I think ‘Sightseers’ was a bit of an epiphany, a massive learning curve, and it gave me loads of confidence to go out there, and also to create a female character which is completely unexpected and defies convention. – Alice Lowe
It is also a good rule not to put overmuch confidence in the observational results that are put forward until they are confirmed by theory. – Arthur Eddington
One reason citizens, politicians and university donors sometimes lack confidence in the social sciences is that social scientists too often miss the chance to declare victory and move on to new frontiers. – Nicholas A. Christakis
The first internal relation that is essential to a secret society is the reciprocal confidence of its members. – Georg Simmel
For me, style is all about confidence. What you wear, both in terms of clothing and jewellery, should add to your confidence. – Dulquer Salmaan
When you have confidence, that’s what becomes attractive to other people and makes them want to work with you and spend time with you. – Emmanuelle Chriqui
I think all girls in the world wish they were a Parisian girl – that sort of effortless chic confidence and comfort in their own skin. – Natalie Portman
I certainly direct with confidence even if I’m not confident. I learned early on as an actor that confidence can be faked, and it’s not always a terrible thing to do. A lot of times if people feel you’re confident, then they’re confident. – George Clooney
I wouldn’t be where I am, if not for Jamaica. My formative years were here. I wouldn’t have the confidence that I have if I wasn’t born here, because growing up here I knew I could become anybody I wanted to become. There was no ceiling on top of me. – Michael Lee-Chin
I did a film which was considered an independent movie with Dustin Hoffman and Andy Garcia called Confidence, and that’s the type of film I was willing to take a chance on that because of the caliber of people involved with the film. – Morris Chestnut
I was completely devoted to reading and books from the age of seven. It took until I was 18 to have the confidence to write poetry. – Christopher Koch
The route of expropriation, and especially in energy matters, is not what most promotes investment or generates greater confidence. – Enrique Pena Nieto
We were given clear concrete tools. The course did a great job demystifying the art of fiction writing and fostering confidence. The instructor brought complex concepts down to earth. I will miss coming here every week. – Miguel Ferrer
Even if I were knocked down by one gunshot it wouldn’t affect our democracy and I wasn’t knocked down and I have great confidence in our democracy and in Taiwan and in the people of Taiwan. – Chen Shui-bian
Since I’ve started fighting it has taught me a lot about self respect, self confidence and self control. – Gina Carano
Readers want to have the confidence that you understand the era in which the book is set, so for ‘The Perfumer’s Secret,’ I needed to know everything about the First World War from a French perspective. I had to understand those people and that town in 1914. – Fiona McIntosh
I once saw an elaborate landscape in a gallery, drawn in pencil, that took my breath away. Then I realized the artist probably didn’t have enough confidence to use a pen. – Garry Shandling
Every writer knows that unless you were born gifted with either supreme confidence or outsize ego, handing in your work holds, in some cases, admitted terror. If that’s too strong, at least fairly high anxiety. – Dick Cavett
I think the Egyptian people need to restore confidence that Americans, the U.S., means what they say when they talk about democracy, rule of law. – Mohamed ElBaradei
As to the question of elected or not elected, each member of the European Commission has been appointed jointly by the governments of the 15 member states, and undergone individual scrutiny and a vote of confidence from the European Parliament. – Mario Monti
