Quotes About Doubt

I do understand what it is to not want to commit to someone, knowing that might bring pain or commit to a life that has to do with being responsible to people other than myself. These things, I think, are normal things.

Just having conversations with God, begging God to make the pain go away, and then the pain wouldn't go away. So I'm like 'Who the hell am I talking to? God is not responding.'

Black people were very angry with me for writing the book. A lot of people didn't believe me, or didn't want to believe me, and that used to really bother me. It was a very painful and difficult time.

It's painful when you see your boyfriend flirting with some girl or you know he's been with somebody on the road.

My parents felt that acting was far too insecure. Don't ask me what made them think that painting would be more secure.

Sometimes a leap of faith doesn't pan out.

Doubt is important because it suggests progress. Total certainty can mean there's no assessment of things. Doubt, if you don't panic, can allow newness to come in and challenge something that's an established mode.

Sometimes I panic and think I can't really write.

When I start a new novel and find myself diverted by domestic activities, many of which I genuinely enjoy, I panic that I will never write another word.

When we were writing for Panic whether we knew it or not, having that name over the songs we were trying to do made me second guess things and change things. I started to go against my instincts.

If the majority of people were right, we'd be living in paradise. But we are not living in paradise, we are living in hell. What does it mean? That means the majority of people are wrong. So I never believed what people told me.

You've heard the saying, 'Analysis creates paralysis.' You can't be 100 percent sure of anything.

I'm the kind of person who can paralyze myself very easily by over-thinking decisions.

I have a paranoia that 'Ablutions' is the best thing I'll ever do.

And I know I'm paranoid and neurotic, I've made a career out of it.

Of course I don't think I have it made by any means. I'm too insecure, obsessive and paranoid for that.

Every coach is paranoid.

I go to bed incredibly paranoid about the competition.

I used to think of it as a joke that all paranoids were right. That was a joke in the '60s, but now I'm convinced that people should be paranoid reflexively - and then pare it down from there if there's any indication that they're wrong.

Now you don't know if somebody likes you or Milli Vanilli, the fame, the money. This makes it difficult. This makes you a little paranoid and afraid about people.

I don't believe in ghosts or paranormal activity, but one time I think I saw - I might have seen - no, I think I did see a ghost.

Every parent has those moments where they look at their child and think, 'There's a demon in those eyes and no one can see it but me!'

I remember going to a funeral at a very fundamentalist church, and I just had to get out of there. I went out in the parking lot and just sobbed. I think there was a sense of loss of that little boy not knowing if he was right or wrong. Everything I grew up with I had to walk away from.

Our armed forces, not our parliament of dunces, are our pride. Doubting our armed forces' integrity and honesty is a disgraceful travesty.