#lievin

I started out by believing God for a newer car than the one I was driving. I started out believing God for a nicer apartment than I had. Then I moved up. ↗

— Jim Bakker

#believing #car #driving #god #had

On the Northern Ireland question, for instance, the British and Irish governments prohibit media contact with members of the IRA, but we have always gone ahead, believing in the right to information. ↗

— Kate Adie

#always #believing #british #contact #gone

He who stands aloof runs the risk of believing himself better than others and misusing his critique of society as an ideology for his private interest. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

#believing #better #critique #himself #his

We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have the power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#come #dream #keep #kind #life

We can't have full knowledge all at once. We must start by believing; then afterwards we may be led on to master the evidence for ourselves. ↗

— Thomas Aquinas

#believing #evidence #full #knowledge #led

A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side. ↗

— Aristotle

#appearance #apprehensive #believing #consider #devotion

The very gradual reductions in my weight which I am able to show, may be interesting to many, and I have great pleasure in stating them, believing that they serve to demonstrate further the merit of the system pursued. ↗

— William Banting

#am #believing #demonstrate #further #gradual

There is this stereotype of Icelanders all believing in spirits, and I've played up to that a bit in interviews. ↗

— Bjork

#bit #i #interviews #played #spirits

People make the mistake of drinking the Kool-Aid, believing your own hype, letting people tell you you're this or you're that or you're too this. ↗

— Kat Dennings

#drinking #hype #letting #make #mistake

I grew up believing my sister was from the planet Neptune and had been sent down to Earth to kill me. ↗

— Zooey Deschanel

#believing #down #down to earth #earth #grew