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  • I do not think that a Physician should be admitted into the College till he could bring proofs of his having cured, in his own person, at least four incurable distempers.

  • The best proof of the specificity of the book is that it is at once a reality of the virtual and a virtuality of the real.

    Real   Book   Proof  
  • Proof is an idol before which the mathematician tortures himself.

  • No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men.

    Sadness   Men   Misery  
    On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic "The Hero as Divinity" (1841)
  • Man has been here 32,000 years. That it took a hundred million years to prepare the world for him is proof that that is what it was done for. I suppose it is, I dunno. If The Eiffel Tower were now to represent the world's age, the skin of paint on the pinnacle knob at its summit would represent man's share of that age; and anybody would perceive that the skin was what the tower was built for. I reckon they would, I dunno.

    Science   Men   Years  
    Mark Twain (2009). “Mark Twain’s Book of Animals”, p.165, Univ of California Press
  • I have long discovered that geologists never read each other's works, and that the only object in writing a book is a proof of earnestness.

    Book   Writing   Long  
    Charles Darwin, Frederick Burkhardt, Sydney Smith (1985). “The Correspondence of Charles Darwin”, p.338, Cambridge University Press
  • Faith, for me, isn't an argument, a catechism, a philosophical “proof.” It is instead a lens, a way of experiencing life, and a willingness to act.

  • The bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is the crowning proof of Christianity. If the resurrection did not take place, then Christianity is a false religion. If it did take place, then Christ is God and the Christian faith is absolute truth.

    God   Faith   Christian  
    Henry M. Morris, Henry M. Morris III (1974). “Many Infallible Proofs: Evidences for the Christian Faith”, p.97, New Leaf Publishing Group
  • Faith in God means believing absolutely in something with no proof whatsoever. Faith in humanity means believing absolutely in something with a huge amount of proof to the contrary. We are the true believers.

    Believe   Mean   Humanity  
  • Scientists want full proof under laboratory conditions. And the answer is very simple: When Im put under pressure, I cant perform. Even the phenomenon Im most known for. When Im on stage, Im not under pressure and it happens. In other important places, it happens. But in a laboratory where I really want it to happen, its very hard for me.

  • With impressive proof on all sides of magnificent progress, no one can rightly deny the fundamental correctness of our economic system.

    Herbert Hoover (1929). “The New Day: Campaign Speeches of Herbert Hoover, 1928”, p.30, Stanford University Press
  • I believe you need scientific proof that something works before you entrust your health to it.

  • Success is a matter of luck. If you want proof, ask any failure.

    Success   Luck   Want  
  • Aviation is proof that given, the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible.

  • Paul Erdos has a theory that God has a book containing all the theorems of mathematics with their absolutely most beautiful proofs, and when he wants to express particular appreciation of a proof he exclaims, "This is from the book!"

    Beautiful   God   Faith  
  • At the beginning, people laughed at me because I was using snappies. Sometimes, a celebrity would look at my camera and go, Oh, I've got one of those. I'd feel like handing it to them and saying, Well, you take the pictures then. But I like using snapshot cameras because they're idiot-proof. I have bad eyesight, and I'm no good at focusing big cameras.

    People   Cameras   Looks  
  • Alack, there lies more peril in thine eye Than twenty of their swords: look thou but sweet, And I am proof against their enmity.

    Sweet   Lying   Eye  
    William Shakespeare, James N. Loehlin (2002). “Romeo and Juliet”, p.136, Cambridge University Press
  • Humility and patience are the surest proofs of the increase of love.

    John Wesley, Bp. John Emory, Thomas Jackson (1831). “The Works of the Rev. John Wesley, A.M.: Miscellaneous”, p.526
  • This is... one of the great tragedies of the Bush administration. The more successful they’ve been at intercepting and stopping bad guys, the less proof there is that we’re in danger... it’s almost like they should every once in a while have allowed an attack to get through just to remind us.

    "Holy Terror! Newt Gingrich Joked About ‘Allow(ing) An Attack To Get Through’" by Tommy Christopher, www.mediaite.com. January 24, 2012.
  • A god or revelation capable of proof or rational verification by an autonomous man would be worthless.

  • How happy it is to believe, with a steadfast assurance, that our petitions are heard even while we are making them; and how delightful to meet with a proof of it in the effectual and actual grant of them.

    Prayer   Believe   Proof  
    William Cowper (1835). “The Works of William Cowper: The life of William Cowper. Letters, 1765-1783”
  • There's an old poem by Neruda that I've always been captivated by, and one of the lines in it has stuck with me ever since the first time I read it. It says "love is so short, forgetting is so long." It's a line I've related to in my saddest moments, when I needed to know someone else had felt that exact same way. And when we're trying to move on, the moments we always go back to aren't the mundane ones. They are the moments you saw sparks that weren't really there, felt stars aligning without having any proof, saw your future before it happened, and then saw it slip away without any warning.

    Stars   Moving   Love Is  
  • The highest wisdom and the highest genius have been invariably accompanied with cheerfulness. We have sufficient proofs on record that Shakespeare and Socrates were the most festive companions.

    Genius   Records   Proof  
    Thomas Love Peacock (1818). “Nightmare Abbey”, p.164
  • Yes, but I’ve already made my fortune in other things. (Solin) Such as? (Geary) Viagra. My brother learned to take a personal problem and profit by it. (Arik) It’s true. It pained me to see a man as young as Arik stricken with impotency. Therefore I had to do something to help the poor soul. But alas, there’s nothing to be done for it. He’s as flaccid as a wet noodle. (Solin) How creative of you to project your problem onto me. But then, they say celibacy is enough to make a man lose all reason. Guess you’re living proof, huh? (Arik)

    Brother   Men   Creative  
  • A proof is a proof. What kind of a proof? It's a proof. A proof is a proof. And when you have a good proof, it's because it's proven.

    Funny   Kind   Proof  
  • The six elements of her Fail Proof Broken-Heart Curing Treatment: "Vitamin E, get much sleep, drink much water, travel to a place far away from the person you loved, meditate and teach your heart that this is destiny.

    Heart   Sleep   Destiny  
    Elizabeth Gilbert (2009). “Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything”, p.276, Bloomsbury Publishing
  • What you do is proof of what you believe.

    Believe   Proof  
  • God forgets those who reject proof that they are wrong.

    Forget   Proof   Rejects  
  • There can be no stronger proof of the impoverishment of our contemporary culture than the popular - though profoundly mistaken - definition of myth as falsehood.

    Rollo May (1991). “The Cry for Myth”, p.23, W. W. Norton & Company
  • The very freedom which the sinner supposedly exercises in his self-indulgence is only another proof that he is ruled by the tyrant.

    Exercise   Self   Tyrants  
    Fulton J. Sheen (2008). “Life of Christ”, p.284, Image
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