The martyr endured tortures to affirm his belief in truth but he never asserted his disbelief in torture. — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
The more you can create that magic bubble, that suspension of disbelief, for a while, the better. — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
It is now life and not art that requires the willing suspension of disbelief. — Lionel Trilling Copy Share Image
There’s something really powerful about groups and shared experiences. People might be skeptical about their ability to change if they’re by themselves,… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
What’s your name, then? ”Tessa looked at him in disbelief. “What’s my name?” “Don’t you know it? — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
I'm at my strongest when I'm able to let go, when I suspend my beliefs as well as disbeliefs, and leave myself… — Anita Moorjani Copy Share Image
The tendency of all strong governments has always been to suppress liberty, partly in order to ease the processes of rule, partly… — John A. Hobson Copy Share Image
“In my client who had confessed her “alien abduction” experience, an alter had been instructed that if she began to remember the… — Alison Miller Copy Share Image
“Along with the trust issues, one of the hardest parts to deal with is the feeling of not being believed or supported,… — Erin Merryn Copy Share Image
“Hope greets your desires warmly while doubts insult your efforts bitterly!” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
The boy will remain a son and never become a father. He will be forgotten by the crowd once his blood is… — Yiyun Li Copy Share Image
Alec looked down at the shattered pieces in disbelief. “You BROKE my PHONE.” Jace shrugged. “Guys don’t let other guys keep calling… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
What really happens is that the story-maker proves a successful 'sub-creator'. He makes a Secondary World which your mind can enter. Inside… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
Disbelief in futurity loosens in a great measure the ties of morality, and may be for that reason pernicious to the peace… — David Hume Copy Share Image
“people do not emphasize with victims and give them limitless sympathy, but can very quickly switch to aggression and rejection” — Natascha Kampusch Copy Share Image
It's absurd to think of 'Pride and Prejudice,' this classic, beloved book, beset with a zombie uprising. The goal is to make… — Seth Grahame-Smith Copy Share Image
No memoirists writes for long without experiencing an unsettling disbelief about the reliability of memory, a hunch that memory is not, after… — Patricia Hampl Copy Share Image
“Even a nonbeliever might find it useful to model himself after God. Very useful, in fact.” — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
People are most shocked and most in disbelief that I go to the office every day. I have a job. When I'm… — Ashton Kutcher Copy Share Image
One of the most difficult things in opera is for people to suspend disbelief. — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
I like movies! No, I like theater too. And paintings are great, and all of that! But to me, the great sort… — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image
“Ironically, the only people anyone believes these days are the skeptics.” — J.S.B. Morse Copy Share Image
Belief is the natural state of things. It is the default option. We just believe. We believe all sorts of things. Belief… — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
I was in disbelief that I’d just explained my dreary life to this bizarre, beautiful boy who may or may not despise… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
“Your first reaction is the characteristic one of your contrasuggestible century: to disbelieve, to disprove. I see this very clearly underneath your… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
