Sentences with phrase «says things he believes in»

As Ginger's father, Alessandro Nivola (another American actor) does his best to humanise a decidedly despicable role, but it's too much for him — he remains a self - righteous womaniser who only takes pride in his daughter when she says things he believes in.

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«A lot of crypto engineers know Zooko as someone who only backs things he really believes in,» Mylund Nielsen says.

And one of the things I'm excited about — hopefully you'll have some more time now that you've turned over the CEO role — that people like you and me can sit in a room and say let's forget about what we believe and don't believe.

I realize that they're a necessary evil, but you need to be very careful that you're not saying things or doing things (even worse) to «prove» something to these people because (a) it's never enough to satisfy them in any case and they won't believe you anyway; and (b) it's a fool's errand to waste your time trying to impress people whose livelihood is much more about finding the warts and shortcomings in your story than in celebrating your successes.

Believe it or not, there was a time when you could say that kind of thing with a straight face in the marketing world.

Looking at demographic and economic data, Mandelman and Zlate say that there may be good reason to believe that the sort of mass movement from Mexico to the U.S. that was seen in the years leading up to the Great Recession could be a thing of the past.

Fifty - five % said they believe things will be better for them in the coming year than in the year that just concluded.

Early on in our history when things weren't really going well — we had hit a tough patch and a lot of people wanted to buy Facebook — I went and I met with Steve Jobs, and he said that to reconnect with what I believed was the mission of the company, I should go visit this temple in India that he had gone to early in the evolution of Apple, when he was thinking about what he wanted his vision of the future to be... That reinforced to me the importance of what we were doing, and that is something I will always remember.

When you try to be something you are not or say things you don't believe in, trust me, the audience will know it.

So they've said, «I believe in - apps are the thing,» and they're not wrong.

Says one former manager: «All the things she tried — Mark, retail — you'd have to ask, «In her heart of hearts, does she really believe in the model?»&raquIn her heart of hearts, does she really believe in the model?»&raquin the model?»»

«I believe strongly in this combination [of Disney and Fox] and knew that, if we pursued it, that it would require me staying longer, and I thought that was the right thing to do,» Iger said.

In a conference call Wednesday night, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company currently believes the fourth quarter will be profitable excluding non-cash stock - based expenses, and added there is a «chance» Tesla will be profitable even taking those things into account.

But Dimon declined to say whether he believed that was a bad thing because he would «get in trouble.»

Few things will cause more customer dissatisfaction and ruin your reputation faster than being difficult, adversarial, and uncooperative when people believe what you said in your guarantee and take you up on it.

I have my own side of this story, but I believe in these people that have been underrepresented getting their stories out enough that I will hold back things that I could say just because I believe in it that much.

«We believe that things [in online advertising] have gotten completely out of hand, which has led to the emergence of ad blocking,» Maier said.

One of the things I've done in my work is kind of show the hypocrisy of progressive people who say they believe in inequality, but when it comes to their individual choices about where they're going to live and where they're going to send their children, they make very different decisions, and I just didn't want to do that.

Nix can be overheard saying in one recording, «It sounds a dreadful thing to say, but these are things that don't necessarily need to be true as long as they're believed.»

Mr. Trump said in a television interview that one of the reasons was because he believed «this Russia thing» was a «made - up story.»

«I really believe that the most important thing that computers are going to do in the next 10 years is drive cars,» said Anthony Levandowski, leader of Uber's self - driving car effort.

One in three (34 percent) say the likelihood of that happening is 51 percent or better, and 14 percent believe it's a sure thing.

Perhaps that Government could do some things faster, but overall, let me say again, I believe they are doing quite an effective job and are producing results in the difficult conditions in which we have to work.

«I don't believe many of the things that you're talking about are in trouble,» Cohn said.

Another thing — people that believe in God ARE going to teach their children about Him (even if He doesn't exist as you say)-- why wouldn't we?

I had in my heart and tongue the Name of Allah when ever I had fears, troubles or depression of any kind but from Jan 05 1995 when had lost my father and second brother in a car accident, it was the time I really felt am alone at age of 33 to face all the challenges my father has left upon me to run and manage among other partners therefore had been investigating the Quran as to understanding every word of it rather than to memorize it, have been did a lot of reciting verses of prayers begging God to look upon me and give me strength... am sure through such difficult times if I had no faith in God I would have perished and lost every thing long ago... Another thing my heart always gave me signs and my mind gave me logic of what to believe although have read many books abroad in my youth of many beliefs out of curiosity but could not belief in other than that God is one and Muhammed is his last prophet in all belief of the Quran he brought upon me / us in all that it says... Should mention at times had experienced dreams seeing signs and warnings long in advance of things going to happen A year or more before losing my father in a car accident I had seen him in my dream good bye wearing white cloth and going to board a tourist ship all crew dressed in white uniform rolling a red carpet on front of him and when was on the top of the stairs weaver smiling good bye... seen in another dream how or wealth will be stolen and what I will hold... so many things like that..

And it is one thing to believe in «God», but throw the religion of that said religion in on it, and watch people tear eachother apart!

The stuff they say in the bible is real, but you'll know the value of it unless you believe it first, give God a chance first, and then the things like Jesus raising from the dead, it's not such a big deal anymore.

Jesus said, in Matthew, that many will sayto Him, on thatgreat & terrible day, that they believed in Him, sacraficed for Him and did «many wonderful things; and he will say HE NEVER KNEW THEM, THOSE THAT WORK INIQUITY (outside the Law).

So how do you go from that reasoning to «Since it wasn't accidental then it must have been this ancient male diety named (fill in blank depending on religion) who loves me and knows me and cares for me and wants me to perform rituals that have nothing to do with morality like prayer, not eating certain things, sabaath and many more just because he said so, even though we have no record of him saying anything, just records of humans who wrote things down that they claim he said, but I want to believe it all so badly I will base my beliefs on no other evidence than «it just can't be accident».

