Proof Quotations

If life had a second edition, how I would correct the proofs.

Apart from the most obvious cases, like the Oriental Bittersweet vine, escaped from private gardens and smothering the mountains one acre at a time, the most painful proof of man's destruction is not what you can see right in front of you; it's what you will never see again.

Throughout our courtship, Kenny told me that he had proof that Saddam Hussein was a threat because he possessed weapons of mass destruction. I told him, 'You had me at weapons.'

The history of Israel-Palestine conflict cannot be understood without its underlying emotional meanders. The emotional frameworks of the loss of Palestine for the Arab-Islamic world touched deep scars that go back to the Crusades, symbolizing a proof of Arab-Islamic decay, political impotence, and perceived (British/French) betrayal and antagonism.

I think men are mainly unfaithful because as they get older, they feel the urge to prove to themselves that they are still attractive. They need proof from outside the marriage. It's really sad. It's all about them. It's not about their wives at all.

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.

A dislike of death is no proof of the want of religion. The instincts of nature shrink from it, for no creature can like its own dissolution. But though death is not desired, the result of it may be, for dying to the Christian is the way to life eternal.

In the year 1921, I was successful for the first time in obtaining certain proof that by stimulation of the nerves in a frog's heart, substances were released which to some extent passed into the heart fluid and, when transferred with this into a test heart, caused it to react in exactly the same way as the stimulation of the corresponding nerves.

Being-alone is a deficient mode of being-with; its possibility is a proof for the latter.

My dream was to play in good films, no matter in what country. I always waited for a decent script, and nothing has changed. I'm just sure that nothing in life is random, and I believe in the fate which guides you. Probably my starring in 'A Good Day to Die Hard' is good proof of that.

I am walking proof of the power of prayer.

A Christmas Carol is such a fool-proof story you can't louse it up.

Most people talk; we do things. They plan; we achieve. They hesitate; we move ahead. We are living proof that when human beings have the courage and commitment to transform a dream into reality, there is nothing that can stop them.

There are a lot of people who consider themselves 'spiritual,' but that can mean a lot of things to a lot of people. I don't really talk about it that often, because there's too much talk in the world. Especially with Christians, there's more proselytizing than there is actual living proof of it. That's kind of sad.

Thus, in a sense, mathematics has been most advanced by those who distinguished themselves by intuition rather than by rigorous proofs.

A mathematician is a person who can find analogies between theorems; a better mathematician is one who can see analogies between proofs and the best mathematician can notice analogies between theories.

To have the sense of creative activity is the great happiness and the great proof of being alive.

If ever we had proof that our nation's pollution laws aren't working, it's reading the list of industrial chemicals in the bodies of babies who have not yet lived outside the womb.

A mathematical proof is beautiful, but when you're finished, it's really only about one thing. A story can be about many things.

I will give a proof to demonstrate with facts that there are no rules in painting and that oppression or servile obligation of making all study or follow the same path is a great impediment for the young who profess this very difficult art.

What better way to prove that you understand a subject than to make money out of it?

Im living proof you can excel regardless of where you come from.

Here's proof that if you live long enough, anything is possible.

You actually can make it, no matter what. I truly am a firm believer in that. Eminem's living proof.

Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without any proof.

A fact in itself is nothing. It is valuable only for the idea attached to it, or for the proof which it furnishes.

Every decade has its ABBA; that's the proof that pop will always be around.

War is a beastly business, it is true, but one proof we are human is our ability to learn, even from it, how better to exist

And I used to think that proof that I had religion was whether I knew how to sing all of the songs.

Now I'm no biologist, but it seems to make a lot of sense that slow lives, as well as being enjoyable, are long lives. One only has to think of the example of the tortoise for proof of this theory from the animal world.

The burden of proof is now on the Palestinians... They must fight terrorism and dismantle its infrastructures in order to make possible progress on the roadmap.

Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the harbinger of a new one.

I never believed that Nixon could fully resurrect himself. And the proof of that was in the obits.

