Samuel Johnson Quotes

A proof tells us where to concentrate our doubts.

Proof tells us where to concentrate our doubts.

A hundred suspicions don't make a proof.

'UFO's' attitude toward the subject is very similar to mine. It's not an advocacy; its philosophy is more 'I want to believe this, but I want it proved.'

There can be theory but, you know, the problem is you've got to be able to test it. So theories are one thing, testing is another.

Knowledge is what we get when an observer, preferably a scientifically trained observer, provides us with a copy of reality that we can all recognize.

Skeptics question the validity of a particular claim by calling for evidence to prove or disprove it.

We need proof in our society.

Argument is conclusive, but it does not remove doubt, so that the mind may rest in the sure knowledge of the truth, unless it finds it by the method of experiment.

In my opinion, it helps enormously to know why something is true, rather than being told it is true, for why should you believe me? Never believe anything on the authority of a single person but seek confirmation — and reason is the best confirmation

I ask you to believe nothing that you cannot verify for yourself.

People are always demanding proof. These are things that are not easily proved.

Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial; but if honest, and bent on thorough investigation, it may soon lead to full establishment of the truth.

I don't like accepting things at face value.

A thing that nobody believes cannot be proved too often.

It's not what you know, it's what you can prove.

Let us hear the suspicions. I will look after the proofs.

If you've got the truth you can demonstrate it. Talking doesn't prove it.

Billy squinted at me. "Why are you letting them go?" "Because they're real." "How do you know?" "The one I was holding crapped on my hand.

I wanted proof, not promises.

...I will not allow books to prove any thing." "But how shall we prove any thing?" "We never shall.

I believe in everything until it's disproved.

...Thomas did not believe the resurrection [John 20:25], and, as they say, would not believe without having ocular and manual demonstration himself. So neither will I, and the reason is equally as good for me, and for every other person, as for Thomas.

Don't trust, just verify.

To me, these biblical stories are just so many fish stories, and I'm not specifically referring to Jonah and the whale. I need indisputable proof of anything I'm asked to believe.