--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: I know there is something out there and…" description: "\"I know there is something out there and like most people, I tend to believe in it more when things go bad.\" — Maggie Smith" image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/461/maggie-smith-8377_bad_i-know-there-is-something-out-there-and_250013.jpg" --- # I know there is something out there and like most people… ![“I know there is something out there and like most people, I tend to believe in it more when things go bad.” quote by Maggie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/461/maggie-smith-8377_bad_i-know-there-is-something-out-there-and_250013.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/461/maggie-smith-8377_bad_i-know-there-is-something-out-there-and_250013.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/461/maggie-smith-8377_bad_i-know-there-is-something-out-there-and_250013.jpg) > “I know there is something out there and like most people, I tend to believe in it more when things go bad.” [Maggie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-smith/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Belief in a higher purpose intensifies during hardship. **In simple terms:** Faith grows in adversity. Key Takeaway Seek meaning in challenges. Themes faith hope adversity Mood thoughtful hopeful Type philosophical inspirational When to use this quote - health crises - financial loss - personal grief Key Concepts existentialism psychology Questions to Reflect On - What does “something out there” mean to you? - How do you balance belief with action? A Different Perspective Over‑reliance on belief can ignore practical solutions. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [People](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/) ## Related quotes > [Delusional people tend to believe in what they're doing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-weeks/delusional-people-tend-to-believe-in-what-they-re-doing/) [Brent Weeks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brent-weeks/) > [People tend to believe the bad rather than the good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giovanni-boccaccio/people-tend-to-believe-the-bad-rather-than-the-good/) [Giovanni Boccaccio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giovanni-boccaccio/) > [“People tend to believe things just because everyone else does.' Walter looked at his hands and began biting into the skin next to his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanna-cannon/people-tend-to-believe-things-just-because-everyone-else-does-walter/) [Joanna Cannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanna-cannon/) > [I have to believe that when things are bad I can change them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-j-braddock/i-have-to-believe-that-when-things-are-bad-i-can-change-them/) James J. Braddock > [I know there is something out there, and like most people, I tend to believe in it more when things go bad. But I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-smith/i-know-there-is-something-out-there-and-like-most-people-i-tend-to-2/) [Maggie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-smith/) > [“Teenagers, as everyone knows, tend to believe they are immortal.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-warman/teenagers-as-everyone-knows-tend-to-believe-they-are-immortal/) [Jessica Warman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-warman/) > [I think architects tend to believe that they can almost do anything, which is a wonderful characteristic, but in some cases you just fall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-vinoly/i-think-architects-tend-to-believe-that-they-can-almost-do-anything/) [Rafael Vinoly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-vinoly/) > [I tend not to believe radical Muslim movements.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ehud-barak/i-tend-not-to-believe-radical-muslim-movements/) [Ehud Barak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ehud-barak/) > [We tend to disempower ourselves. We tend to believe that we don’t matter. And in the act of taking that idea to ourselves we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/we-tend-to-disempower-ourselves-we-tend-to-believe-that-we-don-t/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) > [Americans tend to believe they can do anything with or without any training or experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gladys-taber/americans-tend-to-believe-they-can-do-anything-with-or-without-any/) [Gladys Taber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gladys-taber/) > [From time to time, everyone distorts. We all tend to believe what supports our side of the question and doubt what weakens it. When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-viscott/from-time-to-time-everyone-distorts-we-all-tend-to-believe-what/) [David Viscott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-viscott/) > [Still, you tend to believe what you always believed, think what you always thought, expect what you always expected](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-yancey/still-you-tend-to-believe-what-you-always-believed-think-what-you/) [Rick Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-yancey/) > [“When you’re shown every day you’re not worth being loved, you tend to believe it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-mccarthy/when-you-re-shown-every-day-you-re-not-worth-being-loved-you-tend-to/) [Kate McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-mccarthy/) > [“Chapter 7 takes a psychological truism, “we tend to believe what we think others believe” and turns it around: We tend to think others…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-gilovich/chapter-7-takes-a-psychological-truism-we-tend-to-believe-what-we/) [Thomas Gilovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-gilovich/) > [I've been told before, and I tend to believe it, I'm not like most actresses out there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moira-kelly/i-ve-been-told-before-and-i-tend-to-believe-it-i-m-not-like-most/) [Moira Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moira-kelly/) ## More by Maggie Smith > [If someone is going to talk about the process of making a film, it should be the director.