Vincent Bugliosi Quotes

The proof of a theory is in its reasoning, not in its sponsorship. The proof of a theory is in its reasoning, not in its sponsorship.

If you believe you are right, then you should believe that you can make the case that you're right. This requires you to deal with serious objections properly.

A statement is persuasive and credible either because it is directly self-evident or because it appears to be proved from other statements that are so.

But even the people who don't like my opinions must admit that I always have a reason behind what I say.

A proof is a proof. What kind of a proof? It's a proof. A proof is a proof. And when you have a good proof, it's because it's proven.

To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it.

A fact is like a sack - it won't stand up if it's empty. To make it stand up, first you have to put in it all the reasons and feelings that caused it in the first place.

Persuasion is clearly a sort of demonstration, since we are most fully persuaded when we consider a thing to have been demonstrated.

Rhetoric is cheap, evidence comes more dearly.

In my opinion, it helps enormously to know why something is true, rather than being told it is true, for why should you believe me? Never believe anything on the authority of a single person but seek confirmation — and reason is the best confirmation

If you say your product is the best, back that up.

It's really important when we're writing our opinions to be transparent about what our decision method in the case is and how we get from Point A to B to C in the analysis.

Logic is pointless.

If someone doesn’t value evidence, what evidence are you going to provide that proves they should value evidence. If someone doesn’t value logic, what logical argument would you invoke to prove they should value logic?

Analogy cannot serve as proof.

It would be awesome to be so impressive that we could sway people to our way of thinking just by declaiming our thoughts, but probably most of us lack such gravitas. Luckily, there's something even better: evidence, logic, and argument.

Convincing yourself doesn't win an argument.

The facts are on our side.

The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.

You've got to get as literal as you can get to convince people sometimes that you can do something.

The only good reason to embrace a philosophical position is that you are convinced it is true or at least makes sense of the world better than the alternatives.

What is wrong with changing your mind because the facts changed? But you have to be able to say why you changed your mind and how the facts changed.

A proof tells us where to concentrate our doubts.

Logic is the technique by which we add conviction to truth.

Look into the nature of things. Search out the grounds of your opinions, the for and against.