Quotes About Conviction

When I did 'The Passion,' nobody believed in the movie. Everybody was telling me, 'You shouldn't do this movie... But I wanted to play Mary Magdalene. I thought that I could do something strong and deep with this character.

I never doubted that I would be a good mayor. I never did.

No man has ceased to believe in God before having decided that he should not exist; no book would produce atheism, and no book can restore faith.

For the millionth time, I'm retired. I keep saying it, and people keep answering, 'Well, maybe he doesn't mean it this time.' But I do.

I will never say something I don't agree with or believe in... even if the reward is massive!

My mom just wants to make sure that my heart is always in whatever I do and I'm in things for the right reasons.

I was always a right-wing girl as far back as I can remember.

I don't know if I'm so righteous.

I accept a role only if it's something I really, really like.

I only have one rule: I don't do anything for money; that's my rule.

Fine Gael needs to be Fine Gael and needs to stand its ground. It should not sacrifice its politics for position in government.

My dad being a salesman taught me you can sell anybody anything if you've got the ability to believe.

I always say the same thing - believe in what you do, do it, and don't veer away from the truth of it.

I'd rather fail doing what I believe in and feel satisfied that I tried.

I believe so much in these products, and it's really satisfying when you believe in something.

It is not the Head but the Heart that is the Seat of Atheism.

I never second-guess myself.

Even though there's only two guys in the band, when both of us are on the same page about something, you can't really change our minds.

My whole thing is, I've got to be as good, as courageous as what's written on the page.

You can't be a part-time Richard Dawkins.

I think that feeling that if one believed absolutely in any cause, then one must have the confidence, the self-certainty, to go through with that particular course of action.

I've got a really hard election. If you had a really hard election and it was after Labor Day would you go to North Carolina to a bunch of parties and glad-handing or would you stay home and work as hard as you know how to convince Missourians they should rehire you?

I've had a growing conviction that Congress is not operating as it should. There is much too much partisanship and not enough progress.

I want to work on interesting parts that I can believe in.