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Just as many who were brought up to think of God as a bearded old gentleman sitting on a cloud decided that when they stopped believing in such a being they had therefore stopped believing in God, so many who were taught to think of hell as a literal underground location full of worms and fire...decided that when they stopped believing in that, so they stopped believing in hell. The first group decided that because they couldn't believe in childish images of God, they must be atheists. The second decided that because they couldn't believe in childish images of hell, they must be universalists.
N. T. WrightI donโt think the shortage of artists has much to do with the innate ability to create or initiate. I think it has to do with believing that itโs possible and acceptable for you to do it. Weโve had these doors open wide for only a decade or so, and most people have been brainwashed into believing that their job is to copyedit the world, not to design it.
Seth GodinIf nothing matters, then even the thought that nothing matters doesn't matter. And if it doesn't matter whether anything matters or not, then there's no real difference between believing nothing matters and believing something matters.
Ray BrassierWe say seeing is believing, but actually, we are much better at believing than at seeing. In fact, we are seeing what we believe all the time and occasionally seeing what we can't believe
Robert Anton WilsonIf you came into the theater believing in the talking snake, it's kind of hard to leave the theater still believing in the talking snake.
Bill MaherThe believing mind reaches its perihelion in the so-called Liberals. They believe in each and every quack who sets up his booth inthe fairgrounds, including the Communists. The Communists have some talents too, but they always fall short of believing in the Liberals.
H. L. MenckenReally believing in "once upon a time". Believing that it will draw you in, take you with me to a place you've never been before.
Cameron DokeyThink hard about the reasons for believing and not believing, what your religion teaches you and demands so inexorably that you believe. I am convinced that if you follow closely the natural light of your spirit, you will see ... that all the religions in the world are only human inventions and that everything your religion teaches you and forces you to believe as supernatural and divine is at heart only error, lie, illusion and trickery.
Jean MeslierItโs my own fault, really. For believing in fairy tales. Not that I ever mistook them for actual historical fact, or anything. But I did grow up believing that for every girl, thereโs a prince out there somewhere. All she has to do is find him. Then itโs on with the happily ever after. So you can only imagine what happened when I found out. That my prince really IS one. A prince. No, I really mean it. Heโs an actual PRINCE.
Meg CabotInsanity is believing your hallucinations are real. Religion is believing that other peoples' hallucinations are real.
Dan BarkerBelieving in everything at the same time is the same as not believing in anything at all.
Adil HussainThere is something about believing God that will cause Him to pass over a million people to get to you
Smith WigglesworthThe primitive Christians perpetually trod on mystic ground, and their minds were exercised by the habits of believing the most extraordinary events
Edward GibbonNations, as well as man, almost always betray the most prominent features of their future destiny in their earliest years. When I contemplate the ardour with which the Anglo-Americans prosecute commercial enterprise, the advantages which befriend them, and the success of their undertakings, I cannot refrain from believing that they will one day become the first maritime power of the globe. They are born to rule the seas, as the Romans were to conquer the world.
Alexis de TocquevilleSometimes in love it just gets to the point where I have to give up. I have to give up trying and I have to give up believing because I know things won't change. To me, giving up isn't being weak. Giving up is being strong enough to let go.
Taylor SwiftTo me, fantasy should be as real as possible. I don't buy into the notion that because it's fantastic, it should be unrealistic, because I think you have to have a sense of believing the world that you're going into.
Peter JacksonFeminism as a movement for political and social equity is important, but feminism as an academic clique committed to eccentric doctrines about human nature is not. Eliminating discrimination against women is important, but believing that women and men are born with indistinguishable minds is not. Freedom of choice is important, but ensuring that women make up exactly 50 percent of all professions is not. And eliminating sexual assaults is important, but advancing the theory that rapists are doing their part in a vast male conspiracy is not.
Steven PinkerDrink water, drink tea. I find that if I drink tea I can make myself think that it's something special, because you know how you just really want a glass of wine at the end of the day? So sometimes I can really want a glass of wine but talk myself into believing that tea is as nice, and that's one thing to do to be nice to your skin. Actually, two things: you're not have the wine and you're drinking water. Also just working out. All the things you do to be healthy in your life help your skin.
