Thus disbelief crept over me at a very slow rate, but at last was complete. The rate was so slow that I… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
We can suspend disbelief about Harry Potter, and we do the same thing with God, and we do the same thing with… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
Everyone knows that a movie is false. But if as filmmakers we give the audience too many reasons to lose the suspension… — Greig Fraser 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
“...victims of violent crime are not always believed... [referring to victim testimony at serial killer and pedophile Marc Detroux's trial]” — Natascha Kampusch Copy Share Image
It has been said of many modern Christian theologians that their primary aim is to find ways to express disbelief as belief. — Rodney Stark Copy Share Image
Skepticism requires disbelief and curiosity, not conformity to conventional wisdom. There's no science here. This is pure politics. — Rush Limbaugh 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
What if you began to expect the best from any situation? Isn't it possible that you could write new chapters in your… — Sarah Ban Breathnach Copy Share Image
“Question everything—no matter how beloved, or how long-held, or how exalted—without apology. Only those who build their world upon lies need fear… — L.M. Browning Copy Share Image
Irene Diamond's Fertile Ground is a provocative book. It stirs me to vigorous assent. It also triggers wide-eyed disbelief. . . .… — Janet Lembke Copy Share Image
The look she gave me reminded me of when is was seven and I'd proudly informed out housekeeper that I'd donated half… — Kelley Armstrong Copy Share Image
Let me begin now, this very night, to emulate Christ. Cast off forever will be the old self and with it defeat,… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
“Will stared at him with utter disbelief. “Am I really supposed to answer that? What do you think I want? I want… — Josh Lanyon Copy Share Image
He gave the body a final kick and then turned to face me. “You and I need to talk, Kitten.” “Now?” I… — Jeaniene Frost Copy Share Image
The generation of atmosphere, the aura of the uncanny, is one of the most important secrets of magic. It contributes to the… — Doreen Valiente Copy Share Image
“Sometimes it's the case that when you hear the thing you have most wanted to hear, you cannot take it in. Hope… — Amy Bloom Copy Share Image
“Today, acknowledgement of the prevalence and harms of child sexual abuse is counterbalanced with cautionary tales about children and women who, under… — Michael Salter Copy Share Image
“She saw how he was staring at it, the bright red hue beneath her bonnet. She could not bear to see the… — Charlotte Featherstone Copy Share Image
I saw my name: THOMAS, Petria. Saw my time, 57.72. Saw the number one next to them. I'd done it. Me! Petria… — Petria Thomas Copy Share Image
“Some readers may find it a curious or even unscientific endeavour to craft a criminological model of organised abuse based on the… — Michael Salter Copy Share Image
“here is something that is impossible for anyone to believe. The human species has been in existence as Homo sapiens for (let… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
I definitely prefer the single camera better. For me it's the simple fact that I enjoy working in front of an audience,… — Jonathan Groff Copy Share Image
What you're gonna hear Jim Harbaugh say, many in this country are getting their backs up filled with rage and anger and… — Rush Limbaugh 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
Let me drive," she said, reaching for the reins. He turned to her in disbelief. "This is a phaeton, not a single-horse… — Julia Quinn 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
“When God is driven to the periphery of the public square, the human spiritual capacity longs for exercise, and it often finds… — John Granger Copy Share Image
I slapped my face two or three times with both hands, as hard as possible. The slapping hurt. It snapped me to… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share Image
“Its sound in her soul was a distant fast train. Love did not bring happiness, it did not last, and it ended… — Andre Dubus Copy Share Image
In Lullabies, I wanted to capture what I remembered of the drunken babbling of unfortunate twelve-year-olds: their illusions, their ludicrously bad choices,… — Heather O'Neill Copy Share Image
Declare war on passivity. Hush the inner voice that insists you're over the hill, past your prime, unworthy of attaining those dreams.… — J. C. Hutchins Copy Share Image
As a child, I was just never that interested in the lives of my favourite actors, like Cary Grant. I do wonder… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
“He respected the power of faith, the benevolence of churches, the strength religion gave so many people . . . and yet,… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
Love? Be it man. Be it woman. It must be a wave you want to glide in on, give your body to… — Anne Sexton Copy Share Image
Be aware of the big difference between inspired action and activity. Activity comes from the brain-mind and is rooted in disbelief and… — Rhonda Byrne Copy Share Image
The secret of making something work in your lives is first of all, the deep desire to make it work; then the… — Eileen Caddy Copy Share Image
Women want everything of a lover. And too often I would sink below the surface. So armies disappear under sand. And there… — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
There is more evidence to support the possibility that there could be a crack smoking Velociraptor in a pink tutu playing the… — Rock Cowles Copy Share Image
Theatre's great. It's such an act of faith. It's a wonderful art form where you suspend disbelief for a couple of hours.… — Israel Horovitz Copy Share Image