Prove Quotes

3032 Prove quotes by 2047 unique authors

It is very different to make a practical system and to introduce it. A few experiments in the laboratory would prove the practicability of system… — Thomas A. Edison
My Design in this Book is not to explain the Properties of Light by Hypotheses, but to propose and prove them by Reason and Experiments:… — Isaac Newton
There is more evidence to prove that saltness [of the sea] is due to the admixture of some substance, besides that which we have adduced.… — Aristotle
There is one experiment which I always like to try, because it proves something whichever way it goes. A solution of iodine in water is… — Wilder Dwight Bancroft
Guessing before proving! Need I remind you that it is so that all important discoveries have been made? — Henri Poincare
[This] may prove to be the beginning of some embracing generalization, which will throw light, not only on radioactive processes, but on elements in general… — Frederick Soddy
As history proves abundantly, mathematical achievement, whatever its intrinsic worth, is the most enduring of all. — G. H. Hardy
I believe that mathematical reality lies outside us, that our function is to discover or observe it, and that the theorems which we prove, and… — G. H. Hardy
If the proof starts from axioms, distinguishes several cases, and takes thirteen lines in the text book ... it may give the youngsters the impression… — George Polya
The development of mathematics toward greater precision has led, as is well known, to the formalization of large tracts of it, so that one can… — Kurt GÃ¶del
We often hear that mathematics consists mainly of "proving theorems." Is a writer's job mainly that of "writing sentences?" — Gian-Carlo Rota
Advice is like mushrooms. The wrong kind can prove fatal. — Charles E. McKenzie
Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes. — Charles Caleb Colton
So plain that no one, high or low, ever does mistake it, except in a plainly selfish way; for although volume upon volume is written… — Abraham Lincoln
Half finished work generally proves to be labor lost. — Abraham Lincoln
In law it is good policy to never plead what you need not, lest you oblige yourself to prove what you can not. — Abraham Lincoln
The fact that the Catholic Church has come to an agreement with Fascist Italy ... proves beyond doubt that the Fascist world of ideas is… — Adolf Hitler
Some theists, observing that all 'effects' need a cause, assert that God is a cause but not an effect. But no one has ever observed… — Dan Barker
When talking about unicorns, minotaurs, or compassionate conservatives, one does not normally have to prove their non-existence; the mere lack of any evidence is sufficient… — Peter Stone
Each Act of Parliament intended to address harassment and discrimination has faced objections on the basis of 'you'll never be able to prove...' and 'there's… — Tim Field
"I refuse to prove that I exist" says God, "for proof denies faith, and without faith, I am nothing." "Oh," says man, "but the Babel… — Douglas Adams
Historical refutation as the definitive refutation.- In former times, one sought to prove that there is no God - today one indicates how the belief… — Friedrich Nietzsche
To have recourse to the veracity of the supreme Being, in order to prove the veracity of our senses, is surely making a very unexpected… — David Hume
It annoys me that the burden of proof is on us. It should be "You came up with the idea. Why do you believe it?"… — Ricky Gervais
When the philosopher's argument becomes tedious, complicated, and opaque, it is usually a sign that he is attempting to prove as true to the intellect… — Edward Abbey

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