We can trust our doctors to be professional to minister equally to their patients without regard to their political or religious beliefs. But we can no longer trust our professors to do the same.

Science doesn't in the slightest depend on trust. It depends completely on the belief that you can demonstrate something for yourself.

Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated.

Technology has a shadow side. It accounts for real progress in medicine but has also hurt it in many ways making it more impersonal expensive and dangerous. The false belief that a safety net of sophisticated drugs and machines stretches below us permitting risky or lazy lifestyle choices has undermined our spirit of self-reliance.

Your chances of success in any undertaking can always be measured by your belief in yourself.

You know I start with the assumption that -or with with the belief that this president has to succeed. We all have an enormous amount of capital invested in his success. His success is the country's success.

I always say be humble but be firm. Humility and openness are the key to success without compromising your beliefs.

Refuse to accept the belief that your professional relevance career success or financial security turns on the next update on the latest technology. Sometimes it's good to put the paddle down and just let the canoe glide.

Belief in oneself is one of the most important bricks in building any successful venture.

Both now and for always I intend to hold fast to my belief in the hidden strength of the human spirit.

The only concept or experience or core belief that I can attribute my other-ness to is that I just started out a weirdo and I stayed a weirdo. And it took me a long time to embrace my outsidership and see it as a strength rather than a weakness.

Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief while judicious men are showing you the grounds of it.

Then when I went to Iraq and saw the strength and character the men and women in our military service exhibit every day and their belief in what they're doing I knew I wanted to get that on film and share it with everyone. They are my inspiration.

Religious beliefs evolved by group-selection tribe competing against tribe and the illogic of religions is not a weakness but their essential strength.

It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh.

I understand why society especially American society is gravitating toward fairy tales given our economy. We've been exploring the world of witches and wizards for years. We've been exploring the world of vampires for years. Clearly the public - I mean I feel like all of this was ushered in by 'Harry Potter' - in my own fannish beliefs.

The belief that the good in American society will finally win out... I don't believe any more.