Belief Quote by Anonymous

Sometimes people hold a core belief that is very strong. When they are presented with evidence that works against that belief, the new evidence…

— Frantz Fanon

When examining evidence relevant to a given belief, people are inclined to see what they expect to see, and conclude what they expect to…

— Thomas Gilovich

Even when you expose something, when you have a true believer, that person rejects that proof; he thinks it's just a set-up. We believe…

— Rodrigo Cortes

“The more intense the belief, the less likely that reason and evidence can dislodge it.”

— Linda Elder Richard Paul

Belief is the uncritical acceptance of something you can't prove.

— Hans Holzer

“entrenched disbelief is oddly immune to evidence.”

— Frans de Waal

Having learned something, we tend to cling to that belief, even in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary. New information comes in…

— Daniel Levitin

“People are always clinging to what they want to hear, discarding the evidence that doesn’t fit with their beliefs, giving greater weight to evidence…

— Paula Stokes

Belief isn't supposed to make sense, at least not all the time. In that, it finds its power. It gets to creep up on…

— Laura Dave

To believe something in the face of evidence and against reason - to believe something by faith - is ignoble, irresponsible and ignorant, and…

— A.C. Grayling

Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence.

— Senoraroy

You can't convince a believer of anything; for their belief is not based on evidence, it's based on a deep seated need to believe

— Carl Sagan