Famous Quotes & Sayings

Sam Harris

We know enough at this moment to say that the God of Abraham is not only unworthy of the immensity of creation; he is unworthy even of man.

Sam Harris

I know of no society in human history that ever suffered because its people became too desirous of evidence in support of their core beliefs.

Sam Harris

Although many things can be said in criticism of religious faith, there is no discounting its power. Millions among us, even now, are quite willing to die for our unjustified beliefs, and millions more, it seems, are willing to kill for them.

Saint Patrick

And there I saw in the night the vision of a man....coming as it were from Ireland, with countless letters. And he gave me one of them, and I read the opening words of the letter, which were, The voice of the Irish...and as I read the beginning of the letter I thought that at the same moment I heard their voice - they were those beside the Wood of Voclut, which is near the Western Sea - and thus did they cry out as with one mouth: We ask thee, boy, come and walk among us once more.

Russell Simmons

What holds most people back isn't the quality of their ideas, but their lack of faith in themselves.

Stefan Zweig

Again and again, faith in a possible satisfaction of the human race breaks through at the very moments of most zealous discord because humankind will never be able to live and work without this consoling delusion of its ascent into morality, without this dream of final and ultimate accord.

Thomas Guthrie

Faith is the backbone of the social and the foundation of the commercial fabric; remove faith between man and man, and society and commerce fall to pieces. There is not a happy home on earth but stands on faith; our heads are pillowed on it, we sleep at night in its arms with greater security for the safety of our lives, peace, and prosperity than bolts and bars can give.

Thomas Hobbes

For if I should not believe all that is written by Historians, of the glorious acts of Alexander, or Caesar; I do not think the Ghost of Alexander, or Caesar, had any just cause to be offended; or any body else, but the Historian. If Livy say the Gods made once a Cow speak, and we believe it not; we distrust not God therein, but Livy. So that it is evident, that whatsoever we believe, upon no other reason, then what is drawn from authority of men only, and their writings; whether they be sent from God or not, is Faith in men only.

Thomas Hobbes

Faith is a gift of God, which man can neither give nor take away by promise of rewards or menace of torture.

Craig Benson

Now I believe that people need to understand what's happening in my campaign, and they're going to get three or four snapshots of that, with plenty of time before the first disclosure happens in June.

John Conyers

Now I believe that American people have a deep sense of right and wrong, of fairness and privacy. And I believe these investigations have offended those sensibilities.

Eric Lander

Now folks say 'I believe in this Internet world and I want to disclose my data before publishing ... but don't scoop me on my own project,'

John Wiley

Notwithstanding these factors, we believe retail sales growth in the 7% range is quite reasonable given the increased attractiveness and availability of retail projects in Fort Bend and our relative prowess in the region as a retail destination.

Benny Hinn

Now I have quit teaching such things, and I have made it clear that I no longer believe them.

Donald Cargill

Now I entreat you, study to know and believe the Scriptures, which are the truths of God; these I have preached, and do firmly believe them.

Howard Silverblatt

Oil prices are going nowhere but up and so we believe that earnings are going to go south. It does cast a doubt over whether earnings growth for the rest of the year will be at double-digit levels.

Michael Hawthorne

I wanted to be with Kurt, ... It's very seldom that you can find coaches that you can trust, believe in, and that believe in you as well. Kurt is one of those guys.

Kim Martin

I wanted to believe that could be us some day.

Brian Aldiss

A writer should say to himself, not, How can I get more money?, but How can I reach more readers (without lowering standards)?

Delta Goodrem

I need to keep traveling, being a gypsy, having experiences and writing about them.

Denis Johnson

Write the unpublishable.. .and then publish it.

Bobby Farrelly

Writing is very difficult. You have 120 pages of blank paper and it's like, "Go fill that up with some funny stuff," and that's challenging.

E. B. White

As a writing man, or secretary, I have always felt charged with the safekeeping of all unexpected items of worldly and unworldly enchantment, as though I might be held personally responsible if even a small one were to be lost.

E. B. White

Advice to young writers wo want to get ahead without any annoying delays: don't write about Man, write about a man.

E. B. White

There is nothing harder to estimate than a writer's time, nothing harder to keep track of. There are moments—moments of sustained creation—when his time is fairly valuable; and there are hours and hours when a writer's time isn't worth the paper he is not writing anything on.

E. B. White

A writer should concern himself with whatever absorbs his fancy, stirs his heart, and unlimbers his typewriter. ... A writer has the duty to be good, not lousy: true, not false; lively, not dull; accurate, not full of error. He should tend to lift people up, not lower them down.

E. B. White

Writers do not merely reflect and interpret life, they inform and shape life.