Certain Quotes

We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand.

Eric Hoffer

Thinking, Agnosticism, True Believer

The True Believer Part 3, Chapter XII, Section 57 (p. 79)

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There is no sure foundation set on blood, No certain life achieved by others' death.

William Shakespeare

Blood, Foundation, Killing

William Shakespeare (1998). “The Life and Death of King John”, p.219, Oxford University Press, USA

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When you decide to follow a certain path, you should follow it to the end and not be diverted from it for personal reasons.

Aung San Suu Kyi

Path, Reason, Should

"Aung San Suu Kyi: I never hated the Burmese army". Interview with Scott Pelley, www.cbsnews.com. June 18, 2012.

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Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.

Albert Einstein

Fall, Reading, Creativity

Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.175, Princeton University Press

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"Uncertainty" is NOT "I don't know." It is "I can't know." "I am uncertain" does not mean "I could be certain."

Werner Heisenberg

Mean Girls, Arrogance, Doe

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I'm often wrong, but never in doubt.

Ivy Baker Priest

Ivy, Doubt

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Never, never rest contented with any circle of ideas, but always be certain that a wider one is still possible.

Pearl Bailey

Inspirational Life, Circles, Ideas

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With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be, otherwise it's just not acting. It's lying.

Johnny Depp

Inspirational, Motivational, Lying

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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When you put on a uniform, there are certain inhibitions that you accept.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Military, Uniforms, Accepting

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My own experience is that a certain kind of genius among students is best brought out in bed.

Allen Ginsberg

Bed, Genius, Literature

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Being a teen can be tough. Just try to surround yourself with really good friends that really have your back, and also be a really good friend to those who really care about you. If you're not sure about certain things, talk to your friends that you trust and your family.

Victoria Justice

Good Friend, Trying, Care

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I hate the crazy, neurotic characters beyond a certain point.

Len Wein

Hate, Crazy, Character

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This also is a part of the Church's teaching, that the world was made and took its beginning at a certain time, and is to be destroyed on account of its wickedness.

Origen

Teaching, Church, Wickedness

Origen (2012). “The Sacred Writings of Origen (Annotated Edition)”, p.56, Jazzybee Verlag

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Because life is short but sweet for certain

Dave Matthews

Life, Sweet, Life Is Short

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There's a certain Slant of light, Winter afternoons— That oppresses, like the Heft Of Cathedral Tunes— Heavenly Hurt, it gives us— We can find no scar, But internal difference, Where the Meanings, are.... When it comes, the Landscape listens— Shadows—hold their breath— When it goes, 'tis like the Distance On the look of Death.

Emily Dickinson

Hurt, Distance, Winter

'There's a certain Slant of light' (c.1861)

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Each one of us has our own evolution of life, and each one of us goes through different tests which are unique and challenging. But certain things are common. And we do learn things from each other's experience. On a spiritual journey, we all have the same destination.

A. R. Rahman

Spiritual, Unique, Journey

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There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.

Robert Burns

Inspirational, Uncertainty Of Life, Cockiness

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As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.

Albert Einstein

Inspirational, Funny, Wisdom

Address to Prussian Academy of Sciences, Berlin, 27 Jan. 1921

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The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.

Voltaire

Inspirational, Wisdom, Educational

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Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that the believer would stake his life on it a thousand times.

Martin Luther

God, Faith, Men

"Martin Luther's Basic Theological Writings".

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In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.

Pliny the Elder

Matter, Uncertain, Certainty

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There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go.

Tennessee Williams

Love, Inspirational, Life

Tennessee Williams (2008). “Camino Real”, p.59, New Directions Publishing

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To be absolutely certain about something, one must know everything or nothing about it.

Richard Miller

Inspirational, Thinking, Fool

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If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

Francis Bacon

Inspirational, Success, Wisdom

The Advancement of Learning bk. 1, ch. 5, sec. 8 (1605)

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