I don’t believe one reads to escape reality. A person reads to confirm a reality he knows is there, but which he has not experienced. - Lawrence Durrell
It's disheartening that most Christians will still miss Heaven because Christians today have forgotten that Heaven is meant for those who declare Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour, then confirm that declaration with action. - Gugu Mona
The second you think that you are something is the same second you confirm that you are nothing - Hisham Fawzi
We are afraid of religion because it interprets rather than observance. Religion does not confirm that there are hungry people in the world; it interprets the hungry to be our brethren whom we allowed to starve. - Dorothee Sölle
Seeing ourselves as others see us would probably confirm our worst suspicions about them. - Franklin P. Adams
Rivers, water streams, water falls, water lakes, seas and oceans confirm Your creativity. - Euginia Herlihy
Rising and falling of the sun confirm Your kingship and Your rulership. - Euginia Herlihy
Mountains, hills and valleys confirm the beauty of Your holiness. - Euginia Herlihy
I have been through the OSHA system twice and I can confirm that I did not have the right to a safe workplace or whistle-blower protection on either occasion. - Steven Magee
When you meet someone, and you find that they are prejudiced against your kind, it might be your chance, not to confirm, but to be the one to finally change their mind. - Criss Jami
I can't even enjoy a blade of grass unless I know there's a subway handy, or a record store or some other sign that people do not totally regret life. It's more important to confirm the least sincere. The clouds get enough attention as it is... - Frank O'Hara
Love. Sometimes it's not what you say. It's what you do and how you make one feel without the use of words. Sometimes words confirm your actions and cause a reaction without the use words. - Carla Gipson Lizana
Larry: She doesn't want to be happy.Dan: Everybody wants to be happy.Larry: Depressives don't. They want to be unhappy to confirm they're depressed. If they were happy they couldn't be depressed anymore. They'd have to go out into the world and live. Which can be depressing. - Patrick Marber
At times,trust is bound to be broken,promises are bound not to be kept,hearts are bound to be hurt,mistakes are bound to be make.You are also bound to meet a person at their worst in order for you to confirm that you want to be part of their lives. - Nomthandazo Tsembeni
An acquaintance had become a lover, might become a husband, but would retain all that she had noted in the acquaintance; and love must confirm an old relation rather than reveal a new one. - E.M. Forster
I want to believe in intelligent design, and hence I am suspicious of anything that seems to confirm my desire to believe. - James Lileks
We should ask God to increase our hope when it is small, awaken it when it is dormant, confirm it when it is wavering, strengthen it when it is weak, and raise it up when it is overthrown. - John Calvin
Animals, birds, and fish confirm Your power and Your existence. - Euginia Herlihy
We are stimulated to emotional response, not by works that confirm our sense of the world, but by works that challenge it. - Joyce Carol Oates
…the universe…sets out little signposts for us along the way, to confirm that we’re on the right path. (p.XV) - Michelle Maisto
Seeing ourselves as others would probably confirm our worst suspicions about them. - Franklin P. Jones
When we have a narrative in mind, we often plug in anecdotes that confirm it. - Nicholas Kristof