Believed Quotes

2206 Believed quotes by 1641 unique authors

When you feel the rise of unpleasant emotions, take a moment and make an effort to identify their source. The answers are far more available… — Jane Roberts
Deep down, I believed that I was supposed to win. And if I didn’t, it was because of ME. — Lashinda Demus
For Borges, the core of reality lay in books; reading books, writing books, talking about books. In a visceral way, he was conscious of continuing… — Alberto Manguel
An imbecile habit has arisen in modern controversy of saying that such and such a creed can be held in one age but cannot be… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I've always believed the lies we use to make our fictions reveal the truth with far more honesty than any history or herstory or life… — Charles de Lint
A faithless woman, if known to be such by the person concerned, is but faithless ; if she is believed faithful, she is treacherous. — Jean de la Bruyere
Just as the liar 's punishment is, not in the least that he is not believed , but that he cannot believe any one else;… — George Bernard Shaw
I've long believed alas, that in highly organized industrial societies, capitalist or socialist, the stronger tendency is to converge - that if steel or automobiles… — John Kenneth Galbraith
In the early days of the crash it was widely believed that Jesse L. Livermore, a Bostonian with a large and unquestionably exaggerated reputation for… — John Kenneth Galbraith
Throughout Asia and Europe, pearls were traditionally believed to ease a range of conditions, including eye diseases, fever, insomnia, 'female complaints', dysentery, whooping cough, measles,… — Victoria Finlay
A noted cancer specialist in Boston said he believed that if some simple and inexpensive replacement for Chemotherapy for the treatment of cancer were found… — Barry Lynes
It has been preached in every country, taught everywhere, but only believed in by a few, because until we get the experience ourselves, we cannot… — Bill Vaughan
My dad had a steady job with a really major dance band from '54 till '68, and then quit because he wanted to play different… — Elvis Costello
I think the reason I was able to get the jobs I did is because I worked for some very strong, self-possessed filmmakers who wouldn't… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt
My views about God come from my dad. Dad told me that he believed Nature, which to him included humankind, to be so beautiful, so… — Al Franken
My advantage as a woman and a human being has been in having a mother who believed strongly in women's education. She was an early… — Antonia Fraser
Mr. Disney believed everyone was still a child deep inside. — Annette Funicello
But, ancient Greece and ancient Rome - people did not happen to believe that creativity came from human beings back then, OK? People believed that… — Elizabeth Gilbert
I never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come into my neighborhood after dark. — Dick Gregory
Now here's what I'm saying: I've always believed that every other month we hear about compromisation of bank records, I think that's the CIA and… — Dick Gregory
I have always believed the iron rule of politics was that women don't vote for men who yell. — Gail Collins
My dad and mom believed that you do what you have to do in private and don't make a big deal out of it. Just… — Harry Connick, Jr.
I believed in Bobby Kennedy. Campaigning for him was an attempt to give back something to this country that has given me so much. — Sammy Davis, Jr.
We are all atheists about most of the gods that societies have ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further. — Richard Dawkins
I believed the only thing that could turn around this government spending and mounting debt would be if the people rose up. — Jim DeMint

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