“Everyone must believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer”
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Isaac Asimov (1920–1992) American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, known for his works of science fiction …
Source: The Roving Mind (1983), p. 43
Context: Don't you believe in flying saucers, they ask me? Don't you believe in telepathy? — in ancient astronauts? — in the Bermuda triangle? — in life after death?
No, I reply. No, no, no, no, and again no.
One person recently, goaded into desperation by the litany of unrelieved negation, burst out "Don't you believe in anything?"
"Yes", I said. "I believe in evidence. I believe in observation, measurement, and reasoning, confirmed by independent observers. I'll believe anything, no matter how wild and ridiculous, if there is evidence for it. The wilder and more ridiculous something is, however, the firmer and more solid the evidence will have to be."
Yuri Lowenthal (1971) American voice actor
Source: SPIDER-MAN Exclusive Interview With Yuri Lowenthal On Playing Peter Parker, Cameo, PRINCE OF PERSIA, & More https://www.comicbookmovie.com/spider-man/spider-man_ps4/spider-man-exclusive-interview-with-yuri-lowenthal-on-playing-peter-parker-cameo-prince-of-persia-more-a182153#gs.uob0p8 (February 2, 2021)
“When you believe in something, stand up for it, even if everyone is sitting.”
Natasha Friend (1972) American writer
Source: Perfect
“Certainly everyone, in order to protect love,
Certainly wishes to believe in something”
Ayumi Hamasaki (1978) Japanese recording artist, lyricist, model, and actress
Forgiveness
Lyrics, Memorial Address
Joss Whedon (1964) American director, writer, and producer for television and film
As quoted in "Whedon creates space cowboys in 'Firefly'" in Post-Gazette (22 July 2002) http://www.post-gazette.com/tv/20020722owen0722fnp3.asp
“The interest I have in believing in something is not a proof that the something exists.”
Jerry Coyne book Faith vs. Fact: Why Science and Religion are Incompatible
Source: Faith vs. Fact (2015), p. 29 (quoting Voltaire)
“I really believe, or want to believe, really I am nuts, otherwise I'll never be sane.”
Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997) American poet