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“America must not ignore the threat gathering against us. Facing clear evidence of peril, we cannot wait for the final proof, the smoking gun that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud.”

America Form Waiting Clear Gun Evidence Threat Finals Clouds Iraq Proof Smoking Gathering Peril Mushrooms Funny Bush

Author:George W. Bush

“Hard times require furious dancing. Each of us is proof.”

Hard Dancing Proof Hard Times Furious

Book:Hard Times Require Furious Dancing: New Poems

Source: Hard Times Require Furious Dancing: New Poems

“I want to tell them, "Chip, Kim, there is no way to suicide-proof a person.”

Way Want Persons Suicide Proof Chips Kim

Author:Julie Anne Peters

“There is no indisputable proof for the big bang," said Hollus. "And there is none for evolution. And yet you accept those. Why hold the question of whether there is a creator to a higher standard?”

Said Bigs Accepting Atheism Evolution Higher Standards Atheist Creator Proof Bangs Higher Standards

Author:Robert J. Sawyer

“From the Crusades, to the Inquisition, to American politics--the name of Jesus had been hijacked as an ally in all kinds of power struggles. Since the beginning of time, the ignorant had always screamed the loudest, herding the unsuspecting masses and forcing them to do their bidding. They defended their worldly desires by citing Scripture they did not understand. They celebrated their intolerance as proof of their convictions. Now, after all these years, mankind had finally managed to utterly erode everything that had once been so beautiful about Jesus.”

“The more obscure our tastes, the greater the proof of our genius.”

Greater Genius Taste Proof Obscure

Book:Revolution

Source: Revolution

“the only people who have proof of their sanity are those who have been discharged from mental institutions”

People Has Beens Institutions Proof Sanity

Author:Marshall McLuhan

“Just another proof, of course, of what I often say - it takes all sorts to make a world.”

World Courses Proof

Author:P. G. Wodehouse

“The interest I have to believe a thing is no proof that such a thing exists.”

Believe Interest Proof

Book:The Works of M. de Voltaire: Remarks on Mr. Pascal's Thoughts. Elements of Newton's philosophy

Source: The Works of M. de Voltaire: Remarks on Mr. Pascal's Thoughts. Elements of Newton's philosophy

“Archie became absolutely still, afraid that the rapid beating of his heart might betray his sudden knowledge, the proof of what he'd always suspected, not only of Brother Leon but most grownups, most adults: they were vulnerable, running scared, open to invasion.”

Heart Stills Might Running Brother Adults Scared Proof Vulnerable Betray Rapids Invasion Grownups Leon Running Scared

Book:The Chocolate War

Source: The Chocolate War

“No matter how great a writer, artist, or entrepreneur, he is a mortal, he is fallible. He is not proof against Resistance. He will drop the ball; he will crash. That’s why they call it rewriting.”

Matter Artist Work Balls Entrepreneur Proof Resistance Mortals Crash Rewriting

Book:Do the Work!: Overcome Resistance and get ouf of your own way

Source: Do the Work!: Overcome Resistance and get ouf of your own way

“If only you could really use a fail-proof system to know who was worth keeping and who needed to be thrown away. It would make it so much easier to move through the world, picking and choosing what connections to make, or whether to make any at all.”

Ifs Knows World Use Moving Failing Needed Easier Connections Proof Thrown Picking And Choosing

Book:What Happened to Goodbye

Source: What Happened to Goodbye

“Body armor. Four thousand pounds of body armor. And missile-proof glass? Nice. What had happened to good old-fashioned bulletproof?”

Body Four Nice Happened Thousand Glasses Proof Pounds Old Fashioned Missiles Armor Bulletproof

Book:Eclipse

Source: Eclipse

“She wanted only tall smooth bottles whose labels spoke of Proof.”

Wanted Proof Labels Spokes Tall Bottles Smooth

Author:David Foster Wallace

“I'm giving you a free shot at my blood and you're playing hard to get? What kind of vampire are you?" When Wraith just stood there, Kynan rolled his eyes. "Oh, come on. My blood's eighty proof. You want it. You know you do.”

