The fact that Saigyo composed a poem that begins, "I shall be unhappy without loneliness," shows that he made loneliness his master.
There is no person, no theorist so reckless as he who says that the facts speak for themselves.
In fact, we've entered a world which is arguably much more dangerous than [being] eyeball to eyeball with the USSR.
We have more faith in a well-written romance while we are reading it than in common history. The vividness of the representations in the one case more than counterbalances the mere knowledge of the truth of facts in the other.
The fact that we have to discuss reality as though there were no reality is an indication of the confusion of our times.
It's still a compliment when you're backed by younger and older, but it's actually unexpected. It's surprising, but for me it's in fact the most beautiful compliment.
That the world is not the embodiment of an eternal rationality can be conclusively proved by the fact that the piece of the worldthat we know--I mean our human reason--is not so very rational. And if it is not eternally and completely wise and rational, then the rest of the world will not be either; here the conclusion a minori ad majus, a parte ad totum applies, and does so with decisive force.
The simple fact of existence, of being aware that you are aware; this to me is the most astounding fact.
She, too, had worn a mask in assuming a contempt for him, whilst, as a matter of fact, she completely misunderstood him
Donald Trump has told me that he is proud of the fact that he finally got [Barack] Obama to produce his birth certificate.
We need to find a fair and viable solution on the basis of U. N. resolutions and the incompatible with the fact that Cyprus is an E. U. member state.
I do not support Common Core because there is absolutely no evidence that a big, centralized bureaucracy makes anything better. In fact, there is a lot of evidence to the contrary.
The ultimate aim of the modern movement in biology is in fact to explain all biology in terms of physics and chemistry.
I respect everything the District Attorney and Sheriff’s Office did to thoroughly investigate this tragic accident. While the process was long and emotionally difficult, it allowed for all the facts of the accident to be identified and known.
The really authentic thing about humor is that anyone can pretend to be serious. Anyone who's ever had a job - in fact, we're pretending to be serious now, more or less.
. . . all of my life I've made things that are like fragmented mirrors of what I perceive to be the world. As far as I'm concerned the fact that in 1990 the human body is still a taboo subject is unbelievably ridiculous. What exactly is frightening about the human body?
No matter what you do, you can never please everyone. And that was the hardest lesson to learn. In fact, I'm still learning it.
It’s a known fact that in certain contexts people’s great strengths become their epic failings.
Jennifer Palmieri and Joel Benenson and all these people on Hillary's [Clinton] side just can't come to grips with the fact that they lost.
The Roseicrucians were everywhere, aided by the fact that they didn't exist.