played on the varsity baseball team for the college.
‐‐ Johnny Mize

The fact is, when I wrote 'Juno' - and I think this is part of its charm and appeal - I didn't know how to write a movie. And I also had no idea it was going to get made!
‐‐ Diablo Cody

The fact is, when it comes to economic leadership, the Republicans have nothing to brag about. This isn't what the American people want. They want to see progress that works for them.
‐‐ Debbie Wasserman Schultz

The fact is, when you date an artist, you have to know that they're going to sing about you.
‐‐ Tove Lo

The fact is, when you hear the Republican candidates on immigration, when you see them and hear them talk about contraception, mammograms, abortion, and not the economy, it's clear to me they're moving farther and farther away from the mainstream.
‐‐ Antonio Villaraigosa

The fact is, with every friendship you make, and every bond of trust you establish, you are shaping the image of America projected to the rest of the world. That is so important. So when you study abroad, you're actually helping to make America stronger.
‐‐ Michelle Obama

The fact is, women don't like to talk about money, let alone deal with it. Though we're killing it at work, earning more than ever, running our households, and making big-ticket decisions, too many women still worry they'll be judged by what they earn and how they spend it.
‐‐ Alexa Von Tobel