Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mark Twain

Yet it was the schoolboy who said "Faith is believing what you know ain't so

Charles Schumer

There are serious, legal and procedural questions concerning the composition of the current board, ... It's my belief that the board did not have the legal grounds to remove David Gunn.

Barry Ritholtz

Little white lies are told by humans all the time. Indeed, lying is often how we get through each day in a happy little bubble. We spend time and energy rationalizing our own behaviors, beliefs and decision-making processes.

Gene Fowler

It is easier to believe than to doubt.

In 1973, I left the Rockefeller University to join the Yale University Medical School. The main reason for the move was my belief that the time had come for fruitful interactions between the new discipline of Cell Biology and the traditional fields of interest of medical schools, namely Pathology and Clinical Medicine.

George W. S. Trow

Literary men now routinely tell their readers about their divorces. One literary man who reviews books wrote, in reviewing a study of Ruskin, that he had never read a book by Ruskin but that the study confirmed him in his belief that he didn't want to read a book by Ruskin. This man very often writes about his family life.

George Noory

'Beyond Belief with George Noory' will be an hour-long show that cuts to the heart of what's going on with people today, topics wide-ranging and generally nonpolitical, but even more edgy.

Ida Lupino

'The Sea Wolf' is the story of a man who believes only in brute force. He is so firm in belief in his own ideas that he despises all who disagree with him. He preaches the doctrine of intolerance. He flaunts the notion that democracy is anything but weakness.

Luke Scott

There's a lot of people that fought for their country and that's not something to be taken lightly. They gave their life, everything they had, they gave their lives, to give us what we have. That's why I'm so passionate about my beliefs - because someone died.

Evan Williams

My strong belief - in being in blogging before Twitter - is that in trying to create more information out there, in trying to create the democratization of media in general, is that the more voices there are out there then the likelihood is that the truth bubbles up to the top.

We have confidence and belief we can play Chattanooga. But that's not helping us right now.

Andre Dubus

Shyness has a strange element of narcissism, a belief that how we look, how we perform, is truly important to other people.

Richard Bach

I know there's a principle of spirit. It works without space-time. I am subject to that principle, in spirit and in belief of body. Learn how spirit works, a few simple rules, living a perfect spiritual life is easy.

This was a nice way to start off the new year. A lot of this was driven by the fact that the Fed confirmed that end is in sight. We've held onto the belief that when the Fed ends that stock prices will go up. We'll still have rate hikes but the market is celebrating that we'll see an ending sooner than later.

The only thing worse than what consumers don't know about vintage dating is what they nonetheless believe. From the time Orson Welles intoned the famous line for Paul Masson in the 1970s: 'We will sell no wine before its time,' people have maintained the notion that when it comes to wine, older is better. Unfortunately, such a belief can lead to poor choices of wine and disappointment with a purchase.

This reinforces our belief that consumer spending will remain subdued for some time to come despite September's pick-up in retail sales.

To change who you are, change who you think you are.

Ari Fleischer

The president thinks this is a positive. The president expressed his belief that this will increase the prospects to bring peace to the region. Israel has said it will continue withdrawals. It is. The withdrawals are continuing.

Alan Curbishley

When you play the top four away, you need your goalkeeper to get 11 out of 10 and that's what Thomas did for us. He made some great saves and showed a bit of composure and gave us belief that we could pick something up here.

When you know you're going to be in heaven with your Maker one day, you think about doing what's right?not what you can get away with, ... There's no hiding from God. That belief is what kept me from falling into a corporate culture that outwardly encouraged individuals to display respect and integrity while encouraging them to compromise whenever it was expedient, rationalizing the compromise because 'everyone else does it.'

Ian Johnson

There is a belief that the health MDGs are all about building health centres, ... whereas 55% of infant mortality is down to poor drinking water and hygiene - environmental issues.

Carl Robinson

There is a belief and a togetherness in the squad. We've got a happy camp,

Mark Benson

We thought it would be a little side gig. The fact that we've played Carnegie Hall is just beyond belief.

Oscar Wilde

To believe is very dull. To doubt is intensely engrossing.

To believe a thing is impossible is to make it so.

Rick Carlisle

We know that right now from a personnel standpoint we're not at our best, but there's a lot you can make up for with a strong collective effort and a strong belief in one other.

Ram Dass

Faith is what is left after all your beliefs have been blown to hell.