Vladimir Nabokov Quotes

Do those clowns really believe what they teach?

Vladimir Nabokov

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• Where belief is painful we are slow to believe.

  

  Ovid
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• I believe nuclear energy in Jordan will be done in such a way where it is a public-private partnership so everyone can see exactly what's going on.

  

  Abdullah II of Jordan
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• We believe the use of force against Iraq, especially with reference to previous resolutions of the UN Security Council, has no grounds, including legal grounds.

  

  Igor Ivanov
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• But I do not believe that the world would be entirely different if there were more women leaders. Maybe if everybody in leadership was a woman, you might not get into the conflicts in the first place. But if you watch the women who have made it to the top, they haven't exactly been non-aggressive - including me.

  

  Madeleine Albright
  • World
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• On the other side, I do believe that the rhetoric we are seeing from the Democrats today is unprecedented, is a new low in presidential politics and goes beyond political discourse and amounts to political hate speech.

  

  Ed Gillespie
  • Believe
  • Today
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• As far as sustaining our popularity, I believe we can.

  

  Vince McMahon
  • Believe
  • I Believe
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• I love to pitch things that I believe in and products that I love to use.

  

  J. B. Smoove
  • Believe
  • Things
  • Use

• Yes, I believe the will is very important. It's how I have succeeded in life.

  

  G. Gordon Liddy
  • Life
  • Believe
  • Important

• But I really believe that you don't do music because you want to, you do it because you have to.

  

  Dan Reynolds Imagine Dragons
  • Music
  • Believe
  • Want

• My deceased patients have taught me over the years to believe in the glass half full, to make good use of the time we have, to be generous - that was their lesson for the Uber-mind, and it was free. 'Do that,' they said, 'and then perhaps death shall have no dominion.'

  

  Abraham Verghese
  • Time
  • Good
  • Believe

• Dwight is a sad clown. You've seen those paintings of sad clown.

  

  Rainn Wilson
  • You
  • Sad
  • Clown

• I'm really private, and also, when I'm home, I'm home. I don't like people in on my business. I believe that you can be overexposed.

  

  Gary Allan
  • People
  • Believe
  • Home

• I believe in tackling things you're afraid of.

  

  Hannah Storm
  • Believe
  • You
  • I Believe

• I believe in one power, and that is the hand of God. I respect all religions.

  

  Lata Mangeshkar
  • God
  • Believe
  • Power

• I've got to believe I'm the first person to win the Newbery who has written a Harlequin romance!

  

  K. A. Applegate
  • Believe
  • Win
  • First

• I don't believe in the so-called Latino explosion when it comes to movies. Jennifer Lopez doesn't have an accent. She grew up in New York speaking English, not Spanish. Her success is very important because she represents a different culture, but it doesn't help me.

  

  Salma Hayek
  • Up
  • Believe
  • Different

• I don't think I've ever used the word 'gay rights,' because I don't really believe in rights based on your behavior.

  

  Rand Paul
  • Believe
  • Think
  • Gay

• I believe the most important thing for the media is to be objective, fair, and balanced. We should not report a story with preconceptions or prejudice.

  

  Jack Ma
  • Believe
  • Important
  • Media

• Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.

  

  Gautama Buddha
  • God
  • Believe
  • Faith

• Now, I don't actually know the exact cut-off age where beautiful ceases and 'must have-once-been-beautiful' begins. It's true it's not forty-five. I can still get attention when I try really hard, even if it's greatly reduced.

  

  Paulina Porizkova
  • True
  • Age
  • Beautiful

• I will not be tortured, I tear torture out of myself by torturing you!

  

  Bela Lugosi
  • Torture

• Thanks in large measure to the ACLU, the belief that there is a wall of separation between faith and state, not just church and state, is endemic. The exercise of religious faith in the public square is not prohibited; only the federal imposition of a particular faith. Hardly anyone any longer knows the difference.

  

  F. LaGard Smith
  • Faith
  • Church
  • Religious

• Only the desert has a fascination--to ride alone--in the sun in the forever unpossessed country--away from man. That is a great temptation.

  

  D. H. Lawrence
  • Great
  • Men
  • Country

• Do those clowns really believe what they teach?

  

  Vladimir Nabokov
  • Believe
  • Teach
  • Clown