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Believe Quotes by Michael Shermer
- The whole point of faith, in fact, is to believe regardless of the evidence, which is the very antithesis of science.
- People believe in God because we are pattern-seeking, storytelling, mythmaking, religious, moral animals.
- Believing that the rustle in the grass is a dangerous predator when it is only the wind does not cost much, but believing that a…
- I’m a skeptic not because I do not want to believe, but because I want to know.
- I’m a skeptic not because I do not want to believe, but because I want to know. How can we tell the difference between what…
- Belief is the natural state of things. It is the default option. We just believe. We believe all sorts of things. Belief is natural; disbelief,…
- Being a skeptic just means being rational and empirical: thinking and seeing before believing.
- ...evolution is not a religious tenet, to which one swears allegiance or belief as a matter of faith.. It is a factual reality of the…
- Smart people believe weird things because they are skilled at defending beliefs they arrived at for non-smart reasons.
- Ever since college, I have been a libertarian - socially liberal and fiscally conservative. I believe in individual liberty and personal responsibility.
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- I believe more in precision, when you have the capability, like when you see a mosquito fly and you're able to hit… — Alexis Arguello
- I believe in anything that will engage the audience and make the story more effective. — J. J. Abrams
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- It is the role of good journalism to take on powerful abusers, and when powerful abusers are taken on, there's always a… — Julian Assange
- I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods,… — Paul Auster
- Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause of the… — Mahmoud Abbas
- Strong beliefs win strong men, and then make them stronger. — Richard Bach
- The things that people do now in sports, you can't even believe. These are complete total athletes. To see what human beings… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I believe that every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running around doing… — Neil Armstrong
- Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind… — Mary Kay Ash
- Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. — Isaac Asimov