“I don't believe in anything; I'm a journalist," answered the melancholy being—“Boon, of the Daily Wire. …”

— G. K. Chesterton , book The Incredulity of Father Brown

The Incredulity of Father Brown (1923) The Curse of the Golden Cross
The Father Brown Mystery Series (1910 - 1927)

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English mystery novelist and Christian apologist 1874–1936

Banksy pseudonymous England-based graffiti artist, political activist, and painter

Source: Wall and Piece

“By telling you anything at all I'm at least believing in you, I believe you're there, I believe you into being.”

Margaret Atwood book The Handmaid's Tale

Source: The Handmaid's Tale

“By telling you anything at all I'm at least believing in you, I believe you're there, I believe you into being. Because I'm telling you this story I will your existence. I tell, therefore you are.”

Margaret Atwood book The Handmaid's Tale

Source: The Handmaid’s Tale (1985), Chapter 41 (p. 268)
Source: The Handmaid's Tale

“I don't believe in it, because you're not around to know that it's happened. I can't say anything about it because I'm not prepared for it.”

Andy Warhol (1928–1987) American artist

Source: 1975, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (1975), Ch. 8: Death

“I know I didn't say anything, but I'm asking your integrity that since I didn't wanna say anything, but I did answer you, in terms of I don't wanna say anything of what value will it have? … And I would appreciate it if it was scuttled.”

Bill Cosby (1937) American actor, comedian, author, producer, musician, activist

Associated Press interview, , quoted in [2014-11-19, Bill Cosby on Rape Allegations: ‘I Don’t Talk About It’, Maya Rhodan, Time, http://time.com/3596545/cosby-responds-rape-allegations-ap-video/, 2014-11-24]
Post-interview on-camera remarks, requesting they not air his interviewer's attempt to ask him about comedian Hannibal Buress' comedy routine about multiple women having alleged that Cosby drugged and raped them:
Brett Zongker: I have to ask about your name coming up in the news recently regarding this comedian—
Bill Cosby: No, no, we don't answer that.
Brett Zongker: OK. I just wanted to ask you if you wanted to respond about whether any of that was true.
Bill Cosby: There's no response.
Brett Zongker: I'm gonna ask you, if— With the persona that people know about Bill Cosby, should they believe anything differently about what—?
Bill Cosby: There is no comment about that.
Brett Zongker: OK.
Bill Cosby: And I'll tell you why.
Brett Zongker: OK.
Bill Cosby: I think you were told. I don't want to compromise your integrity, but um, we don't— I don't talk about it.

“I'm not big on compromise. I understand compromise. Sometimes compromise is the right answer, but oftentimes compromise is the equivalent of defeat, and I don't like being defeated.”

Donald J. Trump (1946) 45th President of the United States of America

Life, Vol. 12 (January 1989), p. iii
1980s

“I don't want to let go, because tonight I'm not looking for anything more than being part of him. Because being part of him isn't just anything. It's kind of everything.”

Melina Marchetta book On the Jellicoe Road

Source: On the Jellicoe Road

“Why give you answers you wont believe?
Well, answers I don't believe would be a step forward.”

Orson Scott Card Treasure Box

Treasure Box (1996)

“I don't believe in anything you have to believe in.”

Fran Lebowitz (1950) author and public speaker from the United States

Reported by Steve Pinker, " I am Steve Pinker, a cognitive psychologist at Harvard. Ask me anything. http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1a67x4/i_am_steve_pinker_a_cognitive_psychologist_at/c8uiccn", Reddit.com (March 12, 2013).
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“If I never make another film, I don't care as long as I'm true to what I believe in, which is being kind.”

Sienna Miller (1981) British-American actress

As reported by ALISON BOSHOFF Evening Standard, http://www.standard.co.uk/news/the-girl-who-wooed-jude-6973678.html

“I don't believe in anything; I'm a journalist," answered the melancholy being—“Boon, of the Daily Wire. …”

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