What did John Irving mean by: When you legislate personal belief, you’re in violation of freedom of religion. - John Irving Novelist Copy
+ Lilly was not crazy. She left a serious suicide note. ‘Sorry,’ said the note. ‘Just not big enough. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Irving, Crazy, Sorry, Suicide, 0 - John Irving Novelist
+ In the world according to Garp, we are all terminal cases Feraz Zeid, July 27, 2023December 12, 2023, John Irving, Cases, 0 - John Irving Novelist
+ Gender mattered a whole lot less to Shakespeare than it seems to matter to us. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Irving, Gender, 0 - John Irving Novelist
+ Life is serious but art is fun! Feraz Zeid, October 30, 2023December 27, 2023, John Irving, Art, Fun, 0 - John Irving Novelist
+ … but only because exhaustion is a life-sign; it is at least a form of being human. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Irving, Form, Human, 0 - John Irving Novelist
+ but writers, Garp knew, were just observers – good and ruthless imitators of human behavior. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Irving, Behavior, Human, Ruthless, 0 - John Irving Novelist
+ …there was no more safety to be found in love than there was to be found in a virus. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Irving, Safety, Viruses, 0 - John Irving Novelist
+ Being afraid you’ll look like a coward is the worst reason for doing anything. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Irving, Appearance, Coward, 0 - John Irving Novelist
Leadership is much more an art, a belief, a condition of the heart, than a set of things to do. - Max De Pree Business leader/CEO · USA
The nobility of a human being is strictly independent of that of his convictions. - Jean Rostand Biologist · France
I think I’m innocently representing a certain belief in motion pictures, and, well OK. - Jean-Luc Godard Filmmaker · France
Defend your beliefs with courtesy and with compassion, but defend them. - Jeffrey R. Holland Religious leader · USA
There is nothing so absurd that it cannot be believed as truth if repeated often enough. - William James Philosopher and psychologist · USA
As a rule we disbelieve all the facts and theories for which we have no use. - William James Philosopher and psychologist · USA
What the whole community comes to believe in grasps the individual as in a vise. - William James Philosopher and psychologist · USA
