#proof

There are three types of lies -- lies, damn lies, and statistics. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#lies #lying #statistics #truth #truth

I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#proofreading #poem

The burden of proof is now on the Palestinians... They must fight terrorism and dismantle its infrastructures in order to make possible progress on the roadmap. ↗

— Kjell Magne Bondevik

#dismantle #fight #infrastructures #make #must

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. ↗

— George W. Bush

#america #cannot #clear #cloud #come

I worked every day there, so I knew all the details. But I needed only some proof. So the proof was photos. ↗

— Mordechai Vanunu

#details #every #every day #i #knew

I don't believe Fermat had a proof. I think he fooled himself into thinking he had a proof. ↗

— Andrew Wiles

#fermat #fooled #had #himself #i

It could be that the methods needed to take the next step may simply be beyond present day mathematics. Perhaps the methods I needed to complete the proof would not be invented for a hundred years. ↗

— Andrew Wiles

#complete #could #day #hundred #i

Perhaps the methods I needed to complete the proof would not be invented for a hundred years. So even if I was on the right track, I could be living in the wrong century. ↗

— Andrew Wiles

#complete #could #even #hundred #i

I've been in this business my whole life. I'm pretty bulletproof as far as being hurt. ↗

— Tina Yothers

#been #being #bulletproof #business #far

I explained to the lady my love for John and his work, and she made it possible for me to purchase one of the 24 proofs, the one for 'I'm So Tired,' which I have on my piano at home. ↗

— Arthur Godfrey

#his #home #i #john #lady