I think I would rather be a man than a god. We don’t need anyone to believe in us. We just keep going anyhow. It’s what we do.

No matter how true I believe what I am writing to be, if the reader cannot also participate in that truth, then I have failed.

Well, there are better cartoonists now than there ever have been. I firmly believe that. There's some amazing work being done.

I don't read novels that are looking to convince me of anything. I believe that literature needs to be a machine of illusions.

We all believe we have found the finest of diktat that applies our perfect future, but do we believe the world needs referees.

Our executive branch does not believe in interfering with what the legislative branch chooses to do. We believe in federalism.

I do not believe that the government should have its long nose poked into the private consensual relationships between people.

I believe that the internet as an open platform for distribution could be a great chance for the diversity of film production.

Crying feels so good sometimes, and I do it when I'm happy, sad, stressed, scared. I like to believe that tears are my friend.

There is no sorrow under heaven which is, or ought to be, endless. To believe or to make it so, is an insult to Heaven itself.

A whole new generation of Christians has come up believing that it is possible to 'accept' Christ without forsaking the world.

Psychoanalysts are not occupied with the minds of their patients; they do not believe in the mind but in a cerebral intestine.

I attempted briefly to consecrate myself in the public library, believing every crack in my soul could be chinked with a book.

War is to man what maternity is to a woman. From a philosophical and doctrinal viewpoint, I do not believe in perpetual peace.

Don't try to rush progress. Remember -- a step forward, no matter how small, is a step in the right direction. Keep believing.

Every man gives his life for what he believes ... one life is all we have to live and we live it according to what we believe.

I think by now I have made it fairly clear that I am not very happy with the word hope. I don't believe in people just hoping.

People want to believe that every marriage is perfect balance but it isn't. One person always loves more deeply than the other

The chief difficulty which prevents men of science from believing in divine as well as in nature Spirits is their materialism.

Even if the forces of darkness appear to prevail, those who believe in God know that evil and death do not have the final say.

In the fullness of time, educated people will believe there is no soul independent of the body, and hence no life after death.

I don't go to the start line expecting to win. I go to the start believing this could be the day when incredible things happen

I think too many people look at the arts with a religious outlook. Arts, music, singing and performing, it's all make-believe.

Don't ever deny yourself a chance at your dreams. We're all meant for great things, but not everyone believes that can happen.

Who could believe in the prophecies ... that the world would end this summer, while one milkweed with faith matured its seeds.

Now it really is, believe it or not, 90% of the films are green lit, not by the studio heads, but by the marketing department.

In the long term, you have to believe that movies and TV shows will be like the opera and the novel, pretty nichey businesses.

I believe that, with anything in life, if you have the patience, desire and passion, you can do whatever you set your mind to.

It was best to believe in all possibilities...there were more mysteries in the world than a man could ever hope to understand.

There's a lot of people scared of me, and I can't blame them. They call me crazy so much I think I'm starting to believe them.

One always hurries towards happiness, Monsieur Danglars, because when one has suffered much, one is at pains to believe in it.

You should tell the truth as often as you can, but in such a way as people don't believe you or think that you're being funny.

If you ever have the good fortune to meet Tippi Hedren, she's an amazing woman. You can't quite believe she is the age she is.

I cannot believe that the American people and the people they elected would use the Constitution to stifle any group's rights.

It is extremely difficult for a Jew to be converted, for how can he bring himself to believe in the divinity of - another Jew?

Don't listen to negative influences. Believe in yourself, and show others what you can do. Only "you" can find your potential.

You have to believe in yourself, challenge yourself, and push yourself until the very end; that's the only way you'll succeed.

Tonight I'll dust myself off, tonight I'll suck my gut in, I'll face the night and I'll pretend I got something to believe in.

I really believe in the power of music - and I mean literally the power of musical tones - to rearrange the way you can think.

I believe the man who will go down in posterity is the man who paints his own time and the scenes of everyday life around him.

Im one of those foolish people who believe the glory days of the record industry arent behind us. Theyre actually ahead of us.

I believe that we can access stories, and voices from those around us, more easily often than from our own imperfect memories.

I still believe that if we stand together with courage in our convictions and love for America, our best days are ahead of us.

I strongly support the Second Amendment and I believe the Second Amendment ought to be preserved - which means no gun control.

I believe that these devices like repetition and rhyme are not artificial, that they're not imposed, somehow, on the language.

I'm a practicing psychiatrist and I think that I really believe in the advances of psychiatry. Our diagnoses are more precise.

Fundamentalists can't take a joke. Ever. They want us to blindly obey, parrot everything they do, and believe in their dogmas.

What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence. The question is, what can you make people believe that you have done?

Boycotting the referendum is a possible option ... because we believe that participating in the voting might be a useless act.

I don't believe that consciousness is generated by the brain. I believe that the brain is more of a reciever of consciousness.

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