Proof Quotes

We must never assume that which is incapable of proof.

The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us.

It would be very discouraging if somewhere down the line you could ask a computer if the Riemann hypothesis is correct and it said, 'Yes, it is true, but you won't be able to understand the proof.'

We hold that the most wonderful and splendid proof of genius is a great poem produced in a civilized age.

Anybody can be Pope; the proof of this is that I have become one.

There are such beings as vampires, some of us have evidence that they exist. Even had we not the proof of our own unhappy experience, the teachings and the records of the past give proof enough for sane peoples.

The prosecutor, who is supposed to carry the burden of proof, really is an author.

Laura Bush went on national television during the week of my father's funeral and spoke out against embryonic stem cell research, pointing out that where Alzheimer's is concerned, we don't have proof that stem-cell treatment would be effective.

Shrines! Shrines! Surely you don't believe in the gods. What's your argument? Where's your proof?

Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen.

If you pray enough for things, I am proof that they can happen. I feel like a kid on Christmas day now, every day. It's something I have wanted for a long time and I am as happy as anyone to be here. It is great to be back at my first love.

For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible.

You actually can make it, no matter what. I truly am a firm believer in that. Eminem's living proof.

My fat cells have a memory like Einstein! I'm proof that surgery is not a magic potion. There are many ways to sabotage it.

The best proof of love is trust.

And I used to think that proof that I had religion was whether I knew how to sing all of the songs.

O, popular applause! what heart of man is proof against thy sweet, seducing charms?

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 proof, which ordinarily satisfies an unprejudiced mind, beyond any reasonable doubt.

Europe is the unfinished negative of which America is the proof.

Loneliness is proof that your innate search for connection is intact.

The best proof of the high quality of American beef is the continued negative BSE findings supported by the highest surveillance possible. The administration should be working to increase our surveillance of BSE, not scaling it back.

Arbitrage proof has since been widely used throughout finance and economics.