Proven Quotes

458 Proven quotes by 399 unique authors

You think this is a trap then?" the Count asked. "I always think everything is a trap until proven otherwise," the Prince answered. "Which is… — William Goldman
It is very unnerving to be proven wrong, particularly when you are really right and the person who is really wrong is proving you wrong… — Daniel Handler
The writer is delegated to declare and to celebrate man's proven capacity for greatness of heart and spirit—for gallantry in defeat, for courage, compassion and… — John Steinbeck
If my theory of relativity is proven successful, Germany will claim me as a German and France will declare me a citizen of the world.… — Albert Einstein
We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves. — Malcolm X
Love chooses to believe the best about people. It gives them the benefit of the doubt. It refuses to fill in the unknowns with negative… — Stephen Kendrick
If we are not to abandon values such as peace and equality, or our commitments to science and truth, then we must pry these values… — Steven Pinker
Wrong takes an awful long time to be proven, in my experience. — Gregory Maguire
I have always been resistant to doctrine, and any spirituality I had experienced thus far in my life had been much more abstract and not… — Eric Clapton
The average IQ in America is—and this can be proven mathematically—average. — P.J. O'Rourke
Each recognized the fact that real commitment could be proven only through the passage of time. — Nicholas Sparks
I chuckled to myself and kept walking. The Universe had proven Curran wrong: a person who aggravated him more than me did, in fact, exist. — Ilona Andrews
But they need to worry and betray time with urgencies false and otherwise, purely anxious and whiny, their souls really won't be at peace unless… — Jack Kerouac
The Operative tried to implement the Purusey breathing technique, which has been proven effective at fooling polygraphs. There is no conclusive evidence as to whether… — Ally Carter
Faith in the biblical sense is substantive, based on the knowledge that the One in whom that faith is placed has proven that He is… — Ravi Zacharias
One of the many things I learned at the end of that Classics corridor down which I ventured at the age of 18, in search… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
But I knew the truth and that's why I was so sad. Every moment before this one depends on this one. Everything in the history… — Jonathan Safran Foer
If you have the choice between humble and cocky, go with cocky. There's always time to be humble later, once you've been proven horrendously, irrevocably… — Kinky Friedman
What misery to be afraid of death. What wretchedness, to believe only in what can be proven. — Mary Oliver
How frequently has melancholy and even misanthropy taken possession of me, when the world has disgusted me, and friends have proven unkind. I have then… — Mary Wollstonecraft
Love is not to be proven or measured...It exists, and that is enough. — Jorge Amado
Finders were keepers unless title was proven. — Harper Lee
Are we all just Dark Age doctors, swearing by our leeches? We crave a greater science. We want to be proven wrong. — Isaac Marion
The Yesees said yes to anything That anyone suggested. The Noees said no to everything Unless it was proven and tested. So the Yesees all… — Shel Silverstein
I still doubt it will work." "You'd doubt the sun's rising if you weren't proven wrong each day," Raoden said with a smile. — Brandon Sanderson

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