“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
“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
“It is certainly not the least charm of a theory that it is refutable”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“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
“Who can refute a sneer?”
William Paley
“Every man who has declared that some other man is an ass or a scoundrel, gets angry when the other man conclusively shows that the assertion was erroneous.”
“I must refute the implication ... that a landscape architect is a glorified gardener. A landscape architect -- unlike a landscape designer, nurseryman or gardener -- must complete a rigorous education from an accredited university program.”
Mark Epstein