"Believe it or not, it is not only possible to accomplish more by doing less, it is mandatory. Enter the world of elimination."
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"I still believe one of the most important choices is how we treat others. What good does it do you to build a huge muscular, impressive body if you are small and underdeveloped on the inside? I’ve always felt that success begins on the inside and reaching our true potential gets blocked when we are small-spirited."
"Who you gonna believe-me or your lying eyes?"
"To Believe without evidence and demonstration is an act of ignorance and folly"
"A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came out to warn the public; they thought it was a joke and applauded. He repeated it; the acclaim was even greater. I think that's just how the world will come to an end: to the general applause of wits who believe it's a joke."
"I believe in using the entire piano as a single instrument capable of expressing every possible musical idea."
"I believe the greatest asset a head of state can have is the ability to get a good night's sleep."
"Believe nothing because it is written in books. Believe nothing because wise men say it is so. Believe nothing because it is religious doctrine. Believe it only because you yourself know it to be true."
"I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph."
"People who believe that they are strong-willed and the masters of their destiny can only continue to believe this by becoming specialists in self-deception."
"To be born in a free society and not to be born free is to be born into a lie. To be told by co-citizens and co-Christians that you have no value, no history, have never done anything that is worthy of human respect destroys you because in the beginning you believe it."
"Tell people an invisible man in the sky created all things, they believe you. Tell them what you've painted is wet, they have to touch it to believe."
"I believe what it says in the scriptures and in the Bhagavad Gita: 'Never was there a time when you did not exist, and there never will be a time when you cease to exist.'"
"Skepticism is a discipline fit to purify the mind of prejudice and render it all the more apt, when the time comes, to believe and to act wisely."
"I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean."
"Believing means liberating the indestructible element in oneself, or, more accurately, liberating oneself, or, more accurately, being indestructible, or, more accurately, being."
"Who could believe in the prophecies ... that the world would end this summer, while one milkweed with faith matured its seeds."
"No matter what happens, no matter how far you seem to be away from where you want to be, never stop believing that you will somehow make it."
"I believe that summer is our time, a time for the people, and that no politician should be allowed to speak to us during the summer. They can start talking again after Labor Day."
"Since man cannot live without miracles, he will provide himself with miracles of his own making. He will believe in witchcraft and sorcery, even though he may otherwise be a heretic, an atheist, and a rebel."