I believe in your Inside, not in your Outside, whoever you are, whatever you are, wherever you are. I believe in the Angel of Good inside every block of human marble. I believe it must be carved out in The University of Hard Knocks. I believe all this pride, vanity, selfishness, self-righteousness, hypocrisy and human frailty are the Outside that must be chipped away. I believe the Hard Knocks cannot injure the Angel, but can only reveal it. I hope you are getting your Hard Knocks. I care little about your glorious or inglorious past. I care little about your present.英文原著 · 《The University of Hard Knocks》
Then, again, as regards that talisman, the vote, we have but one answer to make. We do not believe in magic. We have a very firm and unchangeable faith in free institutions, founded on just principles. We entirely believe that a republican form of government in a Christian country may be the highest, the noblest, and the happiest that the world has yet seen. Still, we do not believe in magic. And we do not believe in idolatry. We Americans are just as much given to idolatry as any other people. Our idols may differ from those of other nations; but they are, none the less, still idols.英文原著 · 《Female Suffrage》
He shook his head. "So far as Christianity is defined by its creeds, I am not a Christian. If we are going to call any sort of religious feeling that has a respect for Jesus, Christianity, then no doubt I am a Christian. But so was Mohammed at that rate. Let me tell you what I believe. I believe in God, I believe in the immediate presence of God in every human life, I believe that our lives have to serve the Kingdom of God...."英文原著 · 《Soul of a Bishop》
I may be a sham and a charlatan, one part of me, I don't know I'm sure. I certainly don't believe all your governor does. I don't believe all I say and I don't say all I think. But then 'oo does? You don't yourself. I'll even tell you straight out that when I just came into the business I laughed at the lot of 'em, your father and all. 'A silly lot o' softs they are,' I said to myself, 'to believe all that nonsense.' But now--I don't know. When you've been at this game a bit you scarcely know what you do believe, that's the truth of it.英文原著 · 《The Captives》
"I spoke plain English, I believe," said Mrs. Brent coldly, enjoying the effect of her communication. "I said that Mr. Brent, my late husband, was not your father."
"I don't believe you!" burst forth Philip impetuously. "You don't wish to believe me, you mean," answered his step-mother, unmoved. "No, I don't wish to believe you," said the boy, looking her in the eye. "You are very polite to doubt a lady's word," said Mrs. Brent with sarcasm.英文原著 · 《The Errand Boy》
At the moment I think I laughed at him. I thought his accusation ridiculous. But when he was gone--and afterwards--I examined myself. I tried to know myself. I spent hours in self-examination, cruel self-examination. I did not spare myself. Believe that, Hermione! Believe that!"
"I do believe it."
"And at the end I knew that it was not true.英文原著 · 《A Spirit in Prison》
According to my guy, sometime in the next 24 hours they believe they'll have you in custody, and they don't believe you have a way out this time.美剧 · 《Billions》
It was just easier to believe that you killed him for his book than believe that he just died for nothing.美剧 · 《Bojack Horseman》
Even I can't believe how much good we've done here, and I'll believe almost anything.美剧 · 《Bojack Horseman》