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Believes Quotes (page 245)

Once, when a religionist denounced me in unmeasured terms, I sent him a card saying, "I am sure you believe that I will go to hell when I die, and that once there I will suffer all the pains and tortures the sadistic ingenuity of your deity can devise and that this torture will continue forever. Isn't that enough for you? Do you have to call me bad names in addition? Isaac Asimov
An ideology can provide a satisfying narrative that explains chaotic events and collective misfortunes in a way that flatters the virtue and competence of believers, while being vague or conspiratorial enough to withstand skeptical scrutiny. Steven Pinker
Everybody has choices, Mother. The poorest girl alive may not be able to choose between being Queen of England or Principal of Newnham; but she can choose between rag-picking and flower-selling, according to her taste. People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them. George Bernard Shaw
One time, as the cold wind blew and she kept watch over the playground, Aomame realized she believed in God. It was a sudden discovery, like finding, with the soles of your feet, solid ground beneath the mud. Haruki Murakami
William Goldman quote: "He nodded, took a step away.??ll send for you soon. Believe me.""
He nodded, took a step away.??ll send for you soon. Believe me." William Goldman
The error is this: it is proper for a creator to be optimistic, in the deepest, most basic sense, since the creator believes in a benevolent universe and functions on that premise. But it is an error to extend that optimism to other specific men. First, it's not necessary, the creator's life and the nature of the universe do not require it, his life does not depend on others. Second, man is a being with free will; therefore, each man is potentially good or evil, and it's up to him and only to... Ayn Rand
Jean Cocteau quote: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of..."
I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you don't like? Jean Cocteau
But then the dove of hope began its downward slope. And I believed for a moment that my chances. Were approaching to be grabbed. But as it came down near, so did a weary tear. I thought it was a bird, but it was just a paper bag. Fiona Apple
I suppose all the movies I've seen will be worth nothing to me when I die. Wrong. They'll be worth something, believe me. Don't stop going to the movies. Roberto Bolano
I believe man suffers from an appalling ignorance of his own nature. I produce my own view in the belief that it may be something like the truth. William Golding
Justin Bieber quote: "If you don't dream big, there's no use of dreaming. If you..."
If you don't dream big, there's no use of dreaming. If you don't have faith, there's nothing worth believing. Justin Bieber
Franklin D. Roosevelt quote: "We and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do,..."
We and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees. Franklin D. Roosevelt
John Steinbeck quote: "i believe there are monsters born in the world to human parents"
i believe there are monsters born in the world to human parents John Steinbeck
What an absurd torture for the artist to know that an audience identifies him with a work that, within himself, he has moved beyond and that was merely a game played with something in which he does not believe. Thomas Mann
J. K. Rowling quote: "From here on in, Harry, I may be as woefully wrong as Humphrey..."
From here on in, Harry, I may be as woefully wrong as Humphrey Belcher who believed the time was ripe for a cheese cauldron. J. K. Rowling

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