Quotes About Beliefs

What people will - or will not - laugh at is mainly determined by their social conditioning.

I wanted people to begin dialogue about racism, about colorism. I wanted people to really become honest about our beliefs, about racism and how it exists in America today.

It's not that conservatives don't care. We do. We just have different answers than liberals do. It's a difference of the mind, not of the heart.

Some people have different beliefs and aren't going to agree with everything you do. There's nothing you can do to change their minds. All you can do is have your own voice and believe in your own beliefs.

The IRS, now known for abusing its power by targeting groups for their political beliefs, is a prime example of an overgrown federal agency that doles out enormous bonuses to senior employees.

I get a lot of tattoos for people in my family. Some of my friends I have tattoos for, some of my religious beliefs, things that represent me in different times of my life. They kind of tell a story. I like them.

The renaissance movement and social reformers have taught us that superstitious beliefs and customs should be challenged and opposed.

I supported Obama because of his relationships. A lot of the things he believes in, you would say that it's not in the best interest for someone in my tax bracket, but it's not about that. It's about him making the world better and making it equal and even all around, and that's what I'm supporting when I supported Obama.

What we won't become is a 'Democratic Party lite!' We are a party that wants smaller government and lower taxes. Obama and the Democrats do not. We are a party that wants to encourage small business. We are a party that has a large constituent group that believes in a social agenda and we will not abandon them.

The country is increasingly culturally conservative, with a small C. Every time marriage is on the ballot, it passes. People are increasingly pro-life. They don't like taxes.

It would be inaccurate to say the Tea Partiers are racists. What they are, in truth, are narcissists.

I don't pass the Tea Party's purity test.

Well, look, I'm as Tea Party as it gets.

The Tea Party loves Reagan because he said exactly what they want to hear.

And the Tea Party represents many of us who believe that we are taxed enough already. We believe in free markets.

And my principles go right in line with the Tea Party.

So I'm a pretty conservative fellow, but not conservative enough for the Tea Party.

On the issues the Tea Party cares about, I land right in their bull's-eye.

While liberals are leery of religious fundamentalism in general, they consistently imagine that all religions at their core teach the same thing and teach it equally well. This is one of the many delusions borne of political correctness.

I believe in civil liberties for homosexuals. I guess I'd have to say I'd draw the line at letting them teach in the schools.

I played saxophone, so I was into jazz. I learned from each audience and each teacher that I had. I can't really tell you any rules or anything, but the way I develop my beliefs is really just by personally learning from different situations.

To say that Reagan teaches us that we should be against amnesty for illegal immigrants is to contradict what Reagan himself stood for - that he was in favor of amnesty.

Cross cultural experience teaches us not simply that people have different beliefs, but that people seek meaning and understand themselves in some sense as members of a cosmos ruled by God.

All the ills from which America suffers can be traced to the teaching of evolution.