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-smith/if-someone-is-going-to-talk-about-the-process-of-making-a-film-it/) [Maggie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-smith/) > [There were male colleges, and there were very few female colleges.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-smith/there-were-male-colleges-and-there-were-very-few-female-colleges/) [Maggie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-smith/) > [Try not to cry too much because it can be pretty heart-breaking and pretty hard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-smith/try-not-to-cry-too-much-because-it-can-be-pretty-heart-breaking-and/) [Maggie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-smith/) > [There's a difference between solitude and loneliness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-smith/there-s-a-difference-between-solitude-and-loneliness/) [Maggie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-smith/) > [When you get into the granny era, you're lucky to get anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-smith/when-you-get-into-the-granny-era-you-re-lucky-to-get-anything/) [Maggie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-smith/) > [Sort of what you do in drama school when asked to play something way out of your reach. Anyway, we used to laugh a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-smith/sort-of-what-you-do-in-drama-school-when-asked-to-play-something-way/) [Maggie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-smith/) > [I think lots of actors are very nervous and shy. I know lots of them who are, and some who aren't of course.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-smith/i-think-lots-of-actors-are-very-nervous-and-shy-i-know-lots-of-them/) [Maggie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-smith/) > [Little girls, I am in the business of putting old heads on young shoulders, and all my pupils are the crème de la crème.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-smith/little-girls-i-am-in-the-business-of-putting-old-heads-on-young/) [Maggie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-smith/) > [The drama school was in Oxford - and it's funny to think of it, but in those days when I started out the University…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-smith/the-drama-school-was-in-oxford-and-it-s-funny-to-think-of-it-but-in/) [Maggie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-smith/) > [“Life is short, though I keep this from my children. Life is short, and I’ve shortened mine in a thousand delicious, ill-advised ways, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-smith/life-is-short-though-i-keep-this-from-my-children-life-is-short-and-i/) [Maggie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-smith/) > [Chris and Toby are far too sane to be upset any more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-smith/chris-and-toby-are-far-too-sane-to-be-upset-any-more/) [Maggie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-smith/) > [We can't escape the shadow, so the best thing we can do is notice the light and be open to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-smith/we-can-t-escape-the-shadow-so-the-best-thing-we-can-do-is-notice-the/) [Maggie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-smith/) > [I find it very difficult to do anything on my own now because people recognize me. This has never happened to me before because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-smith/i-find-it-very-difficult-to-do-anything-on-my-own-now-because-people/) [Maggie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-smith/) > [I just did adore Daniel - Daniel Radcliffe, who I had worked with before "Harry Potter" and spent a long time telling all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-smith/i-just-did-adore-daniel-daniel-radcliffe-who-i-had-worked-with-before/) [Maggie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-smith/) > [Which is strange - I've always thought of myself as someone who writes out of difficulty. And I did do that, but I came…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-smith/which-is-strange-i-ve-always-thought-of-myself-as-someone-who-writes/) [Maggie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-smith/) [Explore all 81 Maggie Smith quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-smith/) ## More Bad quotes > [If I am going to be phased out by whatever powers, then I want people to know that it is not because I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parvathy/if-i-am-going-to-be-phased-out-by-whatever-powers-then-i-want-people/) [Parvathy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parvathy/) > [Sometimes I'm in a bad mood, sometimes I'm in a good mood. It's like everyone else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tricky/sometimes-i-m-in-a-bad-mood-sometimes-i-m-in-a-good-mood-it-s-like/) [Tricky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tricky/) > [Unfortunately, we all go through bad phases.