The resistance of a woman is not always a proof of her virtue, but more frequently of her experience

Kickstarter eliminates the risk that publishers and booksellers face. They have limited resources and limited shelf space, and Kickstarter is proof to them that something is going to work.

The best theology would need no advocates; it would prove itself.

Anybody can be Pope; the proof of this is that I have become one.

God is a challenge because there is no proof of his existence and therefore the search must continue.

A lot of leftists think it is soccer's fault that people don't think, while most rightists are convinced that soccer is a proof that people think with their feet.

For me the Beatles are proof of the existence of God.

In the absence of any other proof, the thumb alone would convince me of God's existence.

I am living proof that if you catch prostate cancer early, it can be reduced to a temporary inconvenience, and you can go back to a normal life.

Mr. Speaker, as a grateful recovering alcoholic of 24 years myself, I am living proof that treatment does work and that recovery is real.

No, I'm not a vegetarian. I do eat that way. I actually eat vegan quite a lot. I feel better when I eat that way, and I think there's been a lot of proof that's come up over the last however many years, that you can't deny, I don't think, that meat or dairy aren't all that good for us.

The purpose of this study is to offer a logical, practical, pragmatic proof of the existence of God from a purely scientific perspective.

Consular cards are easily obtained with no proof of true identity and are easily forged.

Perhaps the methods I needed to complete the proof would not be invented for a hundred years. So even if I was on the right track, I could be living in the wrong century.

In the twelve months immediately preceding the outbreak; of war, the quantity of spirits, both domestic and imported released for sale in Canada, amounted to over three and a half million proof gallons.

The core distortion of the War on Terror under both Bush and Obama is the Orwellian practice of equating government accusations of terrorism with proof of guilt. One constantly hears U.S. government defenders referring to 'terrorists' when what they actually mean is: those accused by the government of terrorism.

I am very abnormal... But it wasn't very long ago that I wasn't so abnormal. I was very normal and headed for a lifetime of paying medical bills as proof of my normalcy.

To cease to admire is a proof of deterioration.

The prosecutor, who is supposed to carry the burden of proof, really is an author.

The Phoenicians are entitled to be commemorated in history by the side of the Hellenic and Latin nations; but their case affords a fresh proof, and perhaps the strongest proof of all, that the development of national energies in antiquity was of a one-sided character.

I found it amazing people can think that art must be connected to religion. Religion may give art themes, but there would still be art without religion. Bach is not proof that art exists.

It could be that the methods needed to take the next step may simply be beyond present day mathematics. Perhaps the methods I needed to complete the proof would not be invented for a hundred years.

I don't think you should have everybody's information from their bank. There should be some process: accusations and proof that you've committed a crime.

If our wondrous kindness is evidence for God, is our capacity for great evil proof of the Devil?

In California, we have some of the strongest consumer protection laws in the country. While it is easy to conceive of innovation and regulation as mutually exclusive, California is proof that we can do both. We can innovate responsibly.

There are proofs that date back to the Greeks that are still valid today.

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless power without abusing it.

There has to be a measure of faith. That's what this business is all about: trusting in something that may never show up, that you have no concrete proof of.

The legal principle placing the burden of proof on accusers rather than the accused can be traced back to Second and Third Century Roman jurist, Julius Paulus Prudentissimus. Yet, this ancient concept, which forms the legal and moral cornerstone of the American judicial system, is quickly being undermined in the name of 'national security.'

I'm not critic-proof, and I still take it personally, but I take it less personally now.

The thing we don't want to do is overstate the benefits, but there is all kinds of proof that exercise, both physical and mental, increases brain activity.

The insatiable thirst for everything which lies beyond, and which life reveals, is the most living proof of our immortality.

Documents create a paper reality we call proof.

Originally, the burden of proof was on physicists to prove that time travel was possible. Now the burden of proof is on physicists to prove there must be a law forbidding time travel.

The highest proof of the spirit is love. Love the eternal thing which can already on earth possess as it really is.

