Northrop Frye Quotes

The Bible is not interested in arguing, because if you state a thesis of belief you have already stated it's opposite; if you say, I believe in God, you have already suggested the possibility of not believing in him.

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• I believe that entrepreneurs play an unmatched role and the accelerating pace of innovation is transforming the face of global challenges. You must think about the solution differently when you're trying to impact 1 billion people rather than affecting 1 million people.

  

  Naveen Jain
  • People
  • Believe
  • Trying

• I cannot believe how much love people have shown me.

  

  Malala Yousafzai
  • People
  • Believe
  • Love

• 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

• I want to just be what kids believe in.

  

  Quvenzhane Wallis
  • Believe
  • Kids
  • Want

• When Californians see something we truly believe in, we say so and act accordingly - without evasiveness or equivocation.

  

  Gavin Newsom
  • Believe
  • See
  • Act

• My hope is that the Chinese government will come to realise that it is futile to repress free speech, and that contrary to what they believe a regime's strength rests not its suppression of a plurality of opinions and ideas, but in its capacity and willingness to encourage them.

  

  Ma Jian
  • Believe
  • Hope
  • Free

• Throughout this primary process the voters have vetted each candidate and after a spirited contest they have made clear who they believe is right person to lead our ticket and that is Governor Mitt Romney. I believe they have come to this conclusion because they know that Governor Romney will begin working on day one to turn around our economy.

  

  Candice S. Miller
  • Believe
  • Day
  • Process

• I believe that a man is the strongest soldier for daring to die unarmed.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Believe
  • Man
  • Die

• I believe nothing happens by mistake. You know, the universe has a divine plan. That sounds dramatic.

  

  Lana Del Rey
  • Believe
  • Universe
  • Mistake

• I am a sports enthusiast, and if given an opportunity, I want to be a sportsman, even today. I want to promote the sport that is indigenous to India. Kabaddi is a matter of national pride. Why can't cricket, hockey, football and kabaddi be given equal platforms and co-exist? I believe that can happen.

  

  Abhishek Bachchan
  • Believe
  • Why
  • Today

• If we did not have rational souls, we would not be able to believe.

  

  Saint Augustine
  • Believe
  • Would
  • Did

• I was Speaker of the House in Florida, first Republican speaker in 120 years. And I totally dismantled the way this House worked and turned it around to what I believe is right.

  

  Dan Webster
  • Believe
  • House
  • First

• I do believe that there will be a clash between East and West. I believe that there will be a clash between those who want freedom, justice and equality for everyone and those who want to continue the systems of exploitation. I believe that there will be that kind of clash, but I don't think that it will be based upon the color of the skin….

  

  Malcolm X
  • Believe
  • Freedom
  • Justice

• I don't believe in evil, I believe only in horror. In nature there is no evil, only an abundance of horror: the plagues and the blights and the ants and the maggots.

  

  Karen Blixen
  • Believe
  • Nature
  • Evil

• Sometimes there is a tendency to talk about women as though we are a herd...women believe this or women want that. But we very much vote on the issues depending on what's important.

  

  Liz Cheney
  • Believe
  • Important
  • Women

• The true measurement of a person's worth isn't what they say they believe in, but what they do in defense of those beliefs. If you're not acting on your beliefs, then they probably aren't real.

  

  Edward Snowden
  • Believe
  • Real
  • True

• A fact is a simple statement that everyone believes. It is innocent, unless found guilty. A hypothesis is a novel suggestion that no one wants to believe. It is guilty, until found effective.

  

  Edward Teller
  • Believe
  • Simple
  • Guilty

• Now there was no wonder in the Statue of Liberty illusion because he, Copperfield, attempted to do something so large that it stretched the credibility of the audience to the point where most people didn't believe any of it anymore.

  

  Doug Henning
  • People
  • Believe
  • Wonder

• It astounds me that I just keep getting better. I'm going to keep believing in myself and realize that look at Annika, when she was winning two, three tournaments a year, people were like, well, how much better can she get? I think, why can't I do that.

  

  Cristie Kerr
  • Believe
  • Winning
  • Tournaments

• The stuff we did under the name the Rentals got so chaotic.

  

  Matt Sharp Weezer

• Being able to communicate what your vision is clearly and with specificity is the most important thing a director can do.

  

  David Slade
  • Important
  • Vision

• Ever read any Friedrich Hayek? He's great. The Road To Serfdom is like... I'm not a big political-science reader, but I actually dog-eared my copy. I ended up going back through it and writing a précis, I was so impressed by this book. It's all about what happens when government tries to make everything right.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Writing
  • Book
  • Science

• The Bible is not interested in arguing, because if you state a thesis of belief you have already stated it's opposite; if you say, I believe in God, you have already suggested the possibility of not believing in him.

  

  Northrop Frye
  • Believe
  • Possibility
  • Arguing