#belief

The belief that recipients of government aid are better off the more we spend on them is remarkably persistent. No matter how many times this central tenet of liberalism gets debunked, like Brett Favre, it just keeps coming back. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#back #belief #better #better off #brett

Um, I have an enormous faith in God. I have an enormous support system that also has that same belief. ↗

— Katey Sagal

#belief #enormous #faith #god #i

A civilization is a heritage of beliefs, customs, and knowledge slowly accumulated in the course of centuries, elements difficult at times to justify by logic, but justifying themselves as paths when they lead somewhere, since they open up for man his inner distance. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

#centuries #civilization #course #customs #difficult

Both now and for always, I intend to hold fast to my belief in the hidden strength of the human spirit. ↗

— Andrei Sakharov

#belief #both #fast #hidden #hold

A lot of journalism wants to have what they call objectivity without them having a commitment to pursuing the truth, but that doesn't work. Objectivity requires belief in and a commitment toward pursuing the truth - having an object outside of our personal point of view. ↗

— Nate Silver

#call #commitment #having #journalism #lot

In the latter case life rests upon a thousand presuppositions which the individual can never trace back to their origins, and verify; but which he must accept upon faith and belief. ↗

— Georg Simmel

#back #belief #case #faith #individual

I think audiences have hit the wall with CGI and special effects. They have seen so many over-the-top events that they can't suspend disbelief. ↗

— Sylvester Stallone

#cgi #disbelief #effects #events #hit

I think that we need to look hard at our beliefs and be responsible about how we speak out. ↗

— Mary Steenburgen

#beliefs #hard #how #i #i think

One of the hardest things to believe is that anyone will abandon the effort to escape a charge of murder. It is extremely important to suspend disbelief on that. If you don't, the story is spoiled. ↗

— Rex Stout

#anyone #believe #charge #disbelief #effort

In this Epistle, the Apostle seeks, with great earnestness, to confirm the Christian converts in the belief of that Gospel, which he had so faithfully preached. ↗

— John Strachan

#belief #christian #confirm #converts #earnestness