Quotes About Belief

I don't believe in protein," I said. "I think it's a myth, like vitamins. I don't believe in nutrition, in fact. I think it's all a myth.

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I could hear them whispering how Granddad had gone to a better place. They could think so and go to hell; I didn't believe it. Not unless dirt is a better place than air.

I didn't know people had that much blood in them," Gus said. "I thought we was mostly bone inside." Call didn't admit it, but he had the same belief; but from what he had seen that morning, it seemed that people were really just sacks of blood with legs and arms stuck on them.

things which seemed impossible often weren't. They only became so if one thought about them too much so that fear took over.

I could hear [the old ladies from Thalia] whispering how Granddad had gone to a better place. They could think and go to hell; I didn't believe it. Not unless dirt is a better place than air.

Sanford Meisner taught actors never to look at the punctuation in a script. His belief was that it would force you into giving a particular line reading that might not be your own—meaning that you would get stuck in a certain way of saying it instead of following the impulses arising from your intention.

To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection. -H. Poincare

The gods do not protect fools. Fools are protected by more capable fools. She'd

You know the truth, now. You know that reason alone is not enough. You must ask for grace . .

He might become ultra conservative, rejecting the impossible even after it had become fact

trust his intent, question his judgment

At least I never voted Republican. -Tony Kushner

Even more basic to McCarthy's success, the president never challenged the senator's meat-and-potatoes premises: that merely believing in communism was dangerous, and that Soviet subversion threatened the stability and safety of America.

Most of the time, the only thing stopping us is ourselves.

Always remember, said Petra, a friend is someone who understands your past, believes in you future, and accepts you just the way you are.... And a friend stands by you, Suzanne thought to herself,...No matter what it cost her.

A defense attorney, at least a good defense attorney, never tries to convince anyone of anything. We do the opposite. We remind everyone you can't know anything for sure.

I'm not sure we get to, Annie," he said. "I'm not sure we get to choose when or where we find what we're looking for.

I'm just not sure who I should be trusting here,' she says. 'Me,' I say. 'Just me.' She bites her lip, like she believes me, or at least like she is starting to believe me - which is more than I could hope for in this moment. Because you can't tell people to trust you. You have to show them that they can. And I haven't had enough time.

saw me. And it seemed like he was going to do the right thing. But then slowly, evenly, he shook his head. "Your father is welcome to stay on and help run the vineyard. He knows that we would love to have him. He knows that was our preference." I stared at him in disbelief. "Wow, just when I thought you might understand.

We have our opinion and we filter information into a paradigm that supports it.

Knowing Finn thought I was an awful driver. Like, running of gas while getting a speeding ticket awful.

Maybe that's the way everything changes. Just when you finally believe that anything is stable, and will stay the same.

Not if she hasn't succeeded in convincing them that she is behind them, no matter what.