Prove Quotes - Page 5

• The search for truth in cyberspace will take you through the wormhole, and there's nothing on the other side but pedants and nitpickers and bottomless ambiguity. If you're not careful, you'll spend all your time proving everything and understanding nothing.

  Mike Rowe

  Understanding, Pedants, Sides

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• If all these devils really exist it proves there must be angels, too.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Angel, Devil, Ifs

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• I wrote the book not to prove people wrong but just to get the insight on who I am as a person.

  Terrell Owens

  Book, Who I Am, People

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• Many people believe that the grains of sand are infinite in multitude ... Others think that although their number is not without limit, no number can ever be named which will be greater than the number of grains of sand. But I shall try to prove to you that among the numbers which I have named there are those which exceed the number of grains in a heap of sand the size not only of the earth, but even of the universe

  Archimedes

  Believe, Thinking, Numbers

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• A surprising feature of herbal research is that it is seldom the rare, exotic, and beautiful plant that proves the most interesting; more often it is some common, familiar, and despised weed that is discovered to have undreamed-of virtues.

  Euell Gibbons

  Beautiful, Weed, Interesting

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• We must observe that the knowledge of God which we are invited to cultivate is not that which, resting satisfied with empty speculation, only flutters in the brain, but a knowledge which will prove substantial and fruitful whenever it is duly perceived and rooted in the heart.

  John Calvin

  Heart, Brain, Knowledge Of God

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• I was brought up by a Victorian Grandmother. We were taught to work jolly hard. We were taught to prove yourself; we were taught self reliance; we were taught to live within our income. You were taught that cleanliness is next to Godliness. You were taught self respect. You were taught always to give a hand to your neighbour. You were taught tremendous pride in your country. All of these things are Victorian values. They are also perennial values. You don't hear so much about these things these days, but they were good values and they led to tremendous improvements in the standard of living.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Country, Pride, Grandmother

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• God is waiting to be put to the test by His people in prayer. He delights in being put to the test on His promises. It is His highest pleasure to answer prayer, to prove the reliability of His promises.

  Edward McKendree Bounds

  Prayer, People, Waiting

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• In loving and serving, we prove that we have been created in the likeness of God, for God is Love and when we love we are like God.

  Mother Teresa

  God Is Love, Has Beens, Serving

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• The evolution of cultures appears to follow the pattern of the evolution of species. The many different forms of culture which arise correspond to the "mutations" of genetic theory. Some forms prove to be effective under prevailing circumstances and others not, and the perpetuation of the culture is determined accordingly.

  B. F. Skinner

  Different, Mutation, Culture

  B.F Skinner (2012). “Science And Human Behavior”, p.434, Simon and Schuster

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• Tavoris Cloud might actually be hungrier than me. How often do you hear a fighter say that his opponent is hungrier than he is? I don't need hunger. I'm motivated by my desire to prove that I'm different and that I can still silence the critics.

  Bernard Hopkins

  Clouds, Silence, Desire

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• When I was younger, people used to say you only really prove yourself as an actor on stage. And I disagree with that. Some of the finest acting I've ever come across has been for film.

  Clive Owen

  People, Acting, Actors

  Interview with RZA, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 28, 2015.

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• That is a real attitude - to see everything as being meaningful, even the less important things, to prove something, even the greater problems of life.

  Umberto Eco

  Meaningful, Attitude, Real

  Interview with Chris Wallace, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 2, 2015.

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• The success of Harry Potter has given me lots of freedom. I can pay my bills, and I don't have to prove anything to anyone anymore.

  J. K. Rowling

  Potters, Pay, Bills

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• I don't have any trouble believing that you would avoid something seemingly perfect because you're in something you really want to prove to yourself you can do right.

  Alison Pill

  Believe, Perfect, Want

  Interview with Sheila Heti, believermag.com. February 1, 2013.

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• As long as [Mikhail] Saakashvili is president, I will be unable to prove my innocence in Georgia. Seen in this light, there is a positive aspect to my arrest in Germany. It will be much easier for me to refute the charges here.

  Irakli Okruashvili

  Light, Long, President

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Even if someone is competent, it's so damned easy to crucify him as long as he's only working on his father's account. So at the beginning I certainly wanted to prove myself to my father and the rest of society. That quickly turned into a greater challenge. My lifestyle hasn't changed as a result.

  Stelios Haji-Ioannou

  Father, Long, Challenges

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• [Peter] Drucker says that modern government can do only two things well: wage war and inflate the currency. Its the aim of my administration to prove Mr Drucker wrong.

  Richard M. Nixon

  War, Government, Two

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• I believe certain doctrines because God says they are true; and the only authority I have for their truth is the Word of God. I receive such and such doctrines, not because I can prove them to be compatible with reason, not because my judgment accepts them, but because God says they are true. Now this is one of the best services we can render to God,-to submit ourselves to him in our belief of what he has revealed, and ask him to fix his truths in our hearts, and make us obey them.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Believe, Heart, Doctrine

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• The last day will prove that some of the holiest men that ever lived are hardly known.

  J. C. Ryle

  Men, Lasts, Last Day

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• Whether that's an action film or a comedy or a drama or anything in between, I'm willing to prove that I can play with the big boys.

  Sasha Grey

  Drama, Boys, Play

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• The dictionary has been in the making for several decades, and the result is well worth the wait. MacLean and those who worked with her have consulted with Iñupiaq speakers from across Alaska's North Slope to compile a comprehensive collection of word stems, along with postbases, grammatical endings, and an array of other valuable material. . . . This dictionary will prove fascinating for anyone interested in the Iñupiat and their language.

  Lawrence Kaplan

  Alaska, Waiting, Language

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• It's important to stress what I didn't find. I did not prove that homosexuality is genetic, or find a genetic cause for being gay. I didn't show that gay men are born that way, the most common mistake people make in interpreting my work. Nor did I locate a gay center in the brain.

  Simon LeVay

  Mistake, Stress, Gay

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• There's not a drop of hero's blood in my whole body, so spare me the praise. I'm just an ordinary guy, and proud of it. I'm here because I put in the time. I have the blisters on my fingers to prove it. It had nothing to do with coincidence, luck, or the activation of my Wonder Twin powers. I reset the game hundreds of times until my special attack finally went off perfectly. Victory was inevitable. So please, hold off on all the hero talk.

  Hiroshi Sakurazaka

  Hero, Blood, Games

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm not trying to prove that I'm capable of doing many things.

  Angel Olsen

  Trying, Capable

  Interview with Laura Snapes, pitchfork.com. February 22, 2013.

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