Proves Quotes
460 quotes by 397 authors
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The knowledge that we consider knowledge proves itself in action. What we now mean by knowledge is information in action, information focused on results.
— Peter Drucker
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"I should have more faith," he said; "I ought to know by this time that when a fact appears opposed to a long train of…
— Arthur Conan Doyle
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That is the way of the scientist. He will spend thirty years in building up a mountain range of facts with the intent to prove…
— Mark Twain
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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
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As history proves abundantly, mathematical achievement, whatever its intrinsic worth, is the most enduring of all.
— G. H. Hardy
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Half finished work generally proves to be labor lost.
— Abraham Lincoln
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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
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"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
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Doubt is merely a thought. When experience proves it wrong, it will quickly go away.
— Ralph Marston
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He is a friend indeed who proves himself a friend in need.
— Plautus
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This system of encouragement proves serviceable as a preventive of punishment, the attainment of the tickets being a reward, the forfeiture of them the reverse;…
— Joseph Lancaster
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It's not so much what you accomplish in life that really matters, but what you overcome that proves who you are, what you are, and…
— Johnny Miller
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Ignorance speaks loudly, so as to be heard; but its volume proves reason to doubt every word.
— Wes Fesler
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For if as scientists we seek simplicity, then obviously we try the simplest surviving theory first, and retreat from it only when it proves false.…
— Nelson Goodman
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Revenge proves it's own executioner.
— John Ford
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In it he proves that all things are true and states how the truths of all contradictions may be reconciled physically, such as for example…
— Cyrano de Bergerac
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I have learned that there is no failure in running, or in life, as long as you keep moving. It's not about speed. And gold…
— Amby Burfoot
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Those who work standing ... carpenters, sawyers, carvers, blacksmiths, masons ... are liable to varicose veins ... [because] the strain on the muscles is such…
— Bernardino Ramazzini
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In sports, you simply aren't considered a real champion until you have defended your title successfully. Winning it once can be a fluke; winning it…
— Althea Gibson
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For most of us the rules of English grammar are at best a dimly remembered thing. But even for those who make the rules, grammatical…
— Bill Bryson
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