A Quote by Alfred Marshall

The most reckless and treacherous of all theorists is he who professes to let facts and figures speak for themselves.

Alfred Marshall

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Alfred Marshall
English - Economist
July 26, 1842 - July 13, 1924

Letting the facts speak for themselves is an immoral principle when we all know that facts and figures can be selected to prove anything.

Patrick Kavanagh

There is no person, no theorist so reckless as he who says that the facts speak for themselves.

Milton Friedman

Facts do not speak for themselves. They speak for or against competing theories. Facts divorced from theories or visions are mere isolated curiosities.

Thomas Sowell

I'll tell what reckless is. What reckless is is calling [Bashar] Assad a reformer. What reckless is allowing Russia to come into Crimea and Ukraine. What reckless is is inviting Russia into Syria to team with Iran. That is reckless. And the reckless people are the folks in the White House right now. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are the reckless people.

Chris Christie

Oh, don't tell me of facts, I never believe facts; you know, [George] Canning said nothing was so fallacious as facts, except figures.

Sydney Smith

The facts, if they are there, speak for themselves.

David Seabury

Facts may speak for themselves.

George Washington

Our political leaders must be honest and forthcoming with data that will allow citizens to use facts and figures to judge for themselves what state Social Security is in.

Grace Napolitano

I worked hard at memorizing lists of facts and figures, and carried with me a book of facts.

Charles Van Doren

Characters on stage, like people in what we refer to as "real life," do not speak to reveal themselves. They do not speak to conceal themselves. They speak to get whatever it is that they want. It is the only reason they speak.

David Mamet

Facts do not 'speak for themselves'; they are read in the light of theory.

Stephen Jay Gould

The facts will speak for themselves. Credit them or not, but read!

Ralph Chaplin

Too many theorists have a tendency to ignore facts that contradict their convictions.

Maurice Allais

I have argued that a religion or a philosophy cannot speak about facts of the world - if it does, it is now or will eventually be wrong - but it can and should speak about the relevance and ranking of facts and observations.

Erik Naggum

Facts are neutral until human beings add their own meaning to those facts. People make their decisions based on what the facts mean to them, not on the facts themselves. The meaning they add to facts depends on their current story … facts are not terribly useful to influencing others. People don’t need new facts—they need a new story.

Blake Mycoskie

Facts are simple and facts are straight. Facts are lazy and facts are late. Facts all come with points of view. Facts don't do what I want them to. Facts just twist the truth around. Facts are living turned inside out.

David Byrne

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