Peter O'Toole Quotes

There are only two things one has to bear in mind. One has to be credulous - able to believe - and skeptical - able to not believe, because if you are not skeptical, you will believe rubbish. If you are not credulous you will learn nothing and the only way to balance those two is to recognize the mystery of things.

Peter O'Toole

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• You don't have to fear defeat if you believe it may reveal powers that you didn't know you possessed.

  

  Napoleon Hill
  • Believe
  • May
  • Fear

• Open-minded people tend to be interested in Buddhism because Buddha urged people to investigate things - he didn't just command them to believe.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • People
  • Believe
  • Buddha

• I know there is something out there and like most people, I tend to believe in it more when things go bad.

  

  Maggie Smith
  • People
  • Believe
  • Bad

• I believe that first impressions are very important.

  

  F. W. de Klerk
  • Believe
  • Important

• When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • Mind
  • Man
  • Hanged

• Every child is a thought in the mind of God, and our task is to recognize this thought and help it toward completion.

  

  Eberhard Arnold
  • God
  • Mind
  • Help

• I like to believe, as a writer, that anybody who isn't a reader yet has just not found the right book.

  

  Gabrielle Zevin
  • Believe
  • Book
  • Right

• If I like something, I will pick it up from anywhere and wear it. I don't believe that only branded stuff looks good on you. If it doesn't look good in my eyes, I'll never wear it.

  

  Kajol
  • Up
  • Good
  • Believe

• Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked.

  

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
  • Mind
  • Logic
  • Insanity

• I don't believe that we should limit waterboarding - or, quite frankly, any other alternative torture technique - if it means saving Americans' lives.

  

  Aaron Schock
  • Believe
  • Torture
  • Limit

• I think space will be conquered through the mind rather than the clumsy medium of space travel.

  

  Patrick Troughton
  • Mind
  • Space
  • Travel

• Consistency is the most overrated of all human virtues... I'm someone who changes his mind all the time.

  

  Malcolm Gladwell
  • Time
  • Mind
  • Changes

• I believe that life is short, and there is too much time wasted bearing grudges, and I like to move on.

  

  Sam Taylor-Johnson
  • Life
  • Time
  • Believe

• Often Hollywood crews go into third world countries and I don't believe they behave well.

  

  Rachel Weisz
  • World
  • Believe
  • Hollywood

• Affectation is a very good word when someone does not wish to confess to what he would none the less like to believe of himself.

  

  Fanny Brice
  • Good
  • Believe
  • Wish

• Man is unique not because he does science, and his is unique not because he does art, but because science and art equally are expressions of his marvelous plasticity of mind.

  

  Jacob Bronowski
  • Mind
  • Art
  • Man

• If you believe in what you do and you really want to be in music, just stick at it. It's always a learning process. Enjoy it because I think making music is a privilege, really. In an ideal world, it should also always be fun. As much as possible, make it fun.

  

  Kate Bush
  • World
  • Music
  • Believe

• All I did from day-to-day is coach. That's what my job was, that's what my passion was, and the fact that now it's something I'm being considered for is just mind-blowing to me, that I would ever be in that kind of company.

  

  Pat Riley
  • Mind
  • Job
  • Me

• The best time for transition is during a period of great strength, ... We believe these appointments and the evolution of the governance of the firm will strengthen our management focus and keep the firm on a solid foundation to serve our clients, develop our people, and execute our strategy.

  

  Henry Paulson
  • People
  • Time
  • Great

• Whenever I leave Manhattan, I get the bends!

  

  Ed Koch
  • Get
  • Leave
  • Manhattan

• I cried on my 18th birthday. I thought 17 was such a nice age. You're young enough to get away with things, but you're old enough, too.

  

  Liv Tyler
  • Age
  • Nice
  • Birthday

• The time has come to return integrity, performance and dignity to New York and make it the Empire State once again.

  

  Andrew Cuomo
  • Time
  • Integrity
  • New York

• We're all grown women now; if we wanna do something, we can't be stopped!

  

  Natasha Hamilton
  • Women
  • Something
  • Now

• There are only two things one has to bear in mind. One has to be credulous - able to believe - and skeptical - able to not believe, because if you are not skeptical, you will believe rubbish. If you are not credulous you will learn nothing and the only way to balance those two is to recognize the mystery of things.

  

  Peter O'Toole
  • Believe
  • Mind
  • Balance