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700 Proved quotes by 566 unique authors

I believe passionately in preemptive pessimism, especially before a book comes out. I expect the worst both from reviewers and sales, and then, with any… — Antony Beevor
Genealogy is among the fastest-growing leisure pursuits in the U.K. Indeed, the urge to uncover the truth about our ancestors has proved so compelling that,… — Rory Bremner
When I took on the title sponsorship of the Western European League and the World Cup Final in October 2010, I did it because I… — Reem Acra
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. — Aristotle
Where the gaming world is going - and certainly Activision proved it by hiring me - is being willing to push and bend and move… — Kevin Spacey
Criminal cases require strategy, and prosecutors should attempt to prove only what can be proved. — Robert Shapiro
To believe in something not yet proved and to underwrite it with our lives: it is the only way we can leave the future open. — Lillian Smith
Quite casually I wander into my plot, poke around with my characters for a while, then amble off, leaving no moral proved and no reader… — Thorne Smith
Notwithstanding this high Ecclesiastical authority, he who dared accept truth only because it could be proved, or proved to be good, and disregard authority, was… — Ethan A. Hitchcock
We were criticized throughout that investigation for being too thorough, for taking too long. But time has proved the correctness of that approach. — Ken Starr
What emerged, of course, was that the magnitude scale presupposed that all earthquakes were alike except for a constant scaling factor. And this proved to… — Charles Francis Richter
Our experiments not only proved the existence of a nervous apparatus in the above-mentioned glands, but also disclosed some facts clearly showing the participation of… — Ivan Pavlov
Finally there are simple ideas of which no definition can be given; there are also axioms or postulates, or in a word primary principles, which… — Gottfried Leibniz
The experience of learning how to get straight to the core of a problem proved to be of immense value later when I had a… — Elliot Richardson
From the practical point of view, the susceptibility to infection of the guinea pig proved to be the most useful step forward. Today, all laboratories… — Charles Jules Henry Nicole
From the age of four, I was a huge comic fan and still am. When Lost in Space came along it was like being in… — Bill Mumy
By competent evidence, is meant such as the nature of the thing to be proved requires; and by satisfactory evidence, is meant that amount of… — Simon Greenleaf
Proceeding further, to inquire whether the facts related by the Four Evangelists are proved by competent and satisfactory evidence, we are led, first, to consider… — Simon Greenleaf
We got more provisions for our whiskey than the same money, which we paid for the liquor, would have bought; so after all it proved… — Buffalo Bill
As soon as I had proved this and, of course, also the normal pointing action and reactions in all other extremities and joints, I stopped… — Robert Barany
It proved to me, though, that comedy is so much harder. — Jenna Elfman
It proved easier to buy the farm to get the mineral rights than to buy the coal rights alone. — Orville Redenbacher
With this new album, I prepared for it a long time, and I was happy with the songs and the production. I felt that I… — Jon Secada
I expect the worst both from reviewers and sales and then, with any luck, I may be proved wrong. — Antony Beevor
Liberalism is a religion. Its tenets cannot be proved, its capacity for waste and destruction demonstrated. But it affords a feeling of spiritual rectitude at… — David Mamet

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