Believed Quotes

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Respectable society believed in God in order to avoid having to speak about him. — Jean-Paul Sartre
I believed in realism, as summarized by John McCarthy's comment to the effect that if we worked really hard, we'd have an intelligent system in… — Marvin Minsky
Men that talk of their own benefits are not believed to talk of them because they have done them, but to have done them because… — Ben Jonson
It is hardly to be believed how spiritual reflections when mixed with a little physics can hold people's attention and give them a livelier idea… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
At the end of the day, if there was indeed some Body or presence standing there to judge me, I hoped I would be judged… — Lance Armstrong
A man's word Is believed just to the extent of the wealth in his coffers stored. — Juvenal
We assume that politicians are without honor. We read their statements trying to crack the code. The scandals of their politics: not so much that… — Adrienne Rich
There is a hearty Puritanism in the view of human nature which pervades the instrument of 1787. It is the work of men who believed… — James Bryce
I've always believed that dreams were both the love letters and the hate mail of the subconscious. — Pat Conroy
As for the spirit of poverty, I do not remember any moment when it was not in me, although only to that unhappily small extent… — Simone Weil
You know, I've never actually really believed that death is inevitable. I just think it's a rumor. — David Carradine
Much of human history can, I think, be described as a gradual and sometimes painful liberation from provincialism, the emerging awareness that there is more… — Carl Sagan
I wanted to get far away from those who believed in cruelty, so then I went to France, a land of true freedom, democracy, equality… — Josephine Baker
The Polar Express is about faith, and the power of imagination to sustain faith. It's also about the desire to reside in a world where… — Chris Van Allsburg
All ideas advanced to deal with the Florentine noise problem, the Florentine traffic problem, are Utopian, and nobody believes in them, just as nobody believed… — Mary McCarthy
All my life I had believed that unless I was perfect I would not be loved. — Jane Fonda
It is believed by experienced doctors that the heat which oozes out of the hand, on being applied to the sick, is highly salutary. It… — Hippocrates
If you had told me 28 years ago that the largest organization in the world touching the lives of gays and lesbians would be a… — Troy Perry
I still find doing portraits a terrific challenge, but even though I've done hundreds of them, I've never stopped questioning the very nature of portraiture… — Duane Michals
I have always defended my convictions and what I believed to be the truth. — Mikhail Khodorkovsky

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