The essence of my character is an inability to get used to things. This, in fact, is the one thing I have grown accustomed to: an inability to get used to things. – Geoff Dyer
In the 1990s, we were certain that Saddam Hussein had a nuclear arsenal. In fact, his factories could barely make soap. – Fareed Zakaria
In contrast to the troposphere, the stratosphere is extremely dry and practically cloudless – the concentration of water vapor is measured in parts per million and is, in fact, comparable to that of ozone. – Mario J. Molina
The remarkable fact is not how much government does to control economic activity, but how much it does not do. – Paul Samuelson
When I write, I wear earplugs. I don’t want to be self-conscious. I don’t want to be thinking about the fact that I’m thinking about it. I just want to be in it. It’s one element of hypnosis. – Miranda July
I’m not making any secret of the fact I still believe in independence. We’ll continue to argue the case. – Nicola Sturgeon
The fact that the Virgin logo was on the side of SpaceShipOne on October 4th, 2004 was fantastic. – Peter Diamandis
It sounds extraordinary but it’s a fact that balance sheets can make fascinating reading. – Mary Archer
I’ve never been obsessed by how I looked. In fact, I would rather have looked more ordinary so I could play more parts more truthfully. – Marian Seldes
No one drives in Manhattan – in fact, many of the folks who live in Manhattan don’t even have driving licenses! – Moby
I come from a class which used to be called the gentry – which is nowadays mistakenly used to include the nobility, but in fact is not. The gentry was essentially the untitled landowning class. – Julian Fellowes
Unlike the majority of the writers of his age, La Rochefoucauld was an aristocrat; and this fact gives a peculiar tone to his work. – Lytton Strachey
Terrorism needs to be fought against and certainly delegitimized or attacked, but some of the underlying grievances that might in fact lead individuals astray to terrorism cannot be ignored. – John O. Brennan
I’m not a politically radical person. In fact, I’m much more interested in being radical aesthetically. – Jim Goldberg
I’m always asked if the songs that I write are therapeutic, and my answer is a quick no. In fact, it could be argued that they exacerbate my neurosis. – Loudon Wainwright III
But the fact is that the vast majority of Republicans support the Sinn Fein leadership. – Martin McGuinness
People think that direct address was invented by Ferris Bueller, but in fact, it wasn’t. It was invented by Shakespeare. – Kevin Spacey