Quotes About Proof

The whole history of man is continuous proof of the maxim that to divest one's methods of ethical concepts means to sink into the depths of utter demoralization.

I've come loaded with statistics, for I've noticed that a man can't prove anything without statistics. No man can.

Just because a man has died for it, does not make it true.

All I ask is the chance to prove that money can't make me happy.

I am living proof that money cannot buy friendship.

Music is, to me, proof of the existence of God.

I don't believe anything till I have seen the proof. For anything without proof, I think we should believe the theory that gives us peace. It doesn't matter whether the theory is true or not.

He who claims to be sure of something for which there is no evidence is a fool, and he who acts on the basis of what cannot be proved is an imposter.

I got an A in philosophy because I proved my professor didn't exist.

The renaissance of Christian philosophy has been accompanied by a resurgence of interest in natural theology, that branch of theology that seeks to prove God's existence apart from divine revelation.

I'm in love with a philosophy major, and she doesn't even know I exist. And what's worse, she can prove it.

It is, from another angle, an attack on requiring proof in philosophy. And it's also the case, I guess, that my temperament is to like interesting, new, bold ideas, and to try and generate them.

Your impact on others is the only proof of your existence

If someone believes in god, is he a liar? He never saw god or any proof or evidence of god. He only heard about god.

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

Bring to me, it said, continual proof / you've been alive.

Keep some souvenirs of your past, or how will you ever prove it wasn't all a dream?

Fear is the opportunity for courage, not proof of cowardice.

I know nothing grander, better exercise, better digestion, more positive proof of the past, the triumphant result of faith in human kind, than a well-contested American national election.

Before proving it to someone else, I had to be able to prove it to myself.

An applause is not just the recognition of good performance, but its proof of being different than the crowd.

Power is being able to say complete and utter nonsense and have it be believed, powerlessness is where no matter how much cogent evidence and proof one has, to not be believed.

Trust is all about instinct. If you had all the facts, you wouldn't need trust. Trust is what is required in the absence of proof. But I believe you can strengthen your instincts by testing them; every time you prove yourself right or wrong, they grow stronger.

I come from a state that raises corn and cotton and cockleburs and Democrats, and frothy eloquence neither convinces nor satisfies me. I am from Missouri. You have got to show me.