“This is my country. The Russian people are in bit of trouble. Russian court doesn't work. Russian education decline every year. I believe that Russia has a chance to be free. Has a chance. It's difficult, but we must do it.” PeopleYearsBelieveCountryI BelieveBitsDifficultChanceEducationTroubleCourtRussiaDecline Author:Boris Nemtsov
“Modern man has no real "value" for the ocean. All he has is the most crass form of egoist, pragmatic value for it. He treats it as a "thing" in the worst possible sense, to exploit it for the "good" of man. The man who believes things are there only by chance cannot give things a real value. But for the Christian the value of a thing is not in itself autonomously, but because God made it.” MenGivingBelieveMadeRealChristianFormValuesWaterChanceModernWorstHe ManOceanTreatsEnvironmentalMade ItExploitsPragmaticModern ManReal ValueCrass Author:Francis Schaeffer
“Did blind chance know that there was light and what was its refraction, and fit the eyes of all creatures after the most curious manner to make use of it? These and other suchlike considerations, always have, and always will prevail with mankind, to believe that there is a Being who made all things, who has all things in his power, and who is therefore to be feared.” KnowsBelieveMadeUseLightEyeChanceMankindFitCreaturesAll ThingsBlindCuriousConsiderationSynchronicity Book:Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton Source: Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton
“Anyone who is passionate about what they do will have a better chance of connecting with future generations than those who simply follow transient trends. At least their work will have a distinctive character, and this is what people respond to, I believe.” PeopleBelieveCharacterI BelieveChanceGenerationsPassionateTrendsConnectingFuture GenerationTransientDistinctive Author:Giorgio Armani
“I believe that everybody, whether you believe in the afterlife or the chance of a near-death experience and you come back and you see someone [on the other side] - whether that has happened or not, I don't know, but certainly everyone has thought about it at some point or another in time. It's a fantasy that if there is anything out there like that, it would be just terrific, but that remains to be seen.” IfsKnowsBelieveWould BeI BelieveSidesChanceFantasyHappenedRemainsAfterlifeTerrificNear DeathNear Death Experience Author:Clint Eastwood
“I believe that every single human being is entitled to the protection of our laws, whether they can vote or not. Whether they can speak or not. Whether they can hire a lawyer or not. Whether they have a birth certificate or not. And I think future generations will look back at this history of our country and call us barbarians for murdering millions of babies who we never gave them a chance to live.” ThinkingBelieveHumansLooksCountryLawSpeakI BelieveChanceHuman BeingsMillionsGenerationsBabyBirthVoteProtectionLawyerOur CountryEntitledFuture GenerationBarbariansCertificatesBirth Certificate Author:Marco Rubio
“If you don't believe in yourself, and you don't have the fortitude to make that dream happen, why should the hotshots in the publishing world take a chance on you? I don't believe that you need an MFA to be a writer, but I do think you need to take some good workshops.” IfsThinkingWorldNeedsShouldBelieveDreamHappensChanceDon't BelieveBelieve In YourselfPublishingGood WorkBelieve In YouFortitudeTake A ChanceWorkshops Author:Jodi Picoult
“If we believe that we're separated from someone, though they stand in the same room with us, we're separated. If we believe that we're together, if we believe that they are with us, if we listen through our inner senses, there's a chance we'll hear.” IfsBelieveTogetherChanceRoomsSenses Author:Richard Bach
“What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance, when all the skill of art is not able to make an oyster? To see rare effects, and no cause ; a motion, without a mover ; a circle, without a centre ; a time, without an eternity ; a second, without a first : these are things so against philosophy and natural reason, that he must be a beast in understanding who can believe in them. The thing formed, says that nothing formed it ; and that which is made is, while that which made it is not, This folly is infinite.” ThinkingFirstsBelieveArtMadeReasonPhilosophyAbleEarthHeavenCausesUnderstandingNaturalChanceAtheismEffectsSkillsArt IsEternityInfiniteAtheistFoolishCirclesMade ItBeastFollyFabricCentreHeaven And EarthOysters Author:Jeremy Taylor
“We are risk averse by nature - but the only way you can reach your full potential is by taking chances. Understand that you are capable of far more than you've achieved, believe that you have something of value to share with the world, and take care to step outside of your comfort zone and into your greatness. Your courage will inspire others to do the same.” WorldWayBelieveCareValuesChanceStepsRiskShareGreatnessInspireComfortCapableTake CareZonePotentialComfort ZoneEncouragingTake A ChanceFull PotentialInspire Others Author:Les Brown
“American bankers believe in the personal touch; the teller conveys a sense that he happens to be there accidentally and he is overjoyed at the lucky chance of the encounter.” BelieveHappensChanceLuckyEncountersBankersBanalityOverjoyedPersonal Touch Book:The Collected Edition: Our man in Havana Source: The Collected Edition: Our man in Havana
“I don't think that split government is a good idea. Conventional wisdom in Washington for years has been that divided government is good because of a check and a balance. What I believe happens all too often, regardless of which party is there's gridlock. And I think the better argument is give one party a chance, give them a chance with a House and a Senate and a president. Give them a few years to see what they can do. And if you don't like it, put another party in.” IfsThinkingGivingYearsBelieveHas BeensIdeasGovernmentHappensHouseI BelievePresidentCan DoChancePartyBalanceArgumentChecksDividedGood IdeasSenateSplitsConventionalConventional WisdomGridlockDivided Government Author:Scott Walker
