Quotes About Belief

I was brought up a very strict Catholic and I don't practice anymore or anything.

I'm a very private person who grew up with a strict German mother who believed 'loose lips sink ships.'

I grew up in a very strict Pentecostal household.

I have friends who are scientists, strict materialists, who don't think science and religion are compatible, but I just think most of us - unless you're a strict atheist materialist, which there aren't many of - most of us believe in something outside the material world. And if you do believe that, I don't know how you're not obsessed with it.

My kids would say I'm strict, but I don't think I am.

I'd had a strict religious education.

A lot of people have a belief system that is strictly based on religious dogma.

I'm not particularly into the formal, political side of faith, although I am spiritual and I do have a faith. But 'Strictly Come Dancing' is my religion.

We ought to recognize that religious strife is not the consequence of differences among people. It's about conflicts between creation stories.

It will sometimes strike a scientific man that the philosophers have been less intent on finding out what the facts are, than on inquiring what belief is most in harmony with their system.

A great deal of what is presumed to be intractable or inevitable in this world doesn't strike me that way at all.

For my diet, I choose mostly organic. But in general, I am a big believer in trying to strike a balance with everything.

You get to the big leagues, and you think, 'Can I do this stuff?' Then you take the first pitch down the middle for Strike 1, and you think, 'I could have hit that.'

I'm fascinated by the whole concept of snake handling. When you read about the Pentecostal snake handlers, what strikes you the most is their commitment.

I believe in my striking game against Weidman's wrestling. He's complete in every aspect of the game, but I'm confident in what I do.

Henri Hooft is the greatest striking coach on planet. He's phenomenal leader - he makes me believe in me more than I will ever believe in me.

All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give them the power to pull ours.

If you don't believe there's some organising principle, or somebody up in the sky pulling the strings, then it can be very stressful. And nature itself is very arbitrary - it's not malevolent or benevolent; it doesn't even know we're here.

I don't believe that heavy strings make it all that much bigger-sounding. If anything, it can mess up your fingers, and you can get tendonitis, which is not cool.

I didn't believe in spiritual homelands, and found God as readily in a strip mall as in a mosque.

I think that Stripe generally is comprised of the kind of people who believe in technology or are kind of optimistic about its effect and want to have whatever future it's leading to happen.

God has a plan for every individual. We must only strive to achieve what we have to. He takes care of the rest.

I don't know how much I believe in redemptive stories, even though people want them and strive for them.

I'm always someone who wants to strive to prove someone wrong or show something that maybe they haven't seen.