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Believe Quotes by Wystan Hugh Auden
- In relation to a writer, most readers believe in the Double Standard: they may be unfaithful to him as often as they like, but he…
- No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were the only one alive, and…
- All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of will but must wait until…
- The relation of faith between subject and object is unique in every case. Hundreds may believe, but each has to believe by himself.
- God is Love, we are taught as children to believe. But when we first begin to get some inkling of how He loves us, we…
- If age, which is certainly Just as wicked as youth, look any wiser, It is only that youth is still able to believe It will…
- Christ did not enchant men; He demanded that they believe in Him: except on one occasion, the Transfiguration. For a brief while, Peter, James, and…
- One can only blaspheme if one believes.
- There is a great deal of difference in believing something still, and believing it again.
- As readers, we remain in the nursery stage so long as we cannot distinguish between taste and judgment, so long, that is, as the only…
- Lovers have lived so long with giants and elves, they won't believe again in their own size.
- A poet must never make a statement simply because it is sounds poetically exciting; he must also believe it to be true.
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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