- Diversity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Believe Quotes
On conviction, faith and holding a belief through doubt.
The quotes gathered here move between technical foresight, early confidence in where computing was headed, and deeply personal conviction about politics, work and society's assumptions. For more on faith, see our Faith quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The point of essays is the point of writing anything. It's not to tell people what they already think or to give them more of what they already believe; it's to challenge people, and it's to suggest alternate ways of thinking about things.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Becoming a parent is always going to be a default setting. I truly believe there will always be more people who want to have children than who don't.
- Picture
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe that sometimes, when we talk about books, we're talking about the big picture - how they're relevant.
- Stress
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a lot of stress out there, and to handle it, you just need to believe in yourself; always go back to the person that you know you are, and don't let anybody tell you any different, because everyone's special and everyone's awesome.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes I just want to write a really intense love scene. But I can't do that in my books for teens, or parents will complain - believe me, I've tried.
- Born
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do believe babies are born potty-trained. They're born knowing and are able to give subtle signals that become very prominent if you reinforce them.
- Internet
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm one of those people that thinks the Internet is amazing, and I can't believe it exists.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I consistently run into young adults who have quickly turned away from traditional jobs at great companies to try their hand at a start-up. I believe that some of this stems from the desire to strike it big like Mark Zuckerberg, but I also believe it is because starting a company has become far cooler than working in one.
- Euphoric
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's no doubt that there's certain songs and arrangements of music that release a chemical reaction in my brain. This sounds a little goofy, but I really believe that. It's such a euphoric experience that I sort of want to chase that experience as often as possible.
- Need
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- Nov 07, 2020
I absolutely do believe that we need to not be so myopic. We ought to throw open widely the windows on the world in order to learn more about it.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always been sort of influenced by my male relationships and that period of my life when you start to cringe and be like, 'I can't believe I wore this or that.'
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
You must believe in people. You must give back their money in their own pockets.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020