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You can't assert an answer just because it's not something else. By Isaac Asimov Assert Answer

There is the greatest difference between presuming an opinion to be true, because, with every opportunity for contesting it, it has not been refuted, and assuming its truth for the purpose of not permitting its refutation. By John Stuart Mill True Refuted Refutation Greatest Difference

One of the greatest statements you can ever make on earth is to say "I am right, but I may be wrong". Find out where you go wrong and make corrections! By Israelmore Ayivor Make Wrong Greatest Statements Earth

Indeed the reasoned criticism of a prevailing belief is a service to the proponents of that belief; if they are incapable of defending it, they are well advised to abandon it. This self-questioning and error-correcting aspect of the scientific method is its most striking property. By Carl Sagan Belief Reasoned Criticism Prevailing Service

There is a place where Contrarieties are equally True ... By William Blake True Contrarieties Place Equally

Instead of trying to prove your opponent wrong, try to see in what sense he might be right. By Robert Nozick Wrong Prove Opponent Sense

If you find from your own experience that something is a fact and it contradicts what some authority has written down, then you must abandon the authority and base your reasoning on your own findings. By Leonardo Da Vinci Authority Findings Find Experience Fact

Include yourself in any reproof. By Nachman Of Breslov Include Reproof

Never contradict anybody. By Benjamin Franklin Contradict

[W]e live in a century in which everything has been said. The challenge today is to learn which statements to deny. By Charles Hartshorne Live Century Deny Challenge Today

The scientist who would rather refute than comprehend demonstrates he has chosen the wrong calling. By Mark Clifton Calling Scientist Refute Comprehend Demonstrates

I may contradict myself, but at least I don't contradict myself. By Stephen Hawking Contradict

Illuminate the opposition. By Adam Weishaupt Illuminate Opposition

All scientists know of colleagues whose minds are so well equipped with the means of refutation that no new idea has the temerity to seek admittance. Their contribution to science is accordingly very small. By Peter Medawar Admittance Scientists Colleagues Minds Equipped

As men are killed by fighting, the truth is lost in disputing. By Henry Vaughan Fighting Disputing Men Killed Truth

Two truths cannot contradict one another. By Ibn Rushd Truths Contradict

Some people have a peculiar faculty for denying facts. By George D. Prentice Facts People Peculiar Faculty Denying

I am a contrarian. By Barry Diller Contrarian

Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute. By Josh Billings Silence Refute Hardest Arguments

From a contradiction you may deduce everything By Janna Levin Contradiction Deduce

Deny everything. Admit nothing. Demand proof By Shelly Laurenston Deny Admit Demand Proof

In a free society, skeptics are the watchdogs against irrationalism - the consumer advocates of ideas. Debunking is not simply the divestment of bunk; its utility is in offering a better alternative, along with a lesson on how thinking goes wrong. By Michael Shermer Society Skeptics Irrationalism Ideas Free

Denial and affirmation are games which people play.There are people who deny that they are capable of denying, and who would insist that people do not insist. By Idries Shah People Denial Denying Insist Affirmation

How do you prove a negative? Live a great, inspiring life and then just prove everyone wrong! By Timothy Pina Negative Prove Live Great Inspiring

When you cannot answer a skeptic, be content to wait for more light; but never forsake a great principle. By J.c. Ryle Skeptic Light Principle Answer Content

Skeptics question the validity of a particular claim by calling for evidence to prove or disprove it. By Michael Shermer Skeptics Question Validity Claim Calling

If you are a person who can not bear reproof, your only choice is to never to anything wrong. By Unknown Reproof Wrong Person Bear Choice

You correct an error by bringing truth to it. By Wayne W. Dyer Correct Error Bringing Truth

I do not deny the allegation, I deny the allegator. By Jesse Jackson Deny Allegation Allegator

