Famous quotes containing the words basic and/or beliefs:
“The basic essential of a great actor is that he loves himself in acting.”
—Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977)
“If we cannot find a way to interpret the utterances and other behaviour of a creature as revealing a set of beliefs largely consistent and true by our own standards, we have no reason to count that creature as rational, as having beliefs, or as saying anything.”
—Donald Davidson (b. 1917)