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sushmita-sen/unfortunately-we-all-go-through-bad-phases/) [Sushmita Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sushmita-sen/) > [The Derby experience had not been good for me and the way it finished left a very bad taste in my mouth so I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-pearson/the-derby-experience-had-not-been-good-for-me-and-the-way-it-finished/) [Nigel Pearson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-pearson/) > [What people tend to forget is the journey that I had getting to Formula One. There were plenty of years where I had to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-hamilton/what-people-tend-to-forget-is-the-journey-that-i-had-getting-to/) [Lewis Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-hamilton/) > [Television, radio, social media. The 24/7 news cycle plows forward mercilessly on our desks, in our cars and in our pockets. Thousands and thousands…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-prince/television-radio-social-media-the-24-7-news-cycle-plows-forward/) [Joseph Prince](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-prince/) > [I listen to heavy metal thanks to my son. When I argue with him on the kind of music he is listening to, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeenat-aman/i-listen-to-heavy-metal-thanks-to-my-son-when-i-argue-with-him-on-the/) [Zeenat Aman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zeenat-aman/) > [I've said it before, good people are forced to do bad things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angus-cloud/i-ve-said-it-before-good-people-are-forced-to-do-bad-things/) [Angus Cloud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angus-cloud/) > [“If any woman opens her legs for you, don't feel so lucky to be fed with nonsense, she has been a bitch for a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bassey-johnson/if-any-woman-opens-her-legs-for-you-don-t-feel-so-lucky-to-be-fed/) [Michael Bassey Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bassey-johnson/) > [One thing I always tell players is that there are three bad things: Nothing good happens after midnight, nothing good happens when you're around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-saban/one-thing-i-always-tell-players-is-that-there-are-three-bad-things/) [Nick Saban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-saban/) > [Everybody has bad days, but how you respond to it is a testament to whether you are a winner or a loser.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-gordon/everybody-has-bad-days-but-how-you-respond-to-it-is-a-testament-to/) [Aaron Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-gordon/) > [Obviously I'm very grateful 'Bad Guy' is doing so well - it's shocking and surprising and gratifying - but I do think it's important…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/finneas/obviously-i-m-very-grateful-bad-guy-is-doing-so-well-it-s-shocking/) [Finneas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/finneas/) > [I felt pretty good growing up. I didnt feel a lot of prejudice or racism. But I do remember, if there was going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-henry-hwang/i-felt-pretty-good-growing-up-i-didnt-feel-a-lot-of-prejudice-or/) [David Henry Hwang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-henry-hwang/) > [If you read 'Lord of the Rings' and dismiss it as a lie because it has orcs and elves, you're missing the whole point…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doug-tennapel/if-you-read-lord-of-the-rings-and-dismiss-it-as-a-lie-because-it-has/) [Doug TenNapel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doug-tennapel/) > [My conscience is really active. So I feel bad about spending excess amount of money on things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/syd/my-conscience-is-really-active-so-i-feel-bad-about-spending-excess/) [Syd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/syd/) Browse all 7,973 Bad quotes ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I know there is something out there and like most people, I tend to believe in it more when things go bad.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Maggie Smith" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-smith/i-know-there-is-something-out-there-and-like-most-people-i-tend-to/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Bad" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-smith/i-know-there-is-something-out-there-and-like-most-people-i-tend-to/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/461/maggie-smith-8377_bad_i-know-there-is-something-out-there-and_250013.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/461/maggie-smith-8377_bad_i-know-there-is-something-out-there-and_250013.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/461/maggie-smith-8377_bad_i-know-there-is-something-out-there-and_250013.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I know there is something out there and like most people, I tend to believe in it more when things go bad.” — Maggie Smith", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Maggie Smith", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-smith/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "I know there is something out...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-smith/i-know-there-is-something-out-there-and-like-most-people-i-tend-to/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-smith/i-know-there-is-something-out-there-and-like-most-people-i-tend-to/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```