The refutation and remedy of errors cannot precede their rise; and thus the fact of false developments or corruptions involves the correspondent manifestation of true ones. Moreover, By John Henry Newman Rise Refutation Remedy Errors Precede

But I know my only defense is to answer, "I think it because it is true," thereby eliminating my subjectivity; By Simone De Beauvoir Answer True Subjectivity Defense Eliminating

Truth and falsehood are opposed; but truth is the norm not of truth only but of falsehood also. By C.s. Lewis Truth Opposed Falsehood Norm

All disputation makes the mind deaf; and when people are deaf, I am dumb. By Joseph Joubert Deaf Dumb Disputation Makes Mind

There is no idea that does not carry in itself a possible refutation, no word that does not imply its opposite. By Marcel Proust Refutation Opposite Idea Carry Word

Any one setting out to dispute anything ought always to begin by saying what he does not dispute. Beyond stating what he proposes to prove he should always state what he does not propose to prove. By G.k. Chesterton Dispute Setting Begin Prove Proposes

The sensible man,' Crow had said (to Sherlock Holmes), 'don't look to confirm what he already knows -- he looks to deny it. Finding evidence that backs up your theories ain't useful, but finding evidence that your theories are wrong is priceless. Never try to prove yourself right -- always try to prove yourself wrong instead. By Andy Lane Crow Holmes Sherlock Man Evidence

It has often been argued that absolute scepticism is self-contradictory; but this is a mistake: and even if it were not so, it would be no argument against the absolute sceptic, inasmuch as he does not admit that no contradictory propositions are true. Indeed, it would be impossible to move such a man, for his scepticism consists in considering every argument and never deciding upon its validity; he would, therefore, act in this way in reference to the arguments brought against him. By Charles Sanders Peirce Absolute Selfcontradictory Mistake Sceptic True

I am not denying anything I did not say. By Brian Mulroney Denying

I love proving people wrong. By Ed Belfour Wrong Love Proving People

By proving contraries, truth is made manifest. By Joseph Smith Jr. Contraries Truth Manifest Proving Made

When we meet a fact which contradicts a prevailing theory, we must accept the fact and abandon the theory, even when the theory is supported by great names and generally accepted. By Claude Bernard Theory Accepted Fact Meet Contradicts

However, science isn't just about showing when you're right; it's also about showing when you're wrong. By Phil Plait Showing Science Wrong

The skilful disputant well knows that he never has his enemy at more advantage than when, by allowing the premises, he shows him arguing wrong from his own principles. By William Warburton Premises Principles Skilful Disputant Enemy

I could deny it if I liked. I could deny anything if I liked. By Oscar Wilde Deny

Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the lack of contradiction a sign of truth. By Blaise Pascal Sign Falsity Truth Contradiction Lack

One cannot refute Christianity; one cannot refute a disease of the eye. By Friedrich Nietzsche Christianity Refute Eye Disease

Debunking bad science should be constant obligation of the science community, even if it takes time away from serious research or seems to be a losing battle. One takes comfort from the fact there is no Gresham's laws in science. In the long run, good science drives out bad. By Martin Gardner Science Debunking Community Battle Constant

You can easily see what and endless, wearisome and fruitless task it would be if I were to refute all the unconsidered objections of people who pigheadly contradict everything I say. By Augustine Of Hippo Endless Wearisome Easily Fruitless Task

The wrong answer is the right answer to a different question. By Paul Sloane Question Answer Wrong

It's hard to explain and best thing to do is not be false. By Jack Kerouac False Hard Explain Thing

I will not engage in verbal controversy with the sceptic, because long experience has taught me that the sceptic's ultimate skepticism is about the use of his own words and the reliability of his own intelligence. By G.k. Chesterton Sceptic Intelligence Engage Verbal Controversy

Do not deny the truth. By Lailah Gifty Akita Truth Deny

In a world congenial to skepticism, skeptics love to play the skeptic's card nonchalantly as if it were the royal flush that trumped all other cards and could not be countered. For many, it has become the skeptics' way of hanging out a "Do Not Disturb" sign. Simply raise a skeptical objection and retire from all argument. But of course, the simplest response is to turn such skepticism back on itself. By Os Guinness Countered World Congenial Love Play

