I Quotes
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“I believe the world is incomprehensibly beautiful - an endless prospect of magic and wonder.”
“I believe the world is increasingly in danger of becoming split into groups which cannot communicate with each other, which no longer think of each other as members of the same species.”
“I believe the world is one big family, and we need to help each other.”
“I believe the world of the spirit is in general greatly neglected and not at all served by the practice of faith as we know it, because religion isn't individual enough.”
“I believe the world only gives us what we seek to find.”
Source: The Bones of Our Existence, A Journal 2046
“I believe the world will fundamentally change the more women become economically empowered.”
“I believe the world would have been a lot worse off if Saddam [Hussein] were in power today.”
“I believe the world, and particularly the Judeo-Christian West, is in a crisis. And it is a crisis of - both of capitalism, but really of the underpinnings of the Judeo-Christian West and our beliefs. We are in an outright war against jihadists, Islam, Islamic fascism. And this war is, I think, metastasizing almost far quicker than governments can handle it.”
“I believe the writer... should always be the final judge. I have always held to that position and have sometimes seen books hurt thereby, but at least as often helped. The book belongs to the author.”
Source: The Sons of Maxwell Perkins: Letters of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Wolfe, and Their Editor
“I believe the young man’s efforts are worthwhile. I see now why the Lord Praetorian initiated the programme, and warranted the return of the remembrancer order. It has value, though I am not sure this is quite how Rogal imagined it. The act of recording history produces a sense of a future. It is, perhaps, the most optimistic thing anyone can do. We will always need to know where we have come from. We will always need to know that we are going somewhere.”
Source: Saturnine
“I believe, then, that the characteristic or moral elements of Gothic are the following, placed in the order of their importance:
1. Savageness.
2. Changefulness.
3. Naturalism.
4. Grotesqueness.
5. Rigidity.
6. Redundance.
These characters are here expressed as belonging to the building; as belonging to the builder, they would be expressed thus: - 1. Savageness or Rudeness. 2. Love of Change. 3. Love of Nature. 4. Disturbed Imagination. 5. Obstinacy. 6. Generosity. And I repeat, that the withdrawal of any one, or any two, will not at once destroy the Gothic character of a building, but the removal of a majority of them will. I shall proceed to examine them in their order.”
Source: On Art and Life
“I believe therapy can be done more rapidly. I'm into your finding the source of what's making you think and feel the way you do and shifting it quickly.”
“I believe there are 15, 747, 724, 136, 275, 002, 577, 605, 653, 961, 181, 555, 468, 044, 717, 914, 527, 116, 709, 366, 231, 425, 076, 185, 631, 031, 296 protons in the universe and the same number of electrons.”
“I believe there are a lot of devils who walk on this earth. They just look like human beings.”
Source: The Stars Choose Our Lovers
“I believe there are a lot of questions today that require expert analysis by various agencies: political agencies, foreign ministries, economic agencies and security agencies. We need to assess everything and understand what we can agree on and what the implications will be both for Japan and for Russia so that both the Russian people and the Japanese people come to the conclusion that these compromise solutions are acceptable and are in our countries' interests.”
“I believe there are an infinite number of laws of the universe and that all progress or dreams achieved come from operating in a way that's consistent with them. These laws and the principles of how to operate in harmony with them have always existed. We were given these laws by nature. Man didn't and can't make them up. He can only hope to understand them and use them to get what he wants.”
“I believe there are and will be major opportunities to enhance Time Warner's value in future combinations.”
“I believe there are beautiful things seen by the astronauts. The indications revealed. That few of us realize life is quite surreal”
“I believe there are certain things that cannot be bought -- loyalty, friendship, health, love and an American League pennant.”
“I believe there are certain things that God uses to get us out of a bad situation, and I believe music was one of the things he used for me.”
“I believe there are certain types of movements which cannot be married.”
“I believe there are few events in my life which have not happened to many; it is true the incidents of it are numerous, and, did I consider myself an European, I might say my sufferings were great; but when I compare my lot with that of most of my countrymen, I regard myself as a particular favorite of heaven, and acknowledge the mercies of Providence in every occurrence of my life.”
Source: The Interesting Narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano (Written by Himself).
“I believe there are few whose view of life has not been affected by the stern or kindly influences of their early childhood, which threw them in upon themselves in timidity and reserve, or drew them out in genial confidence and sympathy with their fellow creatures.”
“I believe there are huge numbers of people in this country who would be willing to have radical changes in our economic and social system in order to make it a more egalitarian society and do away with homelessness and hunger and clean up the environment. But these people have no voice. They have no way of expressing themselves. Elections give them no way of expressing themselves.”
