Beliefs Quote by Max Born

There are two objectionable types of believers: those who believe the incredible and those who believe that 'belief' must be discarded and replaced by…

— Max Born

The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness.

— James Anthony Froude

Indeed the reasoned criticism of a prevailing belief is a service to the proponents of that belief; if they are incapable of defending it,…

— Carl Sagan

“We are fed ideas in small sound bites that are really just the conclusions of particular beliefs. We do not examine what underpins these…

— Stephen McAndrew

Atheism as 'belief in science, logic, and reality' is okay. Atheism as 'vocal disbelief of other beliefs,' is just hypocritical idiocy.

— Anonymous

“Observation and experience can and must drastically restrict the range of admissible scientific belief, else there would be no science. But they cannot alone…

— Thomas S. Kuhn

Despite the best efforts of apologists like William Lane Craig, the 'evidence' for Christianity's truth is, in truth, not the kind that science will…

— Francis Spufford

I oppose any belief that contradicts experimental evidence as determined by the methods of science. All beliefs not in such contradiction may be considered…

— Alan Lightman

Scientific beliefs are supported by evidence, and they get results. Myths and faiths are not and do not.

— Richard Dawkins

“Most reject the more repugnant or indefensible dogmas while still holding onto some core belief. Many believers will proudly describe themselves as "reasonable" or…

— Aron Ra

Atheism is nothing more than the noises reasonable people make when in the presence of religious dogma.

— Sam Harris

Belief cannot be reckoned with in terms of science, for science and faith are mutually exclusive.

— Rudolf Virchow