Knows Want Giving Kind Hard Eye Blood Shots Proof Vampire His Eyes Eighty Wraith Playing Hard To Get

Author:Larissa Ione

“We modern people think of miracles as the suspension of the natural order, but Jesus meant them to be the restoration of the natural order. The Bible tells us that God did not originally make the world to have disease, hunger, and death in it. Jesus has come to redeem where it is wrong and heal the world where it is broken. His miracles are not just proofs that he has power but also wonderful foretastes of what he is going to do with that power. Jesus' miracles are not just a challenge to our minds, but a promise to our hearts, that the world we all want is coming.”

People Thinking World Want Mind Heart Order Jesus Natural Challenges Wonderful Modern Broken Promise Disease Miracle Hunger Proof Heal Restoration Suspension Natural Order Heal The World

Author:Timothy Keller

“Look at us! Are we not proof that there is no good, no evil, no truth, no reason? Are we not proof that the universe is a drooling idiot with no fashion sense - Mr Nobody on the fundamental philosophy of the Brotherhood of DADA”

Looks Reason Philosophy Universe Evil Fashion Fundamentals Proof Idiot No Reason Brotherhood Drooling

Author:Grant Morrison

“How did men believe in something that preached love on one hand, yet taught destruction of unbelievers on the other? How did one rationalize belief with no proof? How could they honestly expect him to have faith in something that taught of miracles and wonders in the far past, but carefully gave excuses for why such things didn't occur in the present day?”

Men Believe Hands Past Belief Wonder Taught Destruction Miracle Excuse Proof Honestly Have Faith Present Day Unbelievers Rationalize

Book:The Hero of Ages: Book Three of Mistborn

Source: The Hero of Ages: Book Three of Mistborn

“He tells me that the best man I will ever find will be attracted to other women. I hear this as another fact I am too old not to know. More proof of how unprepared I am to love anyone.”

Knows Men Facts Proof Unprepared

Book:The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing

Source: The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing

“I hate the world and almost all the people in it. I hate the Labour Congress and the journalists who send men to be slaughtered, and the fathers who feel a smug pride when their sons are killed, and even the pacifists who keep saying human nature is essentially good, in spite of all the daily proofs to the contrary. I hate the planet and the human race—I am ashamed to belong to such a species.”

People Men World Feels Humans Hate Father Race Human Nature Planets Son Pride I Hate Species Congress Proof Contrary Journalist Human Race Ashamed Spite Labour Pacifist Hate The World

Book:Autobiography

Source: Autobiography

“Now I lay me down to sleep my bomb proof cellar's good and deep but if i'm killed before I wake remember god it's for your sake amen.”

Ifs Remember Sleep Lays Sake Proof Bombs Amen Cellars

Book:Johnny Got His Gun

Source: Johnny Got His Gun

“The modern habit of doing ceremonial things unceremoniously is no proof of humility; rather it proves the offender's inability to forget himself in the rite, and his readiness to spoil for every one else the proper pleasure of ritual.”

Forget Pleasure Modern Humility Habit Prove Proof Ritual Inability Spoil Readiness Rite Offenders

Book:A Preface to Paradise Lost

Source: A Preface to Paradise Lost

“But 'tis common proof, that lowliness is young ambition's ladder, whereto the climber-upward turns his face; but when he once attains the upmost round, he then turns his back, looks in the clouds, scorning the vase defrees by which he did ascend.”

Looks Faces Young Turns Common Ambition Rounds Clouds Proof Ladders Climbers Vases Lowliness

Author:William Shakespeare

“And I like a good horror story as much as the next person so long as they kill off some men too and not just girls. But the voices Joan heard were real. There’s clear and substantiated proof they were real. She won battles that would otherwise have been lost because of what those voices told her in advance of them allowing the French generals to strategize in ways completely different than they did before Joan came along. People’s lives were saved because of what those voices told her.”

People Men Way Persons Long Has Beens Different Real Stories Girl Next Lost Voice Clear Heard Horror Battle Proof Saved Allowing Horror Stories Just A Girl

Author:Meg Cabot

“And I like a good horror story as much as the next person so long as they kill off some men too and not just girls. But the voices Joan heard were real. There’s clear and substantiated proof they were real.”

