#prove

I think I've finally proven something to people who were cynical about me. Because they were cruel. ↗

— Nancy Sinatra

#because #cruel #cynical #finally #i

We've always been in favor of improved wages for workers. When you have a strong middle class, they want to buy more stuff at Costco. ↗

— James Sinegal

#been #buy #class #costco #favor

You just have to trust your instincts and hope that if someone doesn't like your idea, you can prove them wrong in the final process. In the end, you can please some of the people some of the time, but that's about all you can do. ↗

— Bryan Singer

#end #final #hope #idea #in the end

I don't think there's much point in bemoaning the state of the world unless there's some way you can think of to improve it. Otherwise, don't bother writing a book; go and find a tropical island and lie in the sun. ↗

— Peter Singer

#bother #find #go #i #improve

The Pentagon said that these prisoners were kept in accordance with the Geneva Convention, and of course I was not reassured by that, but I couldn't prove that that was wrong; so we're clearer about that. ↗

— Peter Singer

#accordance #clearer #convention #course #geneva

For me I'm a luxury brand trying to prove to people and the industry that it's not about being a TV celebrity in any which way, it's about being a designer and having a business and being successful at that. ↗

— Christian Siriano

#any #being #brand #business #celebrity

We were criticized throughout that investigation for being too thorough, for taking too long. But time has proved the correctness of that approach. ↗

— Kenneth Starr

#being #correctness #criticized #investigation #long

When assumptions were made that I was going to bail out there was a little part of my brain that thought 'I am going to do to prove them wrong'. In the end that wouldn't be coming from my heart and doing what was right. ↗

— Craig Stevens

#assumptions #bail #brain #coming #doing

To show a 'well-founded fear of persecution,' an alien need not prove that it is more likely than not that he or she will be persecuted in his or her home country. ↗

— John Paul Stevens

#country #fear #her #his #home

But after the spirit of conquest had changed the first governments, all the succeeding ones have, in general, proved one continued series of injustice, which has reigned in all countries for almost four thousand years. ↗

— Ezra Stiles

#almost #changed #conquest #continued #countries