Jennifer GarnerOrganized religion is primarily man putting words in God's mouth. That's how I basically feel about that. But, I do believe in believing and I admire it. I just don't think it should be exclusive or judgmental.
Kathleen TurnerIf you can delude yourself by believing that there is some kind of Santa Claus out there who is going to bail you out in the end, then it will help you get through. Even if you are proven wrong in the end, you would have had a better life than a non-believer.
Woody AllenA tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.
AristotleAny titles, money, or privilege you inherit are actually hindrances. They delude you into believing you are owed respect.
Robert GreeneLord, take every cursed thing out of my soul that keeps me from believing the Lord Jesus Christ
John G. LakeAll the mistakes committed by artists are due to their having separated themselves from truth, believing that their imagination is stronger. There is nothing stronger than nature. With nature in front of us we can do everything well.
Joaquin SorollaI'm saddened to see that some have been misled into believing that Mr. Disney was something other than a kind, caring man.
Annette FunicelloTHE ROMANS SALTED their greens, believing this to counteract the natural bitterness, which is the origin of the word salad, salted.
Mark KurlanskyHalf of the reason why people aren't able to succeed in life is because they hypnotize themselves into believing that they can't accomplish their goals, it's a mind game they play with themselves.
RahkiThere is no true believing or trusting to the report of the gospel, but what is the effect of the working of a divine power on the soul for that end.
Thomas BostonSatan will battle you with doubt and unbelief, but God has victory waiting for you if you'll keep trusting and believing Him.
Joyce MeyerI choose to worship not believing in God and government should not thrust a religious idea down my throat.
Michael NewdowBased on the Bible, I believe that all the land animals were made on day six, and Adam and Eve were made on day six, and people try to make fun of us for believing that dinosaurs lived with people, but there are a lot of animals living today that evolution says lived with dinosaurs.
Ken HamI draw things on the paper very freely but believing there is meaning to them already. There is already meaning in the colors, I don't need to be guided by words. I draw them and the meaning comes after. Every time we would start a new sequence we would change everything.
Alex AbreuBetter mendacities Than the classics in paraphrase! Some quick to arm, some for adventure, some from fear of weakness, some from fear of censure, some for love of slaughter, in imagination, learning later . . . some in fear, learning love of slaughter; Died some, pro patria, non "dulce" non "et decor" . walked eye-deep in hell believing in old men's lies, the unbelieving came home, home to a lie.
Ezra PoundYou can do anything as long as you don't stop believing. When it is meant to be, it will be. You just have to follow your heart.
Keke PalmerDo not make the mistake of believing that he does not love you because he plays at not caring.
Cassandra ClareThere's this feeling, when you stop believing it's a show and you're there and this is happening.
Giles MattheySin is believing the lie that you are self-created, self-dependent and self-sustained.
Saint AugustineFaith is believing that the outcome will be what it should be, no matter what it is.
Colette Baron-ReidWell, first of all," said the BFG, "human beans is not really believing in giants, is they? Human beans is not thinking we exist.
Roald DahlHumans make the mistake of believing that it is their right to survive. Species die out on this planet all the time without anyone noticing. The planet will still be there, and we must lose this attitude of divine right, that something will save us.
StingPeople who have a religion should be glad, for not everyone has the gift of believing in heavenly things.
Anne FrankYou can build walls all the way to the sky and I will find a way to fly above them. You can try to pin me down with a hundred thousand arms, but I will find a way to resist. And there are many of us out there, more than you think. People who refuse to stop believing. People who refuse to come to earth. People who love in a world without walls, people who love into hate, into refusal, against hope, and without fear. I love you. Remember. They cannot take it.
Lauren OliverThis issue is whether or not our government should be infusing religion into the public schools. Our churches are very strong in this nation and I think that's great and everybody should have the ability to worship as he or she sees fit. I choose to worship not believing in God and government should not thrust a religious idea down my throat.
Michael Newdow