It's not logically compatible for an individual to say they believe in Jesus as He is in the Bible but then not believe the very things He taught us.

Before you jump on me let me say this I believe in a God just not the one anyone else wants me to believe in... As far as religion gos they all say the same damn thing If I don't believe in God your way then I am doomed to Hell.

But until we come to the end of ourselves then we are going to do and say what we want, even as it was with me: It's one thing to be a heathen, even as I was, but a whole other ball game to set our hearts on God and His truth; yet, that can only come when we are sick and tired of being sick and tired of our own lives and we just give up, we know then who has given up by the one they advocate for, even has given place to: Paul said; with my heart I want to do what is right, but my flesh does what I hate: This is when God's grace is sufficient, because our hearts are right with God, but our flesh is not: There is a war going on within these temples, therefore; even as our flesh wins out to do what we hate, our hearts are set on God and His ways which has been established in the Word of Truth, which then causes us to stand and speak forth what we believe, even as this causes a rending to happen within us, for Christ to be formed in us this needs to be, as we come up in His glories even for a better resurrection for them who believe: The heart wars against our flesh, even as Christ wars against the man of sin within: For out of the abundance of our hearts our mouth doth speak, therefore; if we speak not the Wholesome Words of our Lord, Then our hearts are still wicked: But to advocate for wickedness instead of Christ, one has become a teacher of lawlessness, he then advocates for the man of sin: Many who have come out of religion has done this, as they went from one mountain top «from the extreme right» of self exaltation (Religion) to the other mountain top «to the extreme left» of the (Heathen) and missed the valley in - between that is takes to humble us: One extreme to the other, and missed Jesus: Jesus is taking ones through the valley's to strip us down of all who we are before exalting us to be just as He, even as the Christ in us overcomes that man of sin (Adam) through theses valleys of contrast that cause a rending to happen within; and when we are rent in two, we stand on His word of truth, so we too can become one with Him, even as Jesus is with our Father: This is how Christ is formed in us: Thank - you Father; in Jesus Name Alexandria

@ fimeilleur the carl sagan reference was more relevant before it became obscured by all the other posts.no one said any thing about a death bed conversion, that is something you assumed, (when you assume you make an ass of u and me) whether you believe in God or not is irrelevant, you will ultimately confront God, at that point in carls case after death you will know!.

This person believes the Bible is inspired, but not everyone in the Bible is God, so we mistake some stupid things those others - beside - God said in the Bible as a word for us: http://escapetoreality.org/2010/07/26/does-god-give-bad-gifts/

I'm just tired of people who say there is no God saying I am stupid for my beliefs when they act in moronic things and do things just as bad as Christians do in the name of what they believe.

Nigel Rees, editor of an engaging newsletter that tracks down quotations, reports that Chesterton's fictional Father Brown said things very much like that, but he suspects the source is Emile Cammaerts» 1937 book on GKC, which paraphrased him as believing that «The first effect of not believing in God is to believe in anything.»

For me I see evolution the same as you see God not enough proof to say I believe it and see God as how all things started, in my view evolution of man can be true just that it has not been proven where God I can see because there is no other logical explanation for how the matter in the universe came to be from nothing, a higher power for now can be the only possible answer if science was to prove the creation of the universe in some other way I would not deny that truth.

If you believe in religion and all the make believe stuff it has to offer then there are clearly other things the bible says that are not true today.

@fimeilleur actually i can back up the claims i make both personally and historically, one example Abraham, Machpelah (actual location of his tomb and remains along with 5 others in Israel right where they are supposed to be) Kedorlaomer king of Elam, (defeated by Abraham and recently discovered) it is said Abraham believed God and it was credited to him as righteousness.More than that Abraham saw God and spoke with Him, not the god you are on about that men use to justify their evil intent, but the God who has created all things, the God that no one especially you can not contain.Ignorance is your choice but that will not negate the existence of God in any way.No one that i am aware of has all the answers at this point regarding spiritual things, evolution or evilution there are areas God has not yet revealed to mankind but every day more is discovered.I find it amazing that God is big enough to share discovery even with those who would reject Him.

The reason I said what I said is that I've always believed that even atheism requires a type of faith in order to believe that it is the true state of things.

Just like every other stupid believer who comes on this board saying what atheists believe in, your take is that we actively choose to reject god, but how do you actively reject a non existant thing?

It wont take to long to us to prove that there is GOD just say, its only about 70 years of life max for us not to believe it and its OK for God... the rest o it... we have to take every thing God have said whwn we meet Him in the next life May peaceful always come to our heart

I'm Catholic and don't necessarily believe in all the things he has written and said.

By Heidi: «The reason I said what I said is that Iâ $ ™ ve always believed that even atheism requires a type of faith in order to believe that it is the true state of things.

How can folks who say we do not believe in a god until you produce proof be ramming things down your throat..

Theo thinks that saying Hawking thinks that we could have come from life forms from another plant, this is an example of one of the best scientists believing in crazy things.

Kevin your right personal beliefs and or religion does not belong in law, and I am not saying that what this atheist organization is doing is wrong or anything, I think what there doing is a good thing, I just think this particular message could have been done from a different perspective, this message makes them appear like the self righteous ones, and it might give out the wrong kind of message, instead it should have said something like you believe in god fine, but don't put it in our laws.

I may not believe in the same thing, or practice the same way, but I would never knock another religion or persons beliefs (not saying there are not those that do).

Just to reiterate, I do not hold the views I am criticizing, I am saying that the views you have make no sense to me and I do not understand how you can believe there is meaning in your lives when you believe the things you do.