“The investment business has taught me – increasingly as the years have passed – that people, especially investors (and, I believe, Americans), prefer good news and wishful thinking to bad news; and that there are always vested interests to offer facile, optimistic alternatives to the bad news.” PeopleThinkingYearsBelieveI BelieveInterestTaughtOffersNewsInvestmentOptimisticAlternativesInvestorsGood NewsBad NewsWishful ThinkingVested Interests Author:Jeremy Grantham
“If I were a factory employee, a workman on the railroads or a wage-earner of any sort, I would undoubtedly join the union of my trade. If I disapproved of its policy, I would join in order to fight that policy; if the union leaders were dishonest, I would join in order to put them out. I believe in the union and I believe that all men who are benefited by the union are morally bound to help to the extent of their power in the common interests advanced by the union.” IfsMenBelieveHelpingPoliticalOrderFightingPoliticsI BelieveInterestCommonLeaderPolicyTradeUnionsBoundsI Believe InEmployeeFactoriesRailroadsWorkmenCommon Interests Book:Bully! Source: Bully!
“I believe that during the intervention of NATO in Kosovo there is an element nobody can question: the air attacks, the bombs, are not caused by a material interest. Their character is exclusively humanitarian: What is at stake here are the principles, human rights which have priority above state sovereignty. This makes it legitimate to attack the Yugoslav Federation, although without the United Nations mandate.” BelieveHumansStatesCharacterI BelieveNationsInterestUnitedPrinciplesRightsAirMaterialsElementsHuman RightsHumanitarianPrioritiesBombsStakesSovereigntyUnited NationsInterventionMandatesNatoFederationKosovo Author:Vaclav Havel
“I believe more and more that this business is about people. People, people. The idea is to make friends at the retail level, the warehouse level, let people see you exist, can form sentences and have an interest in something other than yourself.” PeopleBelieveIdeasFormI BelieveInterestLevelsSentencesRetailWarehouse Author:David Lee Roth
“Modern Australian trade unionism and the unionist that I am doesn't rely on a class war view that somehow that the interests of employees and managers are in two separate spheres and they're irreconcilable. I believe that when people can go to work and be happy, satisfied, engaged, where the employer is getting employees who feel their interests are aligned with the employer, you get productivity. This is the future of Australian workplaces.” PeopleFeelsBelieveTwoWarI BelieveInterestViewsClassModernTradeProductivitySatisfiedManagersEngagedRelyEmployeeSpheresWorkplaceEmployersAustralianUnionism Author:Bill Shorten
“What initially attracted me to The Seventh Seal was that it had values and characteristics which I was familiar with in other art forms, most notably, the European novel and certain forms on English drama, and indeed, in relation to my rather academic interest in history -- not "history" in the normal sense, but history as a form of entertainment . It might be a very unfashionable view but I believe that history is an amazing bank or reserve area of plots, characterisations, extraordinary events, etc.” BelieveArtMightFormCertainValuesI BelieveInterestViewsNovelEventsDramaNormalAreasRelationExtraordinaryEntertainmentFamiliarCharacteristicsEtcPlotAcademicReservesSeals Author:Peter Greenaway
“When governments and other vested interests attack me personally I usually regard it as a vindication, otherwise they would use facts. That's why I believe in the wonderful Claud Cockburn dictum, 'Never believe anything until it is officially denied.' It has certainly been my experience.” BelieveFactsUseGovernmentI BelieveInterestWonderfulRegardI Believe InDeniedVested InterestsVindication Author:John Pilger
“[I believe in] the throne...parliamentary institutions...private enterprise and individual opinion against the socialization of the state...equity in the distribution of public burdens and strict maintenance of public faith with the creditors of the state [and] a fresh guarantee of peace by an alliance with France and...Belgium for the defence of our common interests against unprovoked attack.” BelieveStatesIndividualI BelieveInterestCommonOpinionInstitutionsBurdenI Believe InFranceGuaranteesEnterpriseThronesStrictDistributionEquityDefenceAlliancesMaintenanceBelgiumCreditorsParliamentaryCommon InterestsSocializationPrivate Enterprise Author:Austen Chamberlain
