Factual Quotes

Obviously memoir is subjective truth: It is my memory, my perspective, that's the beauty. But I still wanted to be as factual as I could.

I can't bring you absolute truth in the detailed factual sense. All I can do is bring you an interpretation as I understand it. That's all you can ever get from an actor.

I would say my life experiences are my poetry, whether I'm writing about those actual, factual experiences or not.

When I talk about the polling, I'm talking about the principles. It shows these officials are knowingly attempting to shift public opinion, even though they know what they say is not factual.

Should our moral beliefs really prove to be dependent on factual assumptions shown to be incorrect, it would be hardly moral to defend them by refusing to acknowledge the facts.

The fact that he relies on facts - says things that are not factual - are going to undermine his campaign.

I usually think of art as having a measurable content of nourishment, whether factual or emotional or whatever, and I try to make sure that whatever I do has as much nourishment as I can muster.

I love the protest signs protected by the First Amendment - some of them humorous, some of them passionate, some factual, some entirely incorrect - all of them free ideas.

Everything factual is, in a sense, theory. The blue of the sky exhibits the basic laws of chromatics. There is no sense in looking for something behind phenomena: they are theory.

His (the writer's) standard of fidelity to the truth should be so high that his invention, out of his experience, should produce a truer account than anything factual can be.

History will always repeat itself, because it makes for good reading. It doesn't have to be truthful or factual, just entertaining with the odd fact thrown in for good measure.

Belief is a wonderful way to pass the time until the facts come in.

A dream is a kind of nocturnal drama to which the only price of admission is falling asleep.

Truth is the first casualty of war.

I'm A Speaker, Your A Listener.

Not to understand something is better than misunderstanding it.

But the truth is, nothing delights me more than a biography of one of the truly great that proves he or she was an absolute shit.

Those is seek to profit from the torment of others will eventually pay the piper

Quoting Shakespeare doesn't make you an intellectual. It just makes you a fan of Shakespeare.

At the heart of all of mankind’s achievements is imagination.

... Whenever the man of science introduces his personal value judgment, a full understanding of the facts ceases.

He was able to sit in silence for long stretches without feeling a need to make small talk.