"No matter how much I prove and prod, I cannot quite believe in God; But oh, I hope to God that He Unswervingly believes in me."

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Source : "Rhymes for the Irreverent (Agnostic)". Book by Yip Harburg, 1965.

Yip Harburg

#Believe Quotes #Matter Quotes #Prove Quotes

“Once he makes up his mind, he's full of indecision. - On Dwight D. Eisenhower”
“If you can believe it, Hollywood wanted to change my birthdate. I was born after Valentine's Day, so they wanted to change it to February 14. A Latin lover should be born on Valentine's Day. I said no.”
“Our purpose is to end war and bring resources back to the life-sustaining needs of our community.”

Source : Source: progressive.org
“I am not sure that the discovery of love is necessarily more exquisite than the discovery of poetry.”

Source : Marguerite Yourcenar (1954). “Memoirs of Hadrian”
“With both people and computers on the job, computer error can be more quickly tracked down and corrected by people and, conversely, human error can be more quickly corrected by computers. What it amounts to is that nothing serious can happen unless human error and computer error take place simultaneously. And that hardly ever happens.”
“I am extremely sorry for the stress and confusion I have brought on the Braves organization.”
“I believe with all my heart that America remains 'the great idea' that inspires the world. It is a privilege to be born here. It is an honor to become a citizen here. It is a gift to raise your family here, to vote here, and to live here.”
“Expenditure--like ugliness and errors--becomes a totally new thing when we attach our own personality to it, and measure it by that wide difference which is manifest (in our own sensations) between ourselves and others.”

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