Paradoxical, things that seem obvious, broad consensus — Howard Marks
It may be said with a degree of assurance that not everything that meets the eye is as it appears. — Rod Serling
Short Contrary To Belief Quotes
You don't have to believe everything you think. — Erykah Badu
It is not disbelief that is dangerous to our society; it is belief. — George Bernard Shaw
What people believe prevails over the truth. — Sophocles
Don't believe everything you hear today — Joe Hill
Contrary To Belief Image Quotes
It is the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.
Contrary To Popular Belief Quotes
There is more to sex appeal than just measurements — Audrey Hepburn
Don't fall asleep yet. Contrary to popular belief, that's not where dreams get accomplished. — George Watsky
Contrary to popular belief, Americans don't hate advertising. — Roy H. Williams
Don't be afraid to stand for what you believe in, even if that means standing alone.
Contrary to popular belief, we are not doomed. This is statistically the best time to be alive, ever. — Peter Diamandis
Contrary to what they tell you... You are not a limited material being. — Amit Goswami
Contrary to popular belief, English women do not wear tweed nightgowns. — Hermione Gingold
Religion is belief in someone else's experience. Spirituality is having your own experience.
Miracles, contrary to popular belief, do not just happen. A miracle is the achievement of the impossible, and it is only when we put aside out greed, anger, pride and prejudice so that our minds are open and ready to accept it, that a miracle can occur. — Julie Andrews
Contrary to popular belief, I'm not promiscuous. There does seem to be a mistaken belief out there that I am sexually available somehow which is not to say that I'm not open-minded about sex. — Scarlett Johansson
To preserve an unclouded capacity for the enjoyment of life is an unusual moral and psychological achievement. Contrary to popular belief, it is not the prerogative of mindlessness, but the exact opposite: It is the reward of self-esteem. — Nathaniel Branden
Contrary to the general belief about photography, you don't need bright sunlight: the best moodiest pictures are taken in the dim light of almost dusk, or of rainy days. — Jack Kerouac
Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning. — Mahatma Gandhi
Contrary to general belief, an artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs. — Edgard Varese
I don't think people understand that being poor means you have to work from dawn until dusk just to survive through the day. I think there's some notion that poor people lie about all day not doing anything. — Emma Thompson
Contrary to popular belief, we (millennials) can't be won back with hipper worship bands, fancy coffee shops, or pastors who wear skinny jeans. — Rachel Held Evans
Contrary to popular belief, resilience isn’t something that only a select few are born with. — Paul Jarvis
Courage is not the absence of fear, courage is acting in spite of fear. — James Neil Hollingworth
Contrary to popular belief. It's much wiser to take money from the poor than the rich. — Mike Royko
If religious beliefs and opinions are found contrary to the standards of science they are mere superstitions and imaginations. — Abdu'l-Bahá
There are those who feel an imperative need to believe, for whom the values of a belief are proportionate not to its truth, but to its definiteness. Incapable of either admitting the existence of contrary judgments or of suspending their own, they supply the place of knowledge by turning other men's conjectures into dogmas. — C. E. M. Joad
Anyone can achieve something important. Contrary to popular belief, the key is not hard work, but finding the right thing to achieve. — Ernie J Zelinski
I'm not particularly fond of kissing strange men-contrary to popular belief. — Madonna Ciccone
The Christian religion is so manifestly contrary to the facts, belief in it can only be held with the most delusional gerrymandering imaginable. — Richard Carrier
Contrary to popular belief, we do not face a choice between economy and ecology, It is often said that protecting the environment would constrain or even undermine economic growth. In fact, the opposite is true: unless we protect resources and the earth's natural capital, we shall not be able to sustain economic growth. — Kofi Annan
The world is not ready for some people when they show up, but that shouldn't stop anyone. — Ashly Lorenzana
RELIGION: A set of beliefs held as dogmas, dominating the conduct of life, going beyond or contrary to evidence, and inculcated by methods which are emotional or authoritarian, not intellectual. — Bertrand Russell
Contrary to the vulgar belief that men are motivated primarily by materialistic considerations, we now see the capitalist system being discredited and destroyed all over the world, even though this system has given men the greatest material comforts. — Ayn Rand
Contrary to popular belief, there is no such thing as an educated person. You are either learning or you are not. In today's world, it is vitally important that you see the truth in Eric Hoffer's statement. The win or loss, which is waiting in the wings for every person, is enormous. You get to choose which you will experience. — Bob Proctor
Contrary to general belief, I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the people who got there first. — Peter Ustinov
Contrary to popular belief, the past was not more eventful than the present. If it seems so it is because when you look backward things that happened years apart are telescoped together, and because very few of your memories come to you genuinely virgin. — George Orwell
Contrary to popular belief, all evolving artists are in a full time battle with mediocrity. — Robert Genn
Contrary to popular belief, it's not the legs that go first; it's remembering the word for legs. — Larry Gelbart
Contrary to popular belief, the Loch Ness Monster is not a dinosaur -- it's a huge mutant duck, a top researcher claims.... Most mainstream Nessie researchers consider Gluber's duck theory to be horse feathers and are trying to blast it out of the water. — Murphy J. Foster, Jr.
You have a soft spot. Contrary to popular belief, it is not where you are weak, it is the gateway to indestructible power. — Susan Piver
Contrary to popular belief, I have always had a wonderful repertoire with my players. — Danny Ozark
Contrary to popular belief, the experience of terror does not make you braver. Perhaps though, it is easier to hide your fear when you're afraid all the time. — David Benioff
Children demand that their heroes should be freckleless, and easily believe them so: perhaps a first discovery to the contrary is less revolutionary shock to a passionate child than the threatened downfall of habitual beliefs which makes the world seem to totter for us in maturer life. — George Eliot
Contrary to popular belief, I don't spend a whole lot of time following soccer. But as I have traveled around the world to better understand global development and health, I've learned that soccer is truly universal. No matter where I go, that's what kids are playing. That's what people are talking about. — Bill Gates
Contrary to general belief, humans imitate apes more than the reverse. The sight of monkeys or apes induces an irresistible urge in people to jump up and down, exaggeratedly scratch themselves and holler in a way that must make the primates wonder how this otherwise so intelligent species has come to depend on such inferior means of communication. — Frans de Waal
It has come to be a dreadfully common belief in the Christian Church that the only man who has a “call” is the man who devotes all his time to what is called “the ministry,” whereas all Christian service is ministry, and every Christian has a call to some kind of ministry or another. — Charles Spurgeon
Contrary to popular belief, there are lots of actions on the part of Jefferson and Hemings that "speak" about the basic nature of their relationship. — Annette Gordon-Reed
From Pandora's Box, where all the ills of humanity swarmed, the Greeks drew out hope after all the others, as the most dreadful of all. I know no more stirring symbol; for, contrary to the general belief, hope equals resignation. And to live is not to resign oneself. — Albert Camus
Contrary to popular belief, a good number of transvestites-both male and female-are also heterosexual. Just because they want to get dressed up like the opposite sex does not necessarily mean they want to go to bed with the same sex. Some have successful heterosexual marriages & enjoy the most delightful shopping experiences. — Peter McWilliams
Contrary to popular belief an artist is never ahead of his time, but most people are far behind theirs. — Edward Varese
Here's something that's contrary to popular belief: I actually don't like thinking. I think people think I like to think a lot. And I don't. I do not like to think at all. — Kanye West
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