The discovery of HIV in 1983 and the proof that it was the cause of AIDS in 1984 were the first major scientific breakthroughs that provided a specific target for blood-screening tests and opened the doorway to the development of antiretroviral medications.

There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.

Personally, I think there's a lot to recommend being friends with your ex, and I'm glad to admit that I'm living proof of its possibility.

I worked very hard. Just look at my hands. I'm proof that it isn't work that kills you.

If we get concrete proof someone set out (to defraud), then we will pursue them.

Nevertheless, the experimental proof is so much more convincing than such a general consideration that great weight attaches to it in any case.

Like all Chrysler branded products, a key component of the Chrysler 300's success is the fact that it is competitively priced and offers exceptional value in its segment, ... The Great American Package is further proof of our commitment to provide a vehicle with elegant design, inspired engineering and exceptional value.

Should this or a transaction like this go through, the initial reaction is going to be very favorable, similar to the Legg Mason-Citigroup transaction. The proof in the pudding won't really be seen for a good three years. Then people can look back and say 'Wow, super smart deal,' or 'not so smart.

Obviously, you have no other proof but your word. So I hope they are going to believe her, as they believed me.

Of course, the Meryl Streep in the play is nothing like the real Meryl, and the proof of that is that she did it. Otherwise, she would never have allowed herself to be seen that way. And the more we rehearsed and worked the character, the meaner she got. She's very game.

No one should be allowed to stand for Parliament without proof that he has taken responsibility for other people.

Politicians are talking like consumer advocates now that they see consumers' rage over the profiteering built into pump prices. The proof of their sincerity, however, will be whether they carry through with tough legislation.

Now they have no excuse for letting up ? ever. This is why I was so frustrated at the beginning of the season, because I knew we were capable of playing at a certain level. That we were able to play it with Artem out is proof we should have been doing it all along.

Now we have proof and evidence that these authorities have been used as cash cows and patronage mills by the Pataki administration,

I have discovered a truly remarkable proof which this margin is too small to contain.

If they were to execute brilliantly they could find they could pass a whole bunch of these guys. But the proof really is in the pudding.

General ideas are no proof of the strength, but rather of the insufficiency of the human intellect.

When thought is too weak to be simply expressed, it's clear proof that it should be rejected

We're concerned about these statements. But the proof will come when it's time for him to rule on these cases as a justice.

Much ink has been spent on the tale of getting the show to the screen, ... The proof is in the product, however, and we say without reservation it is a series that charts entirely new ground in terms of scope and ambition, yet remains rooted firmly in the fundamentals of solid characters and well-told stories.

Since I came at 'Godot' from a God-based frame of mind, it didn't strike me as absurdist. It struck me as characters waiting for proof of God's existence.

She knew everyone in town and everything that was going on. And she was probably the best proof reader I ever saw in my life. She could spot a comma out of place, a period out of place or a misspelled word. She was just phenomenal.

(Lukashenko) has provided proof that he is a dictator and must be treated as such. In addition, one must think about the possibility of other sanctions.

Many human beings say that they enjoy the winter, but what they really enjoy is feeling proof against it.

So, if we're happy playing the songs we have written, for as long as we can, then that is sort of the proof that they're good songs as well.

Shifting the burden of proof will change the way the IRS does business,

She was discussing with me the things available to someone like me to get into teaching. I had heard about Teach Tennessee and I got online and got some information sent to me. It was a major packet of information you had to have, and proof that you've got these skills (to teach).

I don't consider myself a great writer, but I would like to think that I can at least proof- read.

The finest proof of our loyalty toward one another was our monstrous disloyalties towards everyone else.

The universe displays no proof of an all-directing mind.

That God has managed to survive the inanities of the religions that do Him homage is truly a miraculous proof of His existence.

He is one of the most dedicated, hard-working kids I have ever coached. Josh is a solid four-year wrestler who former standout wrestler Greg Murphy took under his wing when Josh was a freshman. Josh worked hard in the weight room with Murphy and he is living proof that hard work pays off.