Robert A. Heinlein Quotes on Facts
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History has the relation to truth that theology has to religion - i.e., none to speak of.
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The truth of a proposition has nothing to do with its credibility. And vice versa.
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To be matter of fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy - and dull fantasy at that, as the real world is strange and wonderful.
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What are the facts? Again and again and again - what are the facts? Shun wishful thinking, ignore divine revelation, forget what 'the stars foretell,' avoid opinion, care not what the neighbors think, never mind the unguessable 'verdict of history' - what are the facts, and to how many decimal places? You pilot always into an unknown future; facts are your single clue. Get the facts!