I Quotes
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“I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose, human liberty as the source of national action, the human heart as the source of national compassion, and in the human mind as the source of our invention and our ideas”
“I believe in human liberty as I believe in the wine of life. There is no salvation for men in the pitiful condescension of industrial masters. Guardians have no place in a land of freemen.”
Source: Works: ¬The new freedom of call for the emancipation of the generous energies of a people
“I believe in human rights for everyone, and none of us is qualified to judge each other and that none of us should therefore have that authority.”
Source: By any means necessary
“I believe in humanitarian capitalism, and there are good people on Wall Street.”
“I believe in humanity - not just you or Mother, but all mankind. Do I sound like a preacher or a cheap politician making a pretty speech? This is not what I intend to do... I believe in life, that it is sweet and that, for all its occasional bitterness, we-man, that is-are headed toward something better - fulfillment. There is much shame, however, and so much hypocrisy around us and these inhibit our fulfillment as human beings.”
“I believe in humanity, that means I'm realistic about life.”
“I believe in humanity. We are an incredible species. We're still just a child creature, we're still being nasty to each other. And all children go through those phases. We're growing up, we're moving into adolescence now. When we grow up - man, we're going to be something!”
“I believe in imagination. I did Kramer vs Kramer before I had children. But the mother I would be was already inside me.”
“I believe in imagination. I was a worker when I was 17. Between 17 and 21, I was a worker in the telephone company and imagination saved my life.”
“I believe in incentivizing people. If you can incentivize people in anything, whether it's in politics; in life; in spirituality; in business; just take care of folks. Incentivize them and all of a sudden it's amazing the difference that you'll see.”
“I believe in individuality, but individuals are to the mass, like waves to the ocean. The highest order of genius is as dependent as the lowest. It, like the loftiest waves of the sea, derives its power . . . from the grandeur and vastness of the ocean of which it forms a part. We differ as the waves, but are one as the sea.”
“I believe in individuality, that everybody is special, and it's up to them to find that quality and let it live.”
“I believe in infrastructure, I believe in investing in your hard assets. Where I think government starts to fail is when it starts getting itself weighed down with the social programs. And I think the American public just feels like a lot of that money is tossed aside and wasted.”
“I believe in innocence until there's proof of guilt and all that.”
“I believe in innovation and that the way you get innovation is you fund research and you learn the basic facts.”
“I believe in instinct, not reason. When reason is right, nine times out of ten it is impotent, and when it prevails, nine times out of ten it is wrong.”
“I believe in integrity. Dogs have it. Humans are sometimes lacking it.”
“I believe in intelligence, and I believe also that there are inherited differences in intellectual ability, but I do not believe that intelligence is a simple scalar endowment that can be quanitified by attaching a single figure to it—an I.Q. or the like.”
Source: Advice to a young scientist
“I believe in intermissions. I lived through this experience with JFK and Nixon. JFK should have had an intermission. It should have come right after the Donald Sutherland scene, because then there's just too much information flooding in. You need a break. Same on Nixon. It was a long film, but I couldn't help it, with that kind of subject.”
“I believe in intuition and approaching things as instant gratification. Just do the things you want to do, make the kind of pictures you want to make.”
“I believe in intuition and inspiration. Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution. It is, strictly speaking, a real factor in scientific research.”
Source: Einstein on Cosmic Religion and Other Opinions and Aphorisms
“I believe in intuition and inspiration...at times I feel certain I am right while not knowing the reason.”
Source: Einstein on Cosmic Religion and Other Opinions and Aphorisms
“I believe in intuitions and inspirations...I sometimes FEEL that I am right. I do not KNOW that I am.”
Source: The Ultimate Quotable Einstein
“I believe in invisible; I do not believe in visible.”
“I believe in irony. And if V-Day has taught me anything, it's that if you go out with artistic, outrageous irony and humor, people are drawn to it.”
“I believe in Islam. I am a Muslim and there is nothing wrong with being a Muslim, nothing wrong with the religion of Islam. It just teaches us to believe in Allah as the God.”
