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Believe Quotes by Umberto Eco
- If two things don't fit, but you believe both of them, thinking that somewhere, hidden, there must be a third thing that connects them, that's…
- But why doesn't the Gospel ever say that Christ laughed?" I asked, for no good reason. "Is Jorge right?" "Legions of scholars have wondered whether…
- "You cannot believe what you are saying." "Well, no. Hardly ever. But the philosopher is like the poet. The latter composes ideal letters for an…
- And we, inhabitants of the great coral of the Cosmos, believe the atom (which still we cannot see) to be full matter, whereas, it too,…
- When we traded the results of our fantasies, it seemed to us-and rightly-that we had proceeded by unwarranted associations, by shortcuts so extraordinary that, if…
- I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to…
- When men stop believing in God, it isn't that they then believe in nothing: they believe in everything.
- Followers of the occult believe in only what they already know, and in those things that confirm what they have already learned.
- Rem tene, verba sequentur: grasp the subject, and the words will follow. This, I believe, is the opposite of what happens with poetry, which is…
- I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach us. We are…
- What did I really think fifteen years ago? A nonbeliever, I felt guilty in the midst of all those believers. And since it seemed to…
- Thus we have on stage two men, each of whom knows nothing of what he believes the other knows, and to deceive each other reciprocally…
- I don't know, maybe we're always looking for the right place, maybe it's within reach, but we don't recognize it. Maybe to recognize it, we…
- I believe that you can reach the point where there is no longer any difference between developing the habit of pretending to believe and developing…
- You’ll come back To me . . . It’s written in the stars, you see, you’ll come back. You’ll come back, it’s a fact that…
More Believe Quotes
- Our tradition of political thought had its definite beginning in the teachings of Plato and Aristotle. I believe it came to a… — Hannah Arendt
- 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