“I believe there are laws at work in human interaction. These are laws that dictate success or failure, laws that portend a life of happiness or a life of regret. Put simply, they are Laws of Power.”
Source: The Laws of the Ring
“I believe there are many different ways for a soul mate to manifest in our lives. “Sometimes they are a lover. Sometimes they are a friend. Sometimes they even first appear as an enemy. Sometimes they can move through all three of those relationships at different times in our lives. I actually believe we all have many soul mates out there in the world, and that we may not find all of them in this current life.”
Source: Just Might Work
“I believe there are many soul mates, because my soul has a lot of different facets and it needs a lot of different.”
“I believe there are monsters born in the world to human parents. ... as a child may be born without an arm, so one may be born without kindness or the potential of conscience.”
Source: East of Eden
“I believe there are monsters born in the world to human parents.... The face and body may be perfect, but if a twisted gene or a malformed egg can produce physical monsters, may not the same process produce a malformed soul?”
Source: East of Eden
“I believe there are more films that involve love and forgiveness than violence, but they often seem fake and are almost embarrassing to watch.”
“I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.”
“I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power, than by violent and sudden usurpations; but, on a candid examination of history, we shall find that turbulence, violence, and abuse of power, by the majority trampling on the rights of the minority, have produced factions and commotions, which, in republics, have, more frequently than any other cause, produced despotism.”
Source: Selected Writings of James Madison
“I believe there are more urgent and honorable occupations than the incomparable waste of time we call suffering.”
“I believe there are no random meetings in our lives – that everyone we touch, who touches us, has been put in our path for a reason. The briefest encounter can open a door, or heal a wound, or close a circle that was started long before your birth.”
Source: Every Secret Thing
“I believe there are only one or two people in the world with whom one can have a true connection. When you've been fortunate enough to marry one of those people, you are reluctant to settle for less. One can have lovers, those are easily found, but true love rarely strikes twice.”
Source: Priceless: A Novel
“I believe there are only three businesses: my business, other people's business, and God's business.”
Source: The Four Seasons Way of Life:: Ancient Wisdom for Healing and Personal Growth
“I believe there are people out there that just have a warrior spirit, whether it's fighting or something, they've got to do it. It's hard to identify with me; it's just something I do.”
“I believe there are so many other disciplines and themes that we still haven't explored yet. It's infinite what we can apply our creativity to.”
“I believe there are some benefits in regards of having different faiths or religious beliefs altogether.”
Source: Destiny of Liberty
“I believe there are Steve Jobses all around us. Really, what is happening is that they're being edited out of importance.”
“I believe there are techniques of the human mind whereby, in its dark deep, problems are examined, rejected or accepted. Such activities sometimes concern facets a man does not know he has. How often one goes to sleep troubled and full of pain, not knowing what causes the travail, and in the morning a whole new direction and a clearness is there, maybe the results of the black reasoning. And again there are mornings when ecstasy bubbles in the blood, and the stomach and chest are tight and electric with joy, and nothing in the thoughts to justify it or cause it.”
Source: East of Eden
“I believe there are things in life both tragic and miraculous that one can’t understand through words but rather through the heart, and that is where the healing lies.”
Source: Safety in Numbers: From 56 to 221 Pounds, My Battle with Eating Disorders
“I believe there are three keys to success. For me it is keeping my priorities in order: It's my faith and my family, and then the business.”
“I believe there are too many children who need loving parents to deny one group of people adoption rights. A child will benefit from a healthy, loving home, whether the parents are gay or not.”
“I believe there are two kinds of people in this world. The ones who do everything right, expecting the perfect outcome every time, and those who know better.”
Source: Take Me Now
“I believe there are two periods in life, one for the bike, the other for becoming active on one's work.”
“I believe there are two sides to the phenomenon known as death, this side where we live, and the other side where we shall continue to live. Eternity does not start ith death. We are in eternity now.”
Source: The Power of Positive Thinking
“I believe there are two sides to the phenomenon known as death, this side where we live, and the other side where we shall continue to live. Eternity does not start with death. We are in eternity now. Norman Vincent Peale It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.”
“I believe there are two types of decision-makers - those who lead with their gut and those who make lists of pros and cons, and fully anticipate the consequences.”
“I believe there are two ways of concealing a secret: 1. Leave no trace of it. 2. Replace it with a lie.
So which option did you choose, Mr.President?”
Source: The Covert Perspective