I Believe In Quotes - Page 10

• I'm finding, as I get older, that I'm not much of a believer in redemption. I mean, I believe in redemption in real life - redemption does happen, and it's cool when it does - but I find myself getting leery of my desire for it in stories (especially my own).

  George Saunders

  Real, Believe, Mean

  "George Saunders's Wild Ride" by Deborah Treisman, www.newyorker.com. December 12, 2010.

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• I would have quit before I went rock-n-roll. I know one way, and that's natural, and when I can't make it, I'll come home and stay. I believe in my music.

  Ralph Stanley

  Believe, Home, Rocks

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• I believe in my music.

  Ralph Stanley

  Believe, I Believe

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• I've always fought for what I believe in. I used to get made fun of for dancing, and I would argue back, or fight the kids, or do whatever I had to do to shut them up. I have that in me.

  Kenny Wormald

  Fun, Believe, Kids

  "Kenny Wormald Interview FOOTLOOSE". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 14, 2011.

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• I believe, in general, that even people that are self-pitying, you can feel for them.

  Mike White

  Believe, Self, People

  Interview with Erik Adams, www.avclub.com. November 14, 2011.

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• I believe in evolution in the sense that a short-tempered man is the successor of a crybaby.

  Criss Jami

  Patience, Believe, Men

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.96, Criss Jami

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• I believe in incentivizing people. If you can incentivize people in anything, whether it's in politics; in life; in spirituality; in business; just take care of folks. Incentivize them and all of a sudden it's amazing the difference that you'll see.

  Zachary Levi

  Believe, Differences, People

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I believe in my writing.

  Barry Manilow

  Believe, Writing, I Believe

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My shaven head is my way of saying 'I wont take no for an answer,' it is my way of saying 'I believe in my creativity and artistry.'

  Chrisette Michele

  Believe, Creativity, Answers

  "Natural Hair Celebrity- Chrisette Michele". Curly Nikki Interview, www.curlynikki.com. April 12, 2010.

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• As a writer, I am an intellectual. I believe in the ideals of the Enlightenment, I believe in the written word, in dialogue and in truth. I hate lies more than anything else. Most of the time I react by writing.

  Henning Mankell

  Hate, Lying, Believe

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• I believe in spirits, not ghosts.

  Kendra Wilkinson

  Believe, Spirit, Ghost

  Interview with Jennifer Cox, www.askmen.com.

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• Whenever I take a position, I like to imagine what it would be like under the worst-case scenario. In doing so, I minimize the confusion if that situation actually develops. In my view, losses are a very important part of trading. When a loss happens, I believe in embracing it.

  Gil Blake

  Believe, Loss, Views

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• I believe in the energy of art, and through the use of that energy, the artist's ability to transform his or her life, and by example, the lives of others.

  Audrey Flack

  Art, Believe, Energy

  Audrey Flack (1986). “Art & soul: notes on creating”, Dutton Adult

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• I live in a universe in which blame doesn't exist. I don't believe in being at fault; I believe in taking responsibility for your actions. If I do something wrong, I take responsibility for it.

  Concha Buika

  Believe, Responsibility, Faults

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• I believe in freedom of expression, and I believe that societies thrive when they permit freedom of expression.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Believe, Expression, Permit

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute - where no Catholic prelate would tell the president (should he be Catholic) how to act. I do not speak for my church on public matters - and the church does not speak for me.

  John F. Kennedy

  Believe, America, Catholic

  Address to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association, delivered 12 September 1960 at the Rice Hotel in Houston, TX

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• In the world today , it’s easy to quit. I believe in putting up the fight.

  Mark Harmon

  Believe, Fighting, World

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• I believe in Islam. I am a Muslim and there is nothing wrong with being a Muslim, nothing wrong with the religion of Islam. It just teaches us to believe in Allah as the God.

  Malcolm X

  Believe, Religion Of Islam, Teach

  Malcolm X (1992). “February 1965: the final speeches”, Pathfinder Pr

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• I believe in rainbows and all of that. But there are darker colors … and it's the shade that defines the light.

  Tori Amos

  Believe, Light, Color

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• I believe in my work and in the joy of it. You have to be with the work and the work has to be with you. It absorbs you totally and you absorb it totally.

  Louise Berliawsky Nevelson

  Work, Believe, Joy

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• The God I believe in is not so fragile that you hurt Him by being angry at him, or so petty that He will hold it against you for being upset with Him.

  Harold S. Kushner

  Hurt, Believe, Upset

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• The painters have no copyright on modern art!... I believe in, and make no apologies for, photography: it is the most important graphic medium of our day. It does not have to be, indeed cannot be - compared to painting - it has different means and aims.

  Edward Weston

  Photography, Art, Believe

  Edward Weston (1971). “Edward Weston: The Flame of Recognition: His Photographs Accompanied by Excerpts from the Daybooks & Letters”

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• I believe in the writer's mission. He receives it from the word, which carries its suffering and its hope within it. He questions the words, which question him. He accompanies the words, which accompany him. The initiative is shared, as if spontaneous.

  Edmond Jabes

  Believe, Suffering, Purpose

  Edmond Jabes, Edmond Jabès, Rosmarie Waldrop (1991). “The Book of Questions: Volume I [The Book of Questions, The Book of Yukel, Return to the Book]”, p.58, Wesleyan University Press

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• I am delighted to have you play football. I believe in rough, manly sports. But I do not believe in them if they degenerate into the sole end of any one's existence. I don't want you to sacrifice standing well in your studies to any over-athleticism; and I need not tell you that character counts for a great deal more than either intellect or body in winning success in life. Athletic proficiency is a mighty good servant, and like so many other good servants, a mighty bad master.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Soccer, Sports, Football

  Theodore Roosevelt, Joseph Bishop (2010). “Theodore Roosevelt's Letters to His Children”, p.63, Applewood Books

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• I believe in liberty and freedom for all. I believe in gay marriage.

  Jewel

  Believe, Gay, Liberty

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