“They say Casanova made love to over 10,000 women. Do you think it changed him? It probably aged him a little bit. But I doubt that it changed him. If it had changed him, he would have stopped somewhere along the line and done something a little different.” IfsThinkingLittlesMadeDifferentDoneBitsLinesDoubtChangedBuddhismLittle BitSexualityCasanova Author:Frederick Lenz
“The Europeans governments have massively changed the landscape in Europe. There is no doubt about it. They have put together the European Financial Stability Fund. They have discussed and approved the European Stability Mechanism.” GovernmentTogetherDoubtChangedEuropeFinancialLandscapeNo DoubtFundStabilityMechanismApprovedFinancial Stability Author:Christine Lagarde
“If the Creator were to bestow a new set of senses upon us, or slightly remodel the present ones, leaving all the rest of nature unchanged, we should never doubt we were in another world, and so in strict reality we should be, just as if all the world besides our senses were changed.” IfsWorldShouldRealityNatureDoubtChangedLeavingCreatorSensesStrictAnother World Book:John of the Mountains: The Unpublished Journals of John Muir Source: John of the Mountains: The Unpublished Journals of John Muir
“I doubt whether the Revolution has, in essentials, changed Russia at all. Reading Gogol, or Dostoevsky for that matter, one realizes how completely the Soviet regime has fallen back on to, and perhaps invigorated, the old Russia. Certainly there is much more of Gogol and Dostoievsky in the regime than there is of Marx.” MatterReadingRealizingDoubtChangedRevolutionEssentialsRussiaFallenSovietRegimesGogol Author:Malcolm Muggeridge
“The two-thirds rule of the Senate, which can be changed only by constitutional amendment, will no doubt continue for a long time to come. Like monogamy, it is not completely satisfactory, but, like monogamy, it has won general if somewhat grudging acquiescence.” IfsLongTwoDoubtChangedLong TimeThirdsNo DoubtSenateAmendmentsMonogamyAcquiescenceConstitutional Amendments Author:Thomas A. Bailey
“The schizophrenic may indeed be mad. He is mad. He is not ill. I have been told by people who have been through the mad experience how what was then revealed to them was veritable manna from Heaven. The person's whole life may be changed, but it is difficult not to doubt the validity of such vision. Also, not everyone comes back to us again.” PeopleMayPersonsHas BeensWholeHeavenDifficultVisionDoubtChangedMadnessMadIllWhole LifeValiditySchizophrenic Author:R. D. Laing
“I remember walking into the Bible study. I had a knot in my stomach. In my mind, only weirdoes and zealots went to Bible studies. I don't remember what was said that day. All I know is that when I left, everything had changed. I'll never forget standing outside that apartment on the Upper East Side and saying to myself, “It's true. It's completely true.” The world looked entirely different, like a veil had been lifted off it. I had not an iota of doubt. I was filled with indescribable joy.” KnowsWorldMindSaidDifferentRememberJoyLeftSidesForgetStudyDoubtChangedWalkingStandingFilledEastNever ForgetStomachApartmentStanding OutVeilsKnotsBible StudyIndescribableZealotEast SideUpper East Side Author:Kirsten Powers
“Cosmopolis is the movie of my life. I didn't consider myself an actor before, even if I had 10 years of acting behind me. I always felt like a fraud, and inappropriate. I doubt a lot. David Cronenberg gave me confidence in myself. He changed my way of acting and thinking in this industry.” IfsThinkingWayYearsActorsFeltActingBehindsDoubtChangedIndustryMy WayFraudInappropriate Author:Robert Pattinson
“I think we listen to music because we want to be changed. Music is not solely for our entertainment. Music has such tremendous power to bring joy. To me, that's our job as artists. Not happiness, not a groove, whatever. You must bring joy. I think that's the assignment. I have no doubt about it.” ThinkingWantJobsJoyArtistDoubtChangedMusic IsEntertainmentNo DoubtListening To MusicAssignmentsGroove Author:Bobby McFerrin
“Should any man tell you that a mountain had changed its place, you are at liberty to doubt it if you think fit; but if any one tells you that a man has changed his character, do not believe it.” IfsThinkingMenShouldBelieveCharacterLibertyDoubtChangedFitMountain Author:Mehmed the Conqueror
“There's no doubt that Boko Haram has been driven from many of its strongholds in northeastern Nigeria. Now, President Muhammadu Buhari says technically, we have won the war. Those in the know say but technically, the army is still losing the battle because Boko Haram has changed tactics. Instead of now holding territory as it used to and calling this territory its own, now it is resorting to guerrilla tactics, hit-and-run raids and especially suicide bombings.” KnowsHas BeensStillsWarRunningUsedPresidentDoubtChangedCallingBattleLosingArmySuicideDrivenNo DoubtTerritoryTacticsBombingNigeriaGuerrillasStrongholdsBoko HaramHaram Author:Ofeibea Quist-Arcton
“Since the beginning, the US presidents (all of European stock, of course), had been promoting slavery, extermination campaigns against the native population of North America, barbaric wars of aggression against Mexico, and other Latin American countries, the Philippines, etc. Has anything changed now? I highly doubt it.” WarCountryAmericaCoursesPresidentDoubtChangedSlaveryPopulationCampaignsNativeEtcLatinMexicoAggressionPromotingLatin AmericaNorth AmericaPhilippinesBarbaricUs PresidentExterminationLatin American Author:Andre Vltchek
“People do not want to be disillusioned by the new president [Barak Obama]. The liberals felt, finally, this is our time. Now they're worried. Now what they see is more business as usual. We all want to give him the benefit of the doubt, we know it's a tough job and he inherited a mess, but at the end of the day, is it really change we can believe in when there's no public options and Wall Street reform has no teeth in it? It really looks a lot like we just changed the color.” PeopleKnowsWantGivingBelieveLooksEndsJobsFeltPresidentDoubtStreetsChangedColorWallBenefitsToughTeethMessReformWorriedOur TimeThe End Of The DayUsualDisillusionedBenefit Of The DoubtBarak Obama Author:Bill Maher
“No doubt, you've got a parliament now - I mean, Malcolm Turnbull says he'll work with the parliament he's got. He's got a parliament where a majority of the members of parliament want that law to be changed. He's got a parliament where there's a majority in each House who have publicly said they want to have a Royal Commission into banks.” WantMeanSaidLawHouseDoubtChangedMembersMajorityNo DoubtRoyalParliamentMembers Of Parliament Author:Tony Burke
“Sometimes people say yo do you think rap changed you. No doubt it changed me. If I wasn't making records I'd still be hanging every night.” PeopleIfsThinkingStillsSometimesNightDoubtRecordsChangedRapNo DoubtEvery Night Author:Rakim
“The rules have changed as information and technology evolve, but it's essential that people stay in the streets, stay visible in their communities, on the news, on the Internet, and in this crucial public discussion. There are a million people just like you (or me), sharing the same doubts, fears, and insecurities that keep us from speaking out. Finding each other in our neighborhoods, online, in the streets - this is what keeps us from believing we're alone, from giving in to hopelessness.” PeopleGivingBelieveCommunityMillionsTechnologyDoubtStreetsInformationChangedLike YouInternetEssentialsFindingsNewsEvolveDiscussionVisibleInsecurityNeighborhoodOnlineCrucialHopelessnessGiving InSpeaking Out Author:Nate Powell