Contrary To Popular Belief Quotes

#1. Courage, contrary to popular belief, is not the absence of fear. Courage is the wisdom to act in spite of fear ...

Peter McWilliams

#2. Contrary to popular belief," Gretchen grumbled. "It's creepy to watch a girl while she sleeps."
Clint shrugged and smiled. "Sorry, I guess I should've just woken you up.

Aria Kane

#3. 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.

#4. 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

#5. and fulfillment come from engaging in activities that are productive and you enjoy doing. Contrary to popular belief, relaxing does not bring lasting joy.

Alex Foster

#6. Contrary to popular belief, editors and agents are gagging for good books.

Meg Rosoff

#7. The angel told her, An honest man who committed a crime, you have no idea how many honest men have committed crimes, their crimes are countless, and contrary to popular belief these are the only crimes that cannot be forgiven.

Jose Saramago

#8. Contrary to popular belief, alcohol does not destroy brain cells.

Graeme Simsion

#9. The good news, however, is that, also contrary to popular belief, full and lasting recovery from an eating disorder is possible.

Lynn Crilly

#10. Contrary to popular belief, Texas is not all tumbleweeds, cacti, and horses. I haven't seen a desert yet, and the people in Houston mostly look the same as people from back home, but with the occasional set of cowboy boots.

Kristin Rae

#11. Contrary to popular belief, I'm not always trying to stand out.

Natalie Massenet

#12. Contrary to popular belief, all evolving artists are in a full time battle with mediocrity.

Robert Genn

#13. Hollywood is not stupid, contrary to popular belief; it's really a lot of intelligent people trying to figure things out.

Peter Berg

#14. Contrary to popular belief, going shopping is really about stopping afterward for cheesecake.

Bonnie Jensen

#15. Contrary to popular belief, my experience has shown me that the people who are exceptionally good in business aren't so because of what they know but because of their insatiable need to know more.

Michael E. Gerber

#16. 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 Edwards

#17. Contrary to popular belief. It's much wiser to take money from the poor than the rich.

Mike Royko

#18. Contrary to popular belief, I have always had a wonderful repertoire with my players.

Danny Ozark

#19. It is impossible to be hurt by someone you love contrary to popular belief. Only something or someone you fear can hurt you.

Frederick Dodson

#20. Really, contrary to popular belief, I like to have a good time and not take myself too seriously.

Jake Gyllenhaal

#21. 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

#22. Contrary to popular belief and hope, people don't usually come running when they hear a scream. That's not how humans work. Humans look at other humans and say, 'Did you hear a scream?' because the first scream might have been you screaming inside your head, or a horse backfiring.

Terry Pratchett

#23. Contrary to popular belief, most detectives couldn't detect a heartbeat on a speed addict, but you never know when you might be up against the next Ellery Queen.

Simon Kernick

#24. 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

#25. I mean, contrary to popular belief, I'm actually not harboring a secret desire to grow up and become a bioterrorist.

Elizabeth Norris

#26. Contrary to popular belief, you can make people think, but they will hate you for it.

James Rozoff

#27. High school is neither a democracy nor a dictatorship - nor, contrary to popular belief, an anarchic state. High school is a divine-right monarchy. And when the queen goes on vacation, things change.

John Green

#28. 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

#29. Contrary to popular belief, there aren't that many descriptions of hell in the Bible, and the majority of images most people carry around in their heads are from the fourteenth-century poem, which means that our contemporary view of hell is actually from the Middle Ages.

Craig Johnson

#30. Contrary to popular belief, Americans don't hate advertising.

Roy H. Williams

#31. 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

#32. 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

#33. Contrary to popular belief, the moment we land in Heaven we don't immediately know everything! If we did, we'd be God Himself - all-knowing.

David Berg

#34. Contrary to popular belief, it's not the legs that go first; it's remembering the word for legs.

Larry Gelbart

#35. Violence, contrary to popular belief, is not part of the anarchist philosophy. It has repeatedly been pointed out by anarchist thinkers that the revolution can neither be won, nor the anarchist society established and maintained, by armed violence.

Vernon Richards

#36. Contrary to popular belief, the gene-centered theory of evolution does not imply that the point of all human striving is to spread our genes.

Steven Pinker

#37. Begging is much more difficult than it looks. Contrary to popular belief, it's a high art form that takes years of dedicated practice to master.

Sol Luckman

#38. Contrary to popular belief: Knowing where you are from will not really tell you where you are going. It will merely tell you why you are where you are.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

#39. Contrary to popular belief, English women do not wear tweed nightgowns.

Hermione Gingold

#40. I'm not particularly fond of kissing strange men-contrary to popular belief.

Madonna Ciccone

#41. Don't fall asleep yet. Contrary to popular belief, that's not where dreams get accomplished.

George Watsky

#42. Contrary to popular belief, I don't just play dreadful old villains.

Tim Curry

#43. One of the biggest myths debunked by science is that dogs see only in black and white. Contrary to that popular belief, dogs have dichromatic vision, meaning that they can see shades of yellow and blue.

Victoria Stilwell

#44. Seeing, contrary to popular wisdom, isn't believing. It's where belief stops, because it isn't needed any more.

Terry Pratchett