--- title: "19 Believe Quotes By Stephen Fry" description: "19 Believe quotes by Stephen Fry. Plus more from Stephen Fry and more Believe sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b67/stephen-fry-573_believe_i-believe-that-poetry-is-a-primal-impuls_1992944.png" --- > [I believe that poetry is a primal impulse within us all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/i-believe-that-poetry-is-a-primal-impulse-within-us-all/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b67/stephen-fry-573_believe_i-believe-that-poetry-is-a-primal-impuls_1992944.png) > [I don't believe there is a God. If I were to believe in a god, l would believe in gods.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/i-don-t-believe-there-is-a-god-if-i-were-to-believe-in-a-god-l-would/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/834/stephen-fry-573_believe_i-don-t-believe-there-is-a-god-if-i-were_835389.png) > [I knew I couldn't believe in God, because I was fundamentally Hellenic in my outlook.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/i-knew-i-couldn-t-believe-in-god-because-i-was-fundamentally-hellenic/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a36/stephen-fry-573_believe_i-knew-i-couldn-t-believe-in-god-because_803242.png) > [Atheism is not just about not believing there is a God, but on the assumption that there is one, what kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/atheism-is-not-just-about-not-believing-there-is-a-god-but-on-the/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98b/stephen-fry-573_assumption_atheism-is-not-just-about-not-believing_233454.png) > [If I were to believe in a god l would believe in gods. I think monotheism is the really ghastly thing. That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/if-i-were-to-believe-in-a-god-l-would-believe-in-gods-i-think/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/409/stephen-fry-573_believe_if-i-were-to-believe-in-a-god-l-would-be_230419.png) > [Atheism comes into rather a bad press and I suppose I'd rather describe myself as a humanist... I don't believe in God.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/atheism-comes-into-rather-a-bad-press-and-i-suppose-i-d-rather/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/670/stephen-fry-573_atheism_atheism-comes-into-rather-a-bad-press-an_1667268.png) > [I do believe that almost everything I do is based on my feelings, not on my intellect. Though But we won't chase…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/i-do-believe-that-almost-everything-i-do-is-based-on-my-feelings-not/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ece/stephen-fry-573_believe_i-do-believe-that-almost-everything-i-do_3199081.png) > [I'm afraid I don't believe there is such a thing as blasphemy, just outrage from those insecure in their own faith.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/i-m-afraid-i-don-t-believe-there-is-such-a-thing-as-blasphemy-just/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cc/stephen-fry-573_believe_i-m-afraid-i-don-t-believe-there-is-such_1686562.png) > [I never quite dare to believe I'm brave enough to be an artist, but I'm on the side of artists. I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/i-never-quite-dare-to-believe-i-m-brave-enough-to-be-an-artist-but-i/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ba/stephen-fry-573_art_i-never-quite-dare-to-believe-i-m-brave_1254778.png) > [I believe in kindness and niceness and lots of spiritual things, but the real intellectual rigor and quest of logic is something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/i-believe-in-kindness-and-niceness-and-lots-of-spiritual-things-but/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ab/stephen-fry-573_adventure_i-believe-in-kindness-and-niceness-and-l_2471076.jpg) > [My general view is that best actor best suited to role should get the job. Obviously when it comes to colour and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/my-general-view-is-that-best-actor-best-suited-to-role-should-get-the/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ea/stephen-fry-573_able_my-general-view-is-that-best-actor-best_1029708.png) > [After the shooting of John Lennon and the early death of so many great stars and the utter naked venal mercantile marketing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/after-the-shooting-of-john-lennon-and-the-early-death-of-so-many/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5dc/stephen-fry-573_believe_after-the-shooting-of-john-lennon-and-th_2956021.png) > [Humanism is an approach to life which encourages ethical and fulfilling living on the basis of reason and humanity, and rejects superstition…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/humanism-is-an-approach-to-life-which-encourages-ethical-and/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/568/stephen-fry-573_approach_humanism-is-an-approach-to-life-which-en_2773544.png) > [ \[My best tip for overcoming depression is\] to regard it as being like the weather. It's not your responsibility that it's raining,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/my-best-tip-for-overcoming-depression-is-to-regard-it-as-being-like/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/647/stephen-fry-573_accepting_my-best-tip-for-overcoming-depression-is_2435351.jpg) > [At John Schlesinger's funeral at a synagogue in St John's Wood some years ago the person I stood next to said to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/at-john-schlesinger-s-funeral-at-a-synagogue-in-st-john-s-wood-some/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24b/stephen-fry-573_believe_at-john-schlesinger-s-funeral-at-a-synag_361762.png) > [I think Eros should be dirty. In Greek legend, as I'm sure you are aware, he fell in love with the minor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/i-think-eros-should-be-dirty-in-greek-legend-as-i-m-sure-you-are/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f31/stephen-fry-573_believe_i-think-eros-should-be-dirty-in-greek-le_1040478.png) > [I really do believe that there are those who would like and trust me better if they saw me weeping into a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/i-really-do-believe-that-there-are-those-who-would-like-and-trust-me/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c92/stephen-fry-573_aggressive_i-really-do-believe-that-there-are-those_314642.png) > [Great writers, I discovered, were not to be bowed down before and worshipped, but embraced and befriended. Their names resounded through history…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/great-writers-i-discovered-were-not-to-be-bowed-down-before-and/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1eb/stephen-fry-573_arms_great-writers-i-discovered-were-not-to-b_1442932.jpg) > [I have a dark and dreadful secret. I write poetry... I believe poetry is a primal impulse within all of us. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/i-have-a-dark-and-dreadful-secret-i-write-poetry-i-believe-poetry-is/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/241/stephen-fry-573_believe_i-have-a-dark-and-dreadful-secret-i-writ_1795235.png) ## Other authors on Believe ## More by Stephen Fry > [“...Catholic versus Protestant, essentially. It's that kind of fight. ... And it goes on to this day. Will we never learn? Who knows? Religion.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/catholic-versus-protestant-essentially-it-s-that-kind-of-fight-and-it/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) > [How dare you? How dare you create a world in which there is such misery that is not our fault? It's not right, it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/how-dare-you-how-dare-you-create-a-world-in-which-there-is-such/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) > [“Look at the kind of people who most object to the childishness and cheapness of celebrity culture. Does one really want to side with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/look-at-the-kind-of-people-who-most-object-to-the-childishness-and/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) > [“The object of love should feel honoured or flattered, responsible in some way. Instead he felt insulted, degraded and revolted. More than that, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/the-object-of-love-should-feel-honoured-or-flattered-responsible-in/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) > [The only people who are obsessed with food are anorexics and the morbidly obese. That, in erotic terms, is the Catholic church, in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/the-only-people-who-are-obsessed-with-food-are-anorexics-and-the/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) > [To me, reason is as spiritual as anything else, the beauty of reason seems to me indelible and ineffable and numinous... the spirit is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/to-me-reason-is-as-spiritual-as-anything-else-the-beauty-of-reason/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) > [The stranger might laugh and seem to enjoy the writing, but you hug to yourself the thought that they didn't quite understand its force…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/the-stranger-might-laugh-and-seem-to-enjoy-the-writing-but-you-hug-to/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) > [“The future is a much bigger deal than the past,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/the-future-is-a-much-bigger-deal-than-the-past/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) > [I gather a repulsive nobody writing in a paper no one of any decency would be seen dead with has written something loathesome and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/i-gather-a-repulsive-nobody-writing-in-a-paper-no-one-of-any-decency/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) > [I've never had any illusions about being a lead actor in films, because lead actors have to be of a certain kind. Apart from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/i-ve-never-had-any-illusions-about-being-a-lead-actor-in-films/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) > [Because, let's face it, I do not get offered the parts that Brad Pitt has just turned down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/because-let-s-face-it-i-do-not-get-offered-the-parts-that-brad-pitt/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) > [I will defend the absolute value of Mozart over Miley Cyrus, of course I will, but we should be wary of false dichotomies. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/i-will-defend-the-absolute-value-of-mozart-over-miley-cyrus-of-course/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) > [You can't just say there is a god because the world is beautiful. You have to account for bone cancer in children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/you-can-t-just-say-there-is-a-god-because-the-world-is-beautiful-you/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) > [If you know someone who's depressed, please resolve never to ask them why. Depression isn't a straightforward response to a bad situation; depression just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/if-you-know-someone-who-s-depressed-please-resolve-never-to-ask-them/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) > [It's as if scientists exert every effort of will they possess deliberately to find the least significant problems in the world and explain them.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/it-s-as-if-scientists-exert-every-effort-of-will-they-possess/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/stephen-fry/#itemlist", "name": "19 Believe Quotes By Stephen Fry", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I believe that poetry is a primal impulse within us all.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen Fry" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/i-believe-that-poetry-is-a-primal-impulse-within-us-all/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b67/stephen-fry-573_believe_i-believe-that-poetry-is-a-primal-impuls_1992944.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b67/stephen-fry-573_believe_i-believe-that-poetry-is-a-primal-impuls_1992944.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b67/stephen-fry-573_believe_i-believe-that-poetry-is-a-primal-impuls_1992944.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I believe that poetry is a primal impulse within us all.” — Stephen Fry", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't believe there is a God. 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