Quotes About Proof

Nobody's ever proved that ghosts exist," said Christiana, striding determinedly toward the door.

I don't know how it is in mathematics, but in life the best proof for something lies in its opposite.

in the absence of scientific consensus that the action or policy is harmful, the burden of proof that it is not harmful falls on those taking the action.

There is a commonly held misconception that progress is always a good thing and that change is invariably for the better. What happened in 2020 is proof, if proof be needed, that this is not always true. The changes which took place were neither progressive nor temporary: they are regressive, and unless we have the strength and the determination to oppose them, they will be permanent.

Indeed, even with unlimited resources it is nigh on impossible to prove a negative. How

A elegantly executed proof is a poem in all but the form in which it is written.

I am the best player in the world, and I am here to prove it.

To be labelled a cheat - it's not fair. If I'm a cheat, then prove I'm a cheat or just leave me alone and let me do what I do best.

There is - you know, there's receipts for rented cars and license plates and guns and hand prints and palm prints and fingerprints. You know, I want to wait until I'm in a court.

Indeed, given the facts, the burden of proof is not to prove that Washington was a Christian; the burden of proof is to prove that he was a skeptic who nevertheless sought to act like a Christian believer!

Not all the truths of faith can be proved by reason, but all arguments against the truths of faith can be disproved by reason.

If anyone doubts its infallible conclusion, he infallibly shows that he has never really performed the experiment.

Christian doctrine which is presented to the mind and will, and is received by faith, is proved by experience.

You're full of shit," Miss Stickyfoot said disdainfully. Cadbury said, "That proves I understand Zen. Do you see? Or perhaps the fact is that you don't actually understand Zen yourself.

You know the theorem of Pythagoras?" "The square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides." "That's exactly it. And is that true for every example you've tried?" "Yes.

And when Rusakov discovered Dust, at last there was physical proof that something happened when innocence changed into experience.

Ma tu pensa ad Adamo ed Eva come una specie di numero immaginario, come la radice quadrata di meno uno; non potrai mai vedere nessuna prova concreta della sua esistenza, ma se la includi nelle tue equazioni potrai calcolare tutta una serie di cose che in sua assenza non si potrebbero neppure concepire.

In the terrorist case, the inequivalence can be shown by proving the compatibility within the system of the following two propositions: (a) Yesterday it was possible for there to be an explosion. (b) It is not possible today that there was an explosion yesterday

But above all I wish to designate the following as the most important among the numerous questions which can be asked with regard to the axioms: To prove that they are not contradictory, that is, that a definite number of logical steps based upon them can never lead to contradictory results.

Only an idiot could believe that scientific truth needs martyrdom; that may be necessary in religion, but scientific results prove themselves in due time

This is what we don't admit about first kisses: One of the most gratifying things about them is that they are proof, actual proof, that the other person wants to kiss us. We are desirable. We desire. Every kiss that matters contains a recognition at its core.

He'll have to prove it to you. Every day, he'll have to prove he's worthy of you. And if he doesn't, that's it. But I think he will.

She still dotted her i's with full circles and felt genuinely thankful for every sunny day. I believed more in dark clouds, in sharp dots, in needing proof in order to feel trust.

I don't know how this works. Or why. I stopped trying to figure it out a long time ago. I'm never going to figure it out, any more than a normal person figure out his or her own existence. After a while, you have to be at peace with the fact that you simply are. There is no way to know why. You can have theories, but there will never be proof.