John Lennon (1940–1980) English singer and songwriter
"God"
Lyrics, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970)
John Lennon (1940–1980) English singer and songwriter
"God"
Lyrics, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970)
“I used to believe in forever, but forever's too good to be true”
A.A. Milne book Winnie-the-Pooh
Source: Winnie-the-Pooh
Bei Dao (1949) contemporary Chinese (PRC) avant garde poet
"The Answer" https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50088/the-answer-56d22cd8d69d0, p. 33 <br class="br">The August Sleepwalker (1990)
“I believe when I fall in love with you
It will be forever.”
Stevie Wonder (1950) American musician
I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)
Song lyrics, Talking Book (1972)
“Is someone different at age 18 or 60? I believe one stays the same.”
Hayao Miyazaki (1941) Japanese animator, film director, and mangaka
“I don't believe in God because I don't believe in Mother Goose.”
Clarence Darrow (1857–1938) American lawyer and leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union
Speech in Toronto (1930); as quoted in "Breaking the Last Taboo" (1996) by James A. Haught
As quoted in Jesus: Myth Or Reality? (2006) by Ian Curtis
Religion is the belief in future life and in God. I don't believe in either.
As quoted in The New York Times (19 April 1936)
Variant: I believe that religion is the belief in future life and in God. I don’t believe in either. I don’t believe in God as I don’t believe in Mother Goose.
“I for one don't even believe that he's president.”
Phil Ochs (1940–1976) American protest singer and songwriter
Speech about Richard Nixon before playing "Ten Cents A Coup" on the Greatest Hits album (February 1970)
Context: I for one don't even believe that he's president. In order to have a president you need to have an election, in order to have an election you have to have a choice, and if you remember back to the primaries there were people running against the war, Kennedy and McCarthy. They often got 85 to 90% of the votes, but when it came time for the parties, that was totally ignored, so in point of fact, there really was no election. For a man who's always wanted to be president, and now that he's president, he's not even president.
“I don't believe in art. I believe in artists.”
Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968) French painter and sculptor