When there’s ever a breakthrough, a true breakthrough, you can go back and find a time period when the consensus was ‘well, that’s nonsense!’ so what that means is that a true creative researcher has to have confidence in nonsense. – Burt Rutan
Democratic elections alone do not remedy the crisis of confidence in government. Moreover, there is no viable justification for a democratic system in which public participation is limited to voting. – Beth Simone Noveck
When you’re young, you say it how it is, and even your views are, like, ‘This is totally the truth’, ‘cos you don’t know any difference, so there’s a real confidence in your way of thinking. – Agyness Deyn
Celebrate your family’s bleakest moments and how your relatives overcame them. In doing so, you will encounter darkness, but you’ll give your children the confidence that they, too, shall overcome. – Bruce Feiler
Beauty is not skin-deep; it can be a means of self-affirmation, a true indicator of personality and confidence. – Aimee Mullins
I was desperately shy when I was wee. Totally lacked confidence socially. When I look back at school photographs, I’m always the one shrinking in the back. What I really wanted to do was become a writer, and I don’t think the residue of that has ever gone away. I still feel the ultimate achievement would be to write a novel. – Anne-Marie Duff
As a young boy, scouting gave me a confidence and camaraderie that is hard to find in modern life. – Bear Grylls
I liked sports but I never really had the confidence. I was always coordinated and it came easy to me, but I didn’t have the confidence to go along with the physical skill. – Bradley Cooper
I thought we were aggressive across the board defensively, and you could just see it grow. As the game went along, you could see the confidence grow. It showed in the fourth quarter. – Bill Laimbeer
I suggest that going to Mars means permanence on the planet – a mission by which we are building up a confidence level to become a two-planet species. – Buzz Aldrin
Ed Sullivan brought me to TV first in 1952, then Garry Moore’s program gave me a lot of confidence and freedom. – Alan King
The Libor system is structurally flawed. It is a major problem for our financial system and for the confidence in the financial system. We need to address it. – Ben Bernanke
I think if you have an eye and the ability and the confidence as a designer, you can turn your hand to anything. – Anouska Hempel
I always get hats but never have the nerve to wear them. Hats are a thing that are really stylish, but you have to have the confidence to pull it off. – Amy Heckerling
All my family were brilliant cooks when I was growing up, but I ended up just cleaning up, so I’ve always lacked confidence in the kitchen. – Amanda Eliasch
The Achilles Heel of the Americas was the lack of cultural confidence typical of new settlers. – Arthur Erickson
Success gave me confidence as an artist. And now I’m able to do what I want without anybody thinking it’s dumb. – Amy Lee
Magic is the oldest part of the show business profession. It can now be used as a forward-thinking tool to build a child’s confidence. It has been an amazing part in many entertainers’ lives, including Steve Martin and the late Johnny Carson. – Criss Angel
When you live in an environment where you aren’t allowed to be fully who you are, you aren’t taken seriously, and you aren’t respected. What that actually does to a person’s confidence and psyche is really fascinating to me. – Andre Holland
Being glamorous is about strength and confidence. It’s black and white – dramatic. You have to be strong. – Catherine Zeta-Jones
I really like guys who have confidence, but not the cocky over-the-top confidence. – Carly Rae Jepsen
This is how I define grace: you’re on the main stage, and it looks like it has been rehearsed 100 times, everything goes so smoothly. That’s where I get my confidence and success, from knowing that I have an edge because I know I’m prepared. – Alex Rodriguez
I like clothes that are easy to wear. I like to be comfortable and confident. When people have an inner sense of confidence, they’re more beautiful. – Amy Carlson
Confidence in a bloke would be arrogance in a woman. For years, I didn’t give interviews because I was scared of people judging me or thinking I was arrogant. – Alice Lowe
I’ve said this before, but I believe more than ever that confidence is sexier than any body part. – Aimee Mullins
Confidence and empowerment are cousins in my opinion. Empowerment comes from within and typically it’s stemmed and fostered by self-assurance. To feel empowered is to feel free and that’s when people do their best work. You can’t fake confidence or empowerment. – Amy Jo Martin
I am lucky, that is all. Lucky because there are a lot of people – producers, directors, people who buy tickets – who put confidence in me. – Antonio Banderas
The first album I started out, I just did everything completely alone. I think it has to do with confidence. The more confidence you develop in your own sound, the more you can open up and alchemize that with other people, just set it free, and not feel challenged by that. – Bat for Lashes
