Proving Quotes

254 quotes by 231 authors

Most poets are elitist dregs more concerned with proving their skill with a dictionary than communicating ideas with impact. — Henry Rollins
To me, being the best means proving it in different countries and championships. — Cristiano Ronaldo
I'm not an old, experienced hand at politics. But I am now seasoned enough to have learned that the hardest thing about any political campaign… — Adlai E. Stevenson
My mother was a strong-willed and opinionated woman - a Sicilian! - and if she didn't like something, she'd let you know about it. So… — Marlo Thomas
I think that Minnesota is different because we are proving that tri-partisan government could work, that you do not need to necessarily be a Democrat… — Jesse Ventura
I wanted to do Playboy to get across the same ideas I'm singing and writing about these days. It's all about proving that a woman… — Jody Watley
I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time… — Elwyn Brooks White
In France, a chemist named Pilatre de Rozier tested the flammability of hydrogen by gulping a mouthful and blowing across an open flame, proving at… — Bill Bryson
And behind it lies not blind chance but a principle that works to help us understand, a thousand "coincidences" and friends come to show us… — Richard Bach
Psychoanalysis is a science conducted by lunatics for lunatics. They are generally concerned with proving that people are irresponsible; and they certainly succeed in proving… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete? Proving nature's laws wrong, it learned to walk without having feet.… — Tupac Shakur
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
Life's a forge - Yes, and hammer and anvil, too. You'll be roasted, smelted, and pounded, and you'll scarce know what's happening to you. But… — Lloyd Alexander
There have been men before â€¦ who got so interested in proving the existence of God that they came to care nothing for God himselfâ€¦… — C.S. Lewis
You so need to lighten up about that potato-launcher incident," Butch said. Phury rolled his eyes and eased back in the banquette. "You broke my… — J R Ward
They say that extroverts are unhappier than introverts and have to compensate for this by constantly proving to themselves how happy and contented and at… — Paulo Coelho
Now that physics is proving the intelligence of the universe what are we to do about the stupidity of mankind? I include myself. I know… — Jeanette Winterson
So my antagonist said, "Is it impossible that there are flying saucers? Can you prove that it's impossible?" "No", I said, "I can't prove it's… — Richard P. Feynman
By proving contraries, truth is made manifest. — Joseph Smith, Jr.
Had Elizabeth been able to encounter his eye, she might have seen how well the expression of heartfelt delight, diffused over his face, became him;… — Jane Austen

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