Charles Dickens Quotes
It is a silent, shady place, with a paved courtyard so full of echoes, that sometimes I am tempted to believe that faint responses to the noises of old times linger there yet, and that these ghosts of sound haunt my footsteps as I pace it up and down.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't believe in one ideal beauty.
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I know what it takes, and you have to fight for yourself and what you believe in.
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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.
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I'm against abortion. On the other hand, I believe in a woman's choice.
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Believe with all your heart that you will do what you were made to do. Never for an instant harbor a doubt of it.
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Sometimes, in order to follow our moral compass and/or our hearts, we have to make unpopular decisions or stand up for what we believe in.
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It has been said that love is a function of communication. I believe that to be true. I believe, by extension, that human understanding is a function of communication. And the better human beings understand one another, the higher the level of functioning.
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When I first joined 'Dancing with the Stars,' I did not want to do it. It's not what I like, it's not what I believe in... the judges are fake, this is fake, that is fake... there is not a lot of reality.
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It's easier, as a white person, to be silent about racial injustice. It's easier. On paper. But it's not easier on the whole, because injustice affects all of us, whether we know it or not, whether we acknowledge it or not.
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I firmly believe that we can protect taxpayer dollars, bus drivers' jobs, and the safety of our students. We just need a mayor who actually cares about all three.
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It's always been a great survival value for people to believe they belong to a superior tribe. That's just in human relationships.
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I don't believe that competitions are important.
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People give us credit only for what we ourselves believe.
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I believe it is impossible to be sure of anything.
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I don't believe in happy families.
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I don't believe in 'thinking' old. Although I've transitioned through many bodies - a baby, toddler, child, teen, young adult, mid-life and older adult - my spirit is unchanged. I support my body with exercise, my mind with reading and writing, and my spirit with the knowing that I am part of the Divine source of all life.
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I don't think I've ever used the word 'gay rights,' because I don't really believe in rights based on your behavior.
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I don't believe in ghosts.
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Am I a trance medium? No. Have I got a gift psychically? Absolutely not. But I believe in the survival of consciousness after death.
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It doesn't matter who they put in front of me, I just want people to remember me.
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Some fellow from the Third World kept hammering for prizes for a Communist film which was rotten.
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The transcendent importance of love and good-will in all human relationships is shown by their mighty beneficent effect upon the individual and upon society.
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A potlatch is similar to a court case in that both are prohibitively expensive; both involve lengthy speeches and the vigorous examination and debate of the actions, rights and legal responsibilities of the participants. One has food, singing and spiritual rites; the other, not so much.
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It is a silent, shady place, with a paved courtyard so full of echoes, that sometimes I am tempted to believe that faint responses to the noises of old times linger there yet, and that these ghosts of sound haunt my footsteps as I pace it up and down.
