Evidence Quotes

"As scientists, we keep an open mind, but we have to base our ideas about the past on archaeological evidence."

"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence."

Carl Sagan

"It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how smart you are. If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong."

Richard Feynman

"Truth is what stands the test of experience."

Albert Einstein

"The great tragedy of Science – the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact."

Thomas Huxley

"Without data, you're just another person with an opinion."

W. Edwards Deming

"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence."

"A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence."

David Hume

"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data."

Arthur Conan Doyle