Famous quotes containing the word prove:
“If someone were to prove to meright this minutethat God, in all his luminousness, exists, it wouldnt change a single aspect of my behavior.”
—Luis Buñuel (19001983)
“We stood talking for some time together of Bishop Berkeleys ingenious sophistry to prove the non-existence of matter, and that every thing in the universe is merely ideal. I observed, that though we are satisfied his doctrine is not true, it is impossible to refute it. I shall never forget the alacrity with which Johnson answered, striking his foot with mighty force against a large stone, till he rebounded from it, I refute it thus.”
—Samuel Johnson (17091784)
“What better way to prove that you understand a subject than to make money out of it?”
—Harold Rosenberg (19061978)