Effects Quote by George Eliot

I should mention something that nobody ever thinks about, but proofreading takes a lot of time. After you write something, there are these proofs…

— John Updike

A full and candid admission of one's mistakes should make proof against its repetition.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“It is an unfortunate fact that proofs can be very misleading. Proofs exist to establish once and for all, according to very high standards,…

— Herbert S. Gaskill

Documents create a paper reality we call proof.

— Mason Cooley

Many will think they may reasonably blame me by alleging that my proofs are opposed to the authority of certain men held in the…

— Leonardo da Vinci

This is how proofiness works. The assertion is more important than the evidence itself.

— David Corn

“Proof is better than said.”

— Jennifer Lim

We know well that mistakes are more easily detected in the works of others than in one's own.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Even if you're the worst writer in the world, at least you'll have the evidence.

— Padgett Powell

“What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof.”

— Christopher Hitchens

Proof is boring. Proof is tiresome. Proof is an irrelevance. People would far rather be handed an easy lie than search for a difficult…

— Joe Abercrombie

Although no one loves a typo, it's close to impossible to eradicate every single little mistake in a manuscript.

— Chris Pavone