It is not that there are no certainties, it is that it is an absolute certainty that there are no certainties. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Men and governments must act to the best of their ability. There is no such thing as absolute certainty but there is… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Absolute certainty is a privilege of uneducated minds and fanatics. - It is, for scientific folk, an unattainable ideal. — Cassius Jackson Keyser Copy Share Image
He recognized with absolute certainty the empty fragility of even the noblest theorizings as compared with the definitive plenitude of the smallest… — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Copy Share Image
“Robin had never been in love before, which is precisely how he recognized the sensation with such absolute certainty.” — Connie Brockway Copy Share Image
Whether gods exist or not, there is no way to get absolute certainty about ethics. Without absolute certainty, what do we do?… — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
“There is no such thing as absolute certainty, but there is assurance sufficient for the purposes of human life. —JOHN STUART MILL” — Brian Christian Copy Share Image
I am one of a rare breed of true politicians who definitely say what they may or may not mean with absolute… — Anthony Eden Copy Share Image
The existence of a first cause of the universe is a necessity of thought ... Amid the mysteries which become more mysterious… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
“At the very least, one would hope that by becoming aware of the many ways our brain can trick us, we would… — Robert Carroll Copy Share Image
I speak "with absolute certainty" only so far as my own personal belief is concerned. Those who have not the same warrant… — H. P. Blavatsky Copy Share Image
Turn yourself inside out. Live with absolute certainty that you have the power to create anything that you desire-anything!-because the power you… — Sonia Copy Share Image
Can you predict the future with absolute certainty? Your answer must be no. You have two options: You can either decide to… — David D. Burns Copy Share Image
Fundamentalists believe that we don't believe in anything. In their view of the world, they are in possession of absolute certainties, while… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
To refuse a hearing to an opinion, because they are sure that it is false, is to assume that their certainty is… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“Then he quoted from a French Jesuit named Teilhard de Chardin: “He recognized with absolute certainty the empty fragility of even the… — Matthew Thomas Copy Share Image
... any woman who accepts aloneness as the natural by-product of success is accepting a punishment for a crime she didn't commit.… — Marlo Thomas Copy Share Image
I do not despise genius-indeed, I wish I had a basketful of it. But yet, after a great deal of experience and… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
“Over the course of the last decade, I have become vividly aware of a literally lethal challenge from the sort of people… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Scientists do not believe in fundamental and absolute certainties. For the scientist, certainty is never an end, but a search; not the… — Ashley Montagu Copy Share Image
All of us carry around countless bags of dusty old knickknacks dated from childhood: collected resentments, long list of wounds of greater… — Marya Hornbacher Copy Share Image
Without absolute certainty, what do we do? We do the best we can. Injustice is happening now; suffering is happening now. We… — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
Sometimes we have the absolute certainty there's something inside us that's so hideous and monstrous that if we ever search it out… — Hubert Selby, Jr Copy Share Image
Audiences aren't going to get rid of me. One thing I can say, with absolute certainty, is that my shows will still… — Cameron Mackintosh Copy Share Image
The emotionally mature individual should completely accept the fact that we live in a world of probability and chance, where there are… — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
It is terribly important to realize that the leap of faith is not so much a leap of thought as of action.… — William Sloane Coffin Copy Share Image