This sentence is not true By Douglas Adams True Sentence

The best way to discredit something is to come with a better way of doing that thing. By Khuliso Mamathoni Thing Discredit

Reproof should not exhaust its power upon petty failings. By Samuel Johnson Reproof Failings Exhaust Power Petty

If you can identify a delusional popular belief, you can find what lies hidden behind it: the contrarian truth. By Peter Thiel Belief Truth Identify Delusional Popular

Truths may clash without contradicting each other. By Antoine De Saint-Exupery Truths Clash Contradicting

Sometimes accepting truth as truth is untruth. By Santosh Kalwar Untruth Truth Accepting

To defy the authority of empirical evidence is to disqualify oneself as someone worthy of critical engagement in a dialogue. By Dalai Lama Dialogue Defy Authority Empirical Evidence

While it is useful to rebut charges and get your arguments out in circulation, you have to understand that arguments and evidence have little impact on people as long as their feelings tilt them against you. By Jonathan Haidt Circulation Arguments Rebut Charges Understand

But facts are facts, and if one is proved to be wrong, one must just be humble about it and start again. By Agatha Christie Wrong Facts Proved Humble Start

Incidentally, when we're faced with a "prove or disprove," we're usually better off trying first to disprove with a counterexample, for two reasons: A disproof is potentially easier (we need just one counterexample); and nitpicking arouses our creative juices. Even if the given assertion is true, our search for a counterexample often leads to a proof, as soon as we see why a counterexample is impossible. Besides, it's healthy to be skeptical. By Ronald Graham Counterexample Disprove Incidentally Prove Reasons

They who strive to build up a firm faith in Scripture through disputation are doing things backwards. By John Calvin Scripture Backwards Strive Build Firm

To be proven wrong should be celebrated, for it is elevating someone to a new level of understanding, furthering awareness. By Peter Joseph Celebrated Understanding Furthering Awareness Proven

Truth is the best defense. By Ward Churchill Truth Defense

Against fantasists. - The fantasist denies reality to himself, the liar does so only to others. By Friedrich Nietzsche Fantasists Fantasist Denies Reality Liar

The remedy for speech that is false is speech that is true. This is the ordinary course in a free society. The response to the unreasoned is the rational; to the uninformed, the enlightened; to the straight-out lie, the simple truth. By Anthony Kennedy Speech True Remedy False Society

False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views, if supported by some evidence, do little harm, for every one takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness. By Charles Darwin Science Long Views Evidence Harm

I don't deny or affirm anything. I'm not very personal. By Gore Vidal Deny Affirm Personal

Inconsistencies," answered Imlac, "cannot both be right, but imputed to man they may both be true." - Rasselas. By George Eliot Inconsistencies Imlac Rasselas Answered True

If you're going to affirm something, affirm the truth. Then go do something about it. By Jim Rohn Truth Affirm

I do not refute ideals, I merely put on gloves when I deal with them ... By Friedrich Nietzsche Ideals Refute Put Gloves Deal

Those who are right do not argue. Those who argue are not right. By Laozi Argue

Opposition to the truth is inevitable, especially if it takes the form of a new idea, but the degree of resistance can be diminished- by giving thought not only to the aim but to the method of approach. Avoid a frontal attack on a long established position; instead, seek to turn it by flank movement, so that a more penetrable side is exposed to the thrust of truth. But, in any such indirect approach, take care not to diverge from the truth- for nothing is more fatal to its real advancement than to lapse into untruth. By B.h. Liddell Hart Truth Approach Opposition Inevitable Idea

Science is the only thing that disproves science, and it does it all the time. By Matt Dillahunty Time Science Thing Disproves