Source: February 1965: the final speeches
“I believe in Islam. I am a Muslim and there is nothing wrong with being a Muslim, nothing wrong with the religion of Islam. It just teaches us to believe in Allah as the God. Those of you who are Christian probably believe in the same God, because I think you believe in the God Who created the universe. That's the One we believe in, the One Who created universe - the only difference being you call Him God and we call Him Allah. The Jews call Him Jehovah. If you could understand Hebrew, you would probably call Him Jehovah too. If you could understand Arabic, you would probably call Him Allah.”
Source: February 1965: the final speeches
“I believe in it because it is impossible.”
Source: Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
“I believe in it, and I trust it too and treasure it above everything, the personal, the personal, the personal! I put my faith in it not only as the source, the ground of meaning in art, in life, but as the meaning itself.”
“I believe in Jesus Christ as my Lord and savior. I believe that Jesus died for my sins, and rose again, and that's my belief. I still don't know what 'Christian' means. I'm a follower of Christ, but I keep making a whole bunch of mistakes. And I thank God for forgiveness.”
“I believe in Jesus Christ, and I believe He gave me the passion and determination to continue surfing. You fall off the horse, and you get back on. I had to go for it.”
“I believe in JesusAn' what the Bible saidAn' I am fairly certainHe had himself a heavy head.He scared the lyin' peopleSo bad, they hung him deadAn' they never even listenedTo what he really said.”
“I believe in joy, but I believe in the flip-side, agony.”
“I believe in Judaism, I was raised a Jew, I'm happy to be one - or proud to be one.”
“I believe in just doing it and not looking for excuses because who really cares in the end? No one but oneself.”
Source: Nancy Crow
“I believe in just enriching the economy. And we're leaving so much on the table, 72 percent of the planet.”
“I believe in justice and compassion. I won’t let someone suffer and die just because they’re my enemy. It isn’t right.”
Source: The Girl And The Silver Mark
“I believe in justice, and fighting for human rights.”
“I believe in justice and truth, without which there would be no basis for human hope”
“I believe in justice, and I believe in people being held responsible for their actions.”
“I believe in justice, maybe not in this life, but there has to be justice. And if there isn't a God, I think it would be very depressing. I'd prefer to believe there is.”
“I believe in karma, and I believe if you put out positive vibes to everybody, that's all you're going to get back.”
“I believe in Karma. If the good is sown, the good is collected. When positive things are made, that returns well.”
“I believe in karma... that means i can do bad things to you all day long and assume you deserve it.”
Source: Stick to Drawing Comics, Monkey Brain!: Cartoonist Explains Cloning, Blouse Monsters, Voting Machines, Romance, Monkey G ods, How to Avoid Being Mistaken for a Rodent, and More
“I believe in keeping guns out of our inner cities, and that our leaders must say so in the face of the gun manfuacturer's lobby. But I also believe that when a gangbanger shoots indiscriminately into a crowd because he feels someone disrespected him, we have a problem of morality. Not only do we need to punish that man for his crime, but we need to acknowledge that there's a hole in his heart, one that government programs alone may not be able to repair.”
“I believe in keeping guns out of our inner cities, and that our leaders must say so in the face of the gun manufacturer's lobby.”
Source: The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
“I believe in keeping running simple and, in regard to shoes, that would mean no gimmicks, unnecessary cushioning, etc”
“I believe in kindness and karma—which could make me a Buddhist. I believe in mystic healing and crystals’ powers—which could make me a witch. I believe in truth, honor, and forgiveness—which could make me a Christian. I even believe in the existence of past lives and that each and every one of us is watched over by guides from the other side—which, to some, would make me totally woo-woo squared.”
Source: The Soul Searcher's Handbook: A Modern Girl's Guide to the New Age World
“I believe in kindness and niceness and lots of spiritual things, but the real intellectual rigor and quest of logic is something that I'm afraid takes incredibly hard work and we live in an age in which hard work is if not actively deprecated or denigrated it is run away from or ignored.”
“I believe in kindness. Also in mischief.”
Source: Evidence: Poems