- 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
- Embryo
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am not religious. I do not believe that personhood is conferred upon conception. But I also do not believe that a human embryo is the moral equivalent of a hangnail and deserves no more respect than an appendix.
- Better Way
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe in what I believe, and I think after all these years I've heard a lot of arguments, and I'm convinced by the superiority of the arguments that are made on the conservative side. I think that's a better way to run a society.
- Ideas
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe that the pursuit of truth and right ideas through honest debate and rigorous argument is a noble undertaking.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was once a philosopher who said, 'I don't believe in God, but I fear him greatly.' That's about where I am.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe that writing is derivative. I think good writing comes from good reading.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe that the history of Fed policymaking is that, you know, there are times when we need to raise rates.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
More and more, as civilization develops, we find the primitive to be essential to us. We root into the primitive as a tree roots into the earth. If we cut off the roots, we lose the sap without which we can't progress or even survive. I don't believe our civilization can continue very long out of contact with the primitive.
- Survive
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is not that I believe ideals are unimportant, even among the realities of war; but if a nation is to survive in a hostile world, its ideals must be backed by the hard logic of military practicability.
- Daily
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- Nov 07, 2020
I most definitely would not buy the 'Daily Mail,' which pours a kind of livid torpor into the eyelids of the average Brit - I skimmed through a copy recently and couldn't believe the rubbish in it.
- Responsibility
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even if you're playing the most well-known repertoire under the sun, I still believe you have a responsibility as an artist to tell the audience why you're playing it, what are the key aspects to it, and then throw in a bit about its historical context.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Reformers, therefore, as instruments in the hands of God, in delivering the Church from bondage to prelates, did not make it a tumultuous multitude, in which every man was a law to himself, free to believe, and free to do what he pleased.
- Art
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do believe architecture, and all art, should be content-driven. It should have something to say beyond the sensational.
- Way
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- Nov 07, 2020
You have to believe in a placebo or it won't work, but if it works, it's obviously working in some indirect way, through feedback in the immune system, let us say, or in the willpower of the patient to take a more strenuous exercise in their own therapy.
- Create
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe the director's primary role is to create an atmosphere where his company can be created.
- Universe
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- Nov 07, 2020