“Well, it's basically the viewers who determine it. We - well, basically the producers and myself chose the people we felt had the best reaction, you know, through the press, the Internet, the people we thought deserved a second chance. And they've chosen a winner, I believe.” PeopleKnowsBelieveWellsI BelieveFeltChanceInternetPressesDetermineReactionsChosenProducersWinnerViewersSecond Chance Author:Simon Cowell
“If zero percent of the elites support something, very low chance it's going to pass, if 100% support something, very high chance it's going to pass. Same thing for organized interest groups. But for the average voter, it's a flat line. Which says it doesn't matter whether zero percent of the public believes something or 100% of the average voters believe something - it doesn't affect the probability that that thing will be enacted.” IfsBelieveMatterInterestLinesChanceSupportGroupsLowsPercentAverageOrganizedFlatsZeroVotersElitesProbabilityInterest Groups Author:Lawrence Lessig
“I realized I was good at developing young people. Eventually I started to believe in young people. I think when you give a young person an opportunity, he always believes who gave him his first chance. You create a loyalty that lasts a lifetime.” PeopleThinkingGivingFirstsBelievePersonsLastsYoungOpportunityChanceLifetimeLoyaltyI RealizedDevelopingBelieve In YouAlways Believe Author:Alex Ferguson
“We still dislike hypocrites. It's a very American characteristic. We still like people who have ideas and who are willing to stand up for what they believe in. We're very forgiving of failures and very willing to give people a second and third chance if they mean to do better and are sorry for what they've done.” PeopleIfsGivingBelieveMeanStillsIdeasDoneChanceWillingThirdsForgivingSorryCharacteristicsDislikeHypocrite Author:David McCullough
“Because clearly the most amazing thing had happened: by some chance - no, the lover does not believe in chance, but destiny - destiny had arranged it so that the man and woman who had made the original whole, then somehow divided and separated by an angry God, had met up again, and now must reform the rightful, righteous whole. At once!” MenBelieveDoeMadeWholeChanceDestinyHappenedHe ManLoversMetsMen And WomenOriginalsAngryReformDividedRighteousAmazing ThingsMost Amazing Author:Fay Weldon
“In the past few months I've become religious, I've started to believe in god, creationism and intelligent design, and the reason that I now believe in god and creationism and intelligent design is because of Professor Richard Dawkins. Because when I look at something as complex and intricate and beautiful as Professor Richard Dawkins, I don't think that just could've evolved by chance! Professor Richard Dawkins was put there by god to test us, like fossils. And facts.” ThinkingBelieveLooksReasonFactsPastBeautifulReligiousChanceDesignMonthsTestsIntelligentComplexesBelieve In GodProfessorsFossilsIntricateCreationismIntelligent Design Author:Stewart Lee
“I believe that the internet as an open platform for distribution could be a great chance for the diversity of film production.” BelieveFilmI BelieveChanceInternetDiversityProductionsPlatformsDistributionFilm Production Author:Agnieszka Holland
“I come from the best era of film I believe; when people were taking chances on films. It's time for us to bring more truth to the story and not necessarily carry a torch for every Black person in America; just tell a story, and a good one too.” PeopleBelievePersonsStoriesAmericaFilmI BelieveBlackChanceErasTake A ChanceTorchesBlack Person Author:Romany Malco
“I do not believe there is the slightest chance of war with Japan in our lifetime. The Japanese are our allies.... Japan is at the other end of the world. She cannot menace our vital security in any way.... War with Japan is not a possibility which any reasonable government need take into account.” WorldWayNeedsBelieveWarEndsGovernmentChanceSecurityPossibilityAccountsLifetimeReasonableJapanAlliesEnd Of The WorldMenace Author:Winston Churchill
“Rick Tocchet is what I call a warrior. He really brings a lot to a team because he really believes in team play. He's tough on himself and he's tough on the team. As a coach, if you had even one guy like him on your team, you'd have a heckuva chance to do your job well.” IfsBelieveWellsPlayJobsGuyChanceTeamToughCoachesWarrior Author:Scotty Bowman
“I really do believe that chance favours a prepared mind. Wallace Stegner, who was one of my teachers when I was at Stanford, preached that writing a novel is not something that can be done in a sprint. That it's a marathon. You have to pace yourself. He himself wrote two pages every day and gave himself a day off at Christmas. His argument was at the end of a year, no matter what, you'd got 700 pages and that there's got to be something worth keeping.” WritingYearsMindBelieveTwoEndsMatterDoneChanceNovelTeacherPagesArgumentNo Matter WhatPreparedPaceFavourMarathonDays OffSprintStanfordPace Yourself Author:Scott Turow
“Mads has a terrifying subtlety and as the episodes go on, you start seeing the way a person can command other people by doing practically nothing and terrifying the sh*t out of you. He is the most astonishingly subtle performer with the most incredibly keen sense of what his face can do and how his words can form. He has a mission. Nothing is by chance. I truly believe as long as we have success in seasons that Mads will become the defining face of Hannibal Lecter.” PeopleWayBelievePersonsLongFacesFormCan DoChanceSeeingGoes OnSeasonsMissionsCommandSubtlePerformersEpisodesDefiningSubtlety Author:David Slade
“When I was in my routine training for the Israeli army as a teenager, they discovered completely by chance that I was a lethal sniper. I could hit the target smack in the center further away than anyone could believe. Not just that, even though I was tiny and not even much of an athlete, I was incredibly accurate throwing hand grenades too. Even today I can load a Sten automatic rifle in a single minute, blindfolded.” BelieveI CanHandsTodayChanceMinutesTrainingArmyAthleteTinyTeenagerTargetRoutineThrowingAccurateLoadIsraeliRiflesSmackGrenadeBlindfoldedSnipersIsraeli Army Author:Ruth Westheimer