Men Persons Long Real Stories Girl Next Voice Clear Heard Horror Proof Horror Stories Just A Girl

Author:Meg Cabot

“Faith is the commitment of one's consciousness to beliefs for which one has no sensory evidence or rational proof. When man rejects reason as his standard of judgement, only one alternative standard remains to him: his feelings. A mystic is a man who treats his feelings as tools of cognition. Faith is the equation of feelings with knowledge”

Source: The virtue of selfishness: a new concept of egoism

“...operational proof...it's all theory until you see for yourself whether or not something works.”

Theory Proof

Author:Julia Child

“The fact that 'Astro Boy' appealed to me as a boy in America was proof that the story and character transcend cultural stereotypes.”

Character Facts Stories America Boys Proof Stereotype

Author:Nicolas Cage

“I heard Tammy say you could be charming. I haven't seen any proof yet." Oh, his cat like that. "I thought I was very charming when I petted you into orgasm." He shot her a look filled with sexual heat. "I plan to do more of that - right after I teach you about keeping secrets.”

Looks Secret Teach Plans Heard Havens Shots Cat Filled Proof Heat Charming Keeping Secrets Tammy

Author:Nalini Singh

“ATHENA: There are two sides to this dispute. I've heard only one half the argument. (...) So you two parties, summon your witnesses, set out your proofs, with sworn evidence to back your stories. Once I've picked the finest men in Athens, I'll return. They'll rule fairly in this case, bound by a sworn oath to act with justice.”

Men Two Stories Sides Justice Party Half Cases Heard Return Evidence Argument Bounds Proof Witness Finest Disputes Oath Two Sides One Half Athens Athena

Author:Aeschylus

“And who ever said the world was fair, little lady? Maybe death is fair, but certainly not life. We must accept the unfairness as proof of the sublime flux of existence, the capricious music of the universe- and go on about our tasks”

World Littles Said Universe Existence Accepting Goes On Fairs Tasks Proof Sublime Flux Unfairness Capricious

Author:Tom Robbins

“Faith isn't absence of doubt. It's belief without proof, not without question.”

Belief Doubt Proof Absence

Book:Hell Week

Source: Hell Week

“When we did not move or speak, there was no proof that we were there at all.”

Moving Speak Proof

Book:Housekeeping

Source: Housekeeping

“Genius is neither learned nor acquired. It is knowing without experience. It is risking without fear of failure. It is perception without touch. It is understanding without research. It is certainty without proof. It is ability without practice. It is invention without limitations. It is imagination without boundaries. It is creativity without constraints. It is...extraordinary intelligence!”

Understanding Imagination Ability Creativity Practice Knowing Genius Perception Research Extraordinary Proof Boundaries Invention Certainty Limitation Fear Of Failure Constraints

Author:Patricia Polacco

“I’m trying to embroider.” Hyacinth held up her handiwork as proof. “You’re trying to avoid—” Her mother stopped, blinking. “I say, why does that flower have an ear?” “It’s not an ear.” Hyacinth looked down. “And it’s not a flower.” “Wasn’t it a flower yesterday?” “I have a very creative mind,” Hyacinth ground out, giving the blasted flower another ear. “That,” Violet said, “has never been in any doubt.” Hyacinth looked down at the mess on the fabric. “It’s a tabby cat,” she announced. “I just need to give it a tail.”

Needs Giving Trying Mind Doe Said Mother Creative Doubt Flower Cat Ears Down And Proof Yesterday Mess Fabric Tails Violet Creative Mind Handiwork Hyacinths

Author:Julia Quinn

“But I’m living proof you don’t have to spend a lot in order to look great.”

Looks Order Proof Living Proof

Book:Queen of Babble Bundle with Bonus Material

Source: Queen of Babble Bundle with Bonus Material

“Thanksgiving for God’s faithfulness in our pain is the indisputable proof that we believe God is a part of our pain.”

Believe Pain Proof Believe In God Faithfulness God's Faithfulness

Book:When You've Been Wronged: Moving From Bitterness to Forgiveness

Source: When You've Been Wronged: Moving From Bitterness to Forgiveness

“Ah, Meese has brought us her finest goblets! A moment, whilst Kruppe sweeps out cobwebs, insect husks and other assorted proofs of said goblets' treasured value.”