“I would say if a man is going to write on chemistry, he learns chemistry. The same is true of Christianity. But to speak of the craft itself, I would not know how to advise a man how to write. It is a matter of talent and interest. I believe he must be strongly moved if he is to become a writer. Writing is like a 'lust,' or like 'scratching when you itch.' Writing comes as a result of a very strong impulse, and when it does come, I for one must get it out.” IfsKnowsMenWritingBelieveDoeMatterSpeakStrongI BelieveInterestResultsChristianityKnow HowTalentMovedLustCraftsImpulseChemistryVery StrongAdvise Author:C. S. Lewis
“I would have every zealous man examine his heart thoroughly, and I believe he will often find that what be calls a zeal for his religion is either pride, interest, or ill-repute.” MenBelieveHeartI BelieveInterestPrideIllZealZealous Author:Joseph Addison
“Over the years I've seen people lose a spouse and then withdraw and lose interest in life, and I believe we need to resist that.” PeopleNeedsYearsBelieveI BelieveInterestLosesSpouseInterest In Life Author:Billy Graham
“I believe that American engagement, through our embassy, our businesses, and most of all through our people, is the best way to advance our interests and support for democracy and human rights.” PeopleWayBelieveHumansI BelieveInterestSupportDemocracyRightsHuman RightsBest WayEngagementEmbassyDemocracy And Human Rights Author:Chris Christie
“I believe in tension and release, in that if you stay in the the same tone and mode and intensity for too long, it actually becomes monotonous. When you change up your pace or your humour level, then the release is welcome... I believe that's my biggest job: tone control, and maintaining enough unity so that it all feels like one movie and all the scenes belong together, and yet diversity so that emotional and narrative interest is maintained.” IfsFeelsBelieveLongEnoughTogetherJobsI BelieveInterestLevelsEmotionalHumourSceneDiversityUnityI Believe InWelcomeReleaseNarrativeToneTensionPaceIntensityMaintainingMonotonous Author:Patricia Rozema
“My interest is in how meaning is communicated via language, and I believe the shape, positioning, even the color of the language has an effect on meaning.” BelieveLanguageI BelieveInterestEffectsColorShapes Author:Mark Z. Danielewski
“I believe that the fundamental proposition is that we must recognize that the hostilities in Europe, in Africa, and in Asia are all parts of a single world conflict. We must, consequently, recognize that our interests are menaced both in Europe and in the Far East.” WorldBelieveI BelieveInterestConflictEuropeFundamentalsEastAggressionAsiaPropositionsHostility Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt
“I believe very strongly that in this world you have to have values and you have to stand up for your interests and if you don't do those things you're not going to get anywhere.” IfsWorldBelieveValuesI BelieveInterestThis World Author:Stephen Harper
“I believe people have a little more interest in reading what I'm saying or hearing me speak because they know I ain't gonna sugarcoat it. Because I give them the truth.” PeopleKnowsGivingBelieveLittlesReadingSpeakI BelieveInterestHearing Author:Curtis Jackson
“I think it is important that independent government agencies be put in charge of investigating misconduct so that police departments are no longer allowed to police themselves. There is a conflict of interest there which, I believe, allows police to excuse their own behavior.” ThinkingBelieveImportantGovernmentI BelieveInterestConflictBehaviorPoliceIndependentExcuseAgencyDepartmentInvestigatingConflict Of InterestPolice DepartmentMisconductGovernment Agencies Author:Bernie Sanders
“I believe that global common interests are a good foundation for finding solutions together.” BelieveTogetherI BelieveInterestCommonFindingsSolutionsFoundationCommon Interests Author:Vladimir Putin