Quotes of Reliance - somelinesforyou

“ The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one. The happiness of credulity is a cheap and dangerous quality. ”

- George Bernard Shaw

“ Science is facts; just as houses are made of stones, so is science made of facts; but a pile of stones is not a house and a collection of facts is not necessarily science. ”

- Henri Poincare

“ These, then, are my last words to you: Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create that fact. ”

- William James

“ To be a good model, I'd need a lot more confidence... and more confidence to be more bare. ”

- Jill Hennessy

“ When a man is known to have no settled convictions of his own he can't convict other people. ”

- Mark Twain

“ Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact. ”

- William James

“ As a matter of fact is an expression that precedes many an expression that isn't. ”

- Laurence Peter

“ When the intensity of emotional conviction subsides, a man who is in the habit of reasoning will search for logical grounds in favor of the belief which he finds in himself. ”

- Bertrand Russell

“ Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions. ”

- Dag Hammarskjold

“ This is my absolute conviction. I would even be ready to die for it. ”

- Junichiro Koizumi

“ I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance. ”

- Socrates

“ By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired. ”

- Nikos Kazantzakis

“ When you have the facts on your side, argue the facts. When you have the law on your side, argue the law. When you have neither, holler. ”

- Al Gore

“ The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of empirical facts by logical deduction from the smallest number of hypotheses or axioms. ”

- Albert Einstein

“ The fact that England has embraced me as one of its own is really cool. ”

- Quentin Tarantino

“ What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their inability to act according to their beliefs. ”

- Henry Miller

“ Every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions, which move with him like flies on a summer day. ”

- Bertrand Russell

“ Convictions are the mainsprings of action, the driving powers of life. What a man lives are his convictions. ”

- Francis C. Kelley

“ My music will go on forever. Maybe it's a fool say that, but when me know facts me can say facts. My music will go on forever. ”

- Bob Marley

“ Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. ”

- Bible

“ To treat your facts with imagination is one thing, but to imagine your facts is another. ”

- John Burroughs

“ Faith is the confidence, the assurance, the enforcing truth, the knowing… ”

- Robert Collier

“ A man with convictions finds an answer for everything. Convictions are the best form of protection against the living truth. ”

- Max Frisch

“ I know for a fact that if there's a role which I am suited for, I'll be signed on. I'll never go begging. ”

- Aishwarya Rai

“ The facts are always less than what really happened. ”

- Nadine Gordimer

“ These are facts, these are not imaginary things. ”

- Iyad Allawi

“ We need to restore the full meaning of that old word, duty. It is the other side of rights. ”

- Pearl S. Buck

“ It is like living in a wilderness of mirrors. No fact goes unchallenged. ”

- Bruce Babbitt

“ Worry comes from the belief you are powerless. ”

- Robert Anthony

“ At the end of reasons comes persuasion. ”

- Ludwig Wittgenstein
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