Quotes with believing

  • Seeing is no longer believing. The very notion of truth has been put into crisis. In a world bloated with images, we are finally learning that photographs do indeed lie.
  • All young women begin by believing they can change and reform the men they marry. They can't.
  • A computer would deserve to be called intelligent if it could deceive a human into believing that it was human.

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  • Aristotle A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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  • Günter Grass Believing: it means believing in our own lies. And I can say that I am grateful that I got this lesson very early.
    Günter Grass
    German writer and Nobel laureate in literature (1999) (1927 - 2015)
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  • W. Clement Stone I think there is something, more important than believing: Action! The world is full of dreamers, there aren't enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision.
    W. Clement Stone
    American businessman and author (1902 - 2002)
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  • Anita Roddick If I had learned more about business ahead of time, I would have been shaped into believing that it was only about finances and quality management.
    Anita Roddick
    British businesswoman and human rights activist (1942 - 2007)
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  • Rod Serling Seeing is not always believing.
    Rod Serling
    American screenwriter, playwright, television producer, and narrator (1924 - 1975)
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  • Alan Turing A computer would deserve to be called intelligent if it could deceive a human into believing that it was human.
    Alan Turing
    English mathematician and computer scientist (1912 - 1954)
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  • Thomas Carlyle A man lives by believing something: not by debating and arguing about many things.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Brandi Chastain After the '96 Olympics, we all started believing that this is bigger than we thought, and we were willing to do the work. We knew that it was up to us, the players, to make soccer successful.
    Brandi Chastain
    American soccer player (1968 - )
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  • George Bernard Shaw All young women begin by believing they can change and reform the men they marry. They can't.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Michel de Certeau As a first approximation, I define ''belief'' not as the object of believing (a dogma, a program, etc.) but as the subject's investment in a proposition, the act of saying it and considering it as true.
    Michel de Certeau
    French writer
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  • David J. Schwartz Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really believe, your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing a solution paves the way to solution.
    David J. Schwartz
    American motivational writer and coach (1927 - 1987)
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  • Nikos Kazantzakis By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.
    Nikos Kazantzakis
    Greek writer (1883 - 1957)
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  • Thomas Hardy Don't you go believing in sayings, Picotee: they are all made by men, for their own advantages. Women who use public proverbs as a guide through events are those who have not ingenuity enough to make private ones as each event occurs.
    Thomas Hardy
    British writer and poet (1840 - 1928)
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  • Gerald F. Lieberman Elections are held to delude the populace into believing that they are participating in government.
    Gerald F. Lieberman
    American writer
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  • Martin Luther Every man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and his own dying.
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  • Claude M. Bristol Every person is the creation of himself, the image of his own thinking and believing. As individuals think and believe, so they are.
    Claude M. Bristol
    American writer
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  • Albert Einstein Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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  • Mark Twain Faith is believing what you know ain't so.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Caitlin Doughty Going around not fully believing that you're going to die is really problematic because it affects how you think about the future of the planet, about the future of your own life, about the decisions you're making.
    Caitlin Doughty
    American author, blogger (1984 - )
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  • Arthur Wellesley I hate the whole race. There is no believing a word they say, your professional poets, I mean there never existed a more worthless set than Byron and his friends for example.
    Arthur Wellesley
    Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman (1769 - 1852)
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