#prove

He paused, twisting his goatee, considering the law in Deuteronomy that forbade clothes with mixed fibers. A problematic bit of Scripture. A matter that required thought. "Only the devil wants man to have a wide range of lightweight and comfortable styles to choose from," he murmured at last, trying out a new proverb. "Although there may be no forgiveness for polyester. On this one matter, Satan and the Lord are in agreement. ↗

— Joe Hill

#deuteronomy #devil #god #polyester #proverb

Fred Astaire is my hero. I love him because he was willing to kill himself to make his art look effortless. And because he proved it's possible to be an artist and a good person. ↗

— Connie Willis

#artist #astaire #because #effortless #fred

Real biologists who actually do the research will tell you that they almost never find a phenomenon, no matter how odd or irrelevant it looks when they first see it, that doesn't prove to serve a function. The outcome itself may be due to small accidents of evolution. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#actually #almost #biologists #due #evolution

I was right then, I'm right now. I think time has proven me right. ↗

— Pete Wilson

#i think #me #now #proven #right

The fact is I still have quite a few good years in front of me. I still improve. ↗

— Caroline Wozniacki

#few #front #good #i #improve

However novel it may appear, I shall venture the assertion, that, until women assume the place in society which good sense and good feeling alike assign to them, human improvement must advance but feebly. ↗

— Frances Wright

#alike #appear #assertion #assign #assume

I don't know what 15-year-old doesn't have a desire to separate themselves from their parents and prove their independence. ↗

— Michelle Williams

#i #independence #know #parents #prove

Education is a crutch with which the foolish attack the wise to prove that they are not idiots. ↗

— Karl Kraus

#crutch #education #foolish #idiots #prove

I've been in a hurry all my life. I've been in a hurry to succeed, and in a hurry to prove myself. ↗

— Henry Kravis

#hurry #i #life #my life #myself

The loyalty rate isn't that high. I could have a big hit, then put out the next single, and they say, Oh yeah, who are you? Prove it again. ↗

— Lenny Kravitz

#big #big hit #could #high #hit