“all he would have needed to do to verify or refute this theory was to ask a number of men and women to open their mouths so he could count their teeth.”
Aristotle
“The 'harmonious world' theory ... will help dispel doubts in the international community about China's continued development and refute the absurd 'China threat theory'.”
Ye Xiaowen
“It is certainly not the least charm of a theory that it is refutable”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“Who can refute a sneer?”
William Paley
“Anytime they can point to something concrete, something that's happening, it helps them refute all the allegations, all the daily news that comes in on the ongoing violence and the more-structural problems,”
Jane Arraf
“The refutation of a sacrifice frequently consists in its acceptance.”
Wilhelm Steinitz
“This does very strongly refute the dominant view in the 1990s, that reducing the amount of fat in the diet would spontaneously lead to weight loss. What's happened to the American diet during this low-fat period is, people were given the idea that if they reduced calories from fat, weight would go down. Clearly, that has not happened.”
Walter Willett