Said Moments Values Proof Finest Insects Treasured Cobwebs Assorted

Author:Steven Erikson

“Music is, to me, proof of the existence of God. It is so extraordinarily full of magic, and in tough times of my life I can listen to music and it makes such a difference.”

I Can Differences Existence Magic Music Is Tough Proof Listening To Music Tough Times Existence Of God Time Of My Life

Author:Kurt Vonnegut

“The Atheist waits for proof of God. Till that proof comes he remains, as his name implies, without God. His mind is open to every new truth, after it has passed the warder Reason at the gate.”

Mind Reason Names Waiting Remains Atheist Proof Gates Without God Proof Of God

Author:Annie Besant

“I think there is something beautiful in reveling in sadness. The proof is how beautiful sad songs can be. So I don’t think being sad is to be avoided. It’s apathy and boredom you want to avoid. But feeling anything is good, I think. Maybe that’s sadistic of me.”

Thinking Want Feelings Beautiful Song Sadness Proof Boredom Apathy Avoided Something Beautiful Being Sad Sadistic Sad Song

Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt

“Wide acceptance of an idea is not proof of its validity.”

Ideas Acceptance Wide Proof Validity

Book:The Lost Symbol Illustrated edition

Source: The Lost Symbol Illustrated edition

“Si quelqu'un veut un mouton, c'est la preuve qu'il en existe un. (If somebody wants a sheep, that is a proof that one exists.)”

Ifs Want Proof Sheep

Author:Antoine de Saint-Exupery

“Trifles light as air are to the jealous confirmations strong as proofs of holy writ.”

Light Strong Air Holy Envy Proof Jealousy Jealous Trifles Confirmation Being Jealous Jealousy Envy Jealousy And Envy Love Jealousy Jealous And Envy Love And Jealousy Friend Jealousy

Author:William Shakespeare

“When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you're only telling the world that you fear what he might say.”

Men World Might Truth Lying Fear Interesting Tears Prove Tongue Proof Liars Censorship Threatening Song Of Ice And Fire Lannisters Muzzle Clash Of Kings

Book:A Clash of Kings: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Two

Source: A Clash of Kings: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Two

“I don't know [why we're here]. People sometimes say to me, 'Why don't you admit that the humming bird, the butterfly, the Bird of Paradise are proof of the wonderful things produced by Creation?' And I always say, well, when you say that, you've also got to think of a little boy sitting on a river bank, like here, in West Africa, that's got a little worm, a living organism, in his eye and boring through the eyeball and is slowly turning him blind. The Creator God that you believe in, presumably, also made that little worm. Now I personally find that difficult to accommodate.”

“I had no proof that I had the stuff to be an artist, though I hungered to be one.”

Artist Stuff Proof

Book:Just Kids

Source: Just Kids

“Suddenly Saffron had a picture in her mind of Sarah waiting at the bottom of the wall, and she was angry with herself. Something changed in Saffron at that moment. She knew all about feeling left out.... That was why she wanted her angel so badly; proof that she mattered as much as anyone else. "I couldn't really climb the wall," she said. "And if I could, what if I got caught? What would I say?" "You'd think of something." "No. It was a stupid idea. Let's try your way, early in the morning." "Before breakfast?" "Yes. All right Mission Control?" "All right," said Sarah. "All right, Superhero.”

“The chief proof of man's real greatness lies in his perception of his own smallness.”

Men Real Lying Greatness Perception Proof Chiefs Holmes Smallness

Book:The Sign of Four

Source: The Sign of Four

“He recalled Galloran stating that being a hero meant doing what was right regardless of the consequences. The thought sent a thrill through him. Galloran had been in this same situation and had made the right choice. Jason felt less alone. Malodor had claimed that his opponents had no heroes among them. But Galloran was proof to the contrary. And Jason would be evidence as well. p. 420”

Wells Made Would Be Choices Felt Situation Hero Evidence Consequence Proof Contrary Opponents Thrill Jason Right Choices Being A Hero

Author:Brandon Mull

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