A man who has bought a theory will fight a vigorous rearguard action against the facts. By Joseph Alsop Facts Man Bought Theory Fight

One times One.-One only is always in the wrong, but with two truth begins.-One only cannot prove himself right; but two are already beyond refutation. By Friedrich Nietzsche One Wrong Begins Refutation Times

The only universal attribute of scientific statements resides in their potential fallibility. If a claim cannot be disproven, it does not belong to the enterprise of science. By Stephen Jay Gould Fallibility Universal Attribute Scientific Statements

There cannot be even the smallest grain of falsehood in it or it is not truth. I have discovered the source of all truth; how can I deny what I know? By Stephen R. Lawhead Truth Smallest Grain Falsehood Discovered

Who can refute a sneer? By William Paley Sneer Refute

This is the way dissent is handled in feminist realms: a contrary opinion or argument is actually an attack. This stems from the belief that your truth is the only truth, that your sense of trauma and oppression does not need to be examined or questioned. In By Jessa Crispin Realms Attack Dissent Handled Feminist

Truth is its own defense. By Phyllis Bottome Truth Defense

Disputing the commonsense notion that all events require the prior existence of some underlying matter or substance. There is no antecedent static cabinet. By Alfred North Whitehead Disputing Substance Commonsense Notion Events

It's a strange truth that no matter how persuaded we might be of our own correctness, the discomfiting realization that others disagree with us causes a paralyzing inability to argue the case convincingly. By Brittney Ryan Correctness Convincingly Strange Truth Matter

only doubtful truths need defense. By Alan W. Watts Defense Doubtful Truths

It is difficult to admit that one is wrong. Particularly when one has been wrong for a very long time. By Fredrik Backman Wrong Difficult Admit Time Long

Where there are two people, there is untruth. By Soren Kierkegaard People Untruth

I wish to propose for the reader's favourable consideration a doctrine which may, I fear, appear wildly paradoxical and subversive. The doctrine in question is this: that it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true. By Bertrand Russell Fear Subversive Doctrine Propose Reader

The Best Denial Is The Very Best Confirmation.P. Hermans By Petra Hermans Hermans Denial

Facts per se can neither prove nor refute anything. Everything is decided by the interpretation and explanation of the facts, by the ideas and the theories. By Ludwig Von Mises Facts Prove Refute Theories Decided

Truth could be defended. By Sunday Adelaja Truth Defended

When one forgets the distinction between method and truth, one becomes foolishly prone to respond to any question that cannot be answered from the vantage of one's particular methodological perch by dismissing it as nonsensical, or by issuing a promissory note guaranteeing a solution to the problem at some juncture in the remote future, or by simply distorting the question into one that looks like the kind one really can answer after all. By David Bentley Hart Question Truth Nonsensical Future Forgets

Whenever anything is spoken against you that is not true, do not pass by or despise it because it is false; but forthwith examine yourself, and consider what you have said or done that may administer a just occasion of reproof. By Plutarch True False Reproof Spoken Pass

I'm certainly a skeptic. I always quibble with people. By George Carlin Skeptic People Quibble

In disputes upon moral or scientific points, ever let your aim be to come at truth, not to conquer your opponent. So you never shall be at a loss in losing the argument, and gaining a new discovery. By James Burgh Points Truth Opponent Disputes Moral

The essential business of language is to assert or deny facts. Given By Ludwig Wittgenstein Facts Essential Business Language Assert

I submit a body of facts which cannot be invalidated. My opinions may be doubted, denied, or approved, according as they conflict or agree with the opinions of each individual who may read them; but their worth will be best determined by the foundation on which they rest - the incontrovertible facts. By William Beaumont Invalidated Facts Submit Body Denied

Facts might be false if they challenge the conviction of a mind already made up. By Sarah Churchwell Facts False Challenge Conviction Mind

When a thing is denied, the very denial involves something not denied. By D.t. Suzuki Denied Thing Denial Involves