Speculation must wait upon the facts.

I thought—”
“Mr. McShane, I would advise to postpone thinking until you have accumulated sufficient facts to form a useful basis. That is the intelligent thing to do, is it not?

Waiting for the truth.

I prefer an ounce of fact to a ton of imagination.

If you want to assert a truth, first make sure it's not just an opinion that you desperately want to be true.

Before people crow about the absence of Weapons of Mass Destruction, I suggest they wait a bit.

Maybe we should gather a few more facts before wasting our time speculating.

In all controversies, it is better to wait the decisions of time, which are slow and sure, than to take those of synods, which are often hasty and injudicious

But I’d rather try and build a bridge to someone on the opposite side to me than put up a wall.

I would like to see the truth clearly before it is too late.

You must believe that I know before you can tell me.

The brightest flashes in the world of thought are incomplete until they have been proved to have their counterparts in the world of fact.

I'm trying to think, don't confuse me with facts.

You have to have the facts before you can pervert them.