“I don't want to believe. I want to know.”
Carl Sagan (1934–1996) American astrophysicist, cosmologist, author and science educator
“I don't want to believe. I want to know.”
Carl Sagan (1934–1996) American astrophysicist, cosmologist, author and science educator
Craig Ferguson (1962) Scottish-born American television host, stand-up comedian, writer, actor, director, author, producer and voice a…
Mitt Romney (1947) American businessman and politician
Fox News GOP debate, , quoted in * 2007-05-16
Romney: ‘We Ought To Double Guantanamo’
Think Progress
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2007/05/16/12919/romney-guantanamo/
2007 campaign for Republican nomination for United States President
“I don't want to tell my dreams, I want to show them!”
Cristiano Ronaldo (1985) Portuguese association football player
Roza Otunbayeva (1950) Soviet diplomat
"The Situation Is Not Easy" by Lally Weymouth in Newsweek (26 April 2010)
Celia Cruz (1925–2003) Cuban singer (1925-2003)
On what she hopes for her audience in “CELIA CRUZ: AT THE TOP OF SALSA” https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/19/arts/celia-cruz-at-the-top-of-salsa.html in New York Times (1985 Nov 19).
Stephen Chbosky book The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Variant: I don't want to be somebody's crush. if somebody likes me, i want them to like the real me, not what they think i am. And i don't want them to carry it around inside. I want them to show me, so i can feel it too. - Sam
Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Malcolm X (1925–1965) American human rights activist
Speech, New York City (12 December 1964).
Attributed
Joanna Russ book The Female Man
Part 9, Chapter 4 (p. 206)
Source: Fiction, The Female Man (1975)
Context: Remember: I didn’t and don’t want to be a “feminine” version or a diluted version or a special version or a subsidiary version or an ancillary version, or an adapted version of the heroes I admire. I want to be the heroes themselves.
What future is there for a female child who aspires to being Humphrey Bogart?