Certain Quotes · Page 69

One of the things that really impressed me about Anna Karenina when I first read it was how Tolstoy sets you up…

— Elif Batuman

The only time a dead certainty applies is in a dream world.

— Tommy Franks

Certain foods are good for preparing your body for an intense workout and giving you the energy you need to endure it.…

— Marcus Samuelsson

Go on in the certain way, and if you do not receive that thing, you will receive something so much better that…

— Wallace D. Wattles

Because there is very little honor left in American life, there is a certain built-in tendency to destroy masculinity in American men.

— Norman Mailer

I've been quoting the book [on Peter Sutcliffe] constantly in rehearsals. Some members of the cast have stated their disapproval that it…

— Antony Sher

One is born to be a dancer. No teacher can work miracles, nor will years of training make a good dancer of…

— George Balanchine

Salinger is such a terrific writer; he did so many great things. He is one of those writers that I still reread,…

— Robert Cormier

She had certain thoughts which were like companions, ideas which were like older and wiser friends.

— Willa Cather

I definitely think about the types of girls that I think would like a certain thing, but at the end of the…

— Rumi Neely

While princes do rule the empire, they have to work within certain boundaries, and they're also always in a contest with each…

— Garth Nix

Beyond doubt, there was a certain splendor in pain, which bore a deep affinity to the splendor that lies hidden within strength.

— Yukio Mishima

Most animals, including most domesticated primates (humans) show truly staggering ability to 'ignore' certain kinds of information - that which does not…

— Robert Anton Wilson

He [Mitt Romney] didn't pay taxes for 10 years! Now, do I know that that's true? Well, I'm not certain, but obviously…

— Harry Reid

If people are innately saddled with certain sins and flaws, like selfishness, prejudice, sort-sightedness, and self-deception, then political reform would seem to…

— Steven Pinker

Take a human body, a male and a female, it is obvious that certain parts are meant together. There is a purpose…

— Rick Warren

There is a certain justice in criticism.

— Stephen Spender

The salvation of the elect was as certain before His advent, though accomplished by it, as afterwards.

— John Nelson Darby

God does not patch up the old life, or make certain repairs on the old life; He gives a new life, through…

— Kathryn Kuhlman

The Warrior of the Light is a believer. Because he believes in miracles, miracles begin to happen. Because he is sure that…

— Paulo Coelho

In the West, we got the message that it's not cool to wear ivory. It's not cool to utilize products from these…

— Patrick Bergin

To give certain dysgenic groups in our population their choice of segregation or sterilization. g. to apportion farm lands and homesteads for…

— Margaret Sanger

I believe there is a certain way to do things.

— Cris Carter

I think my father had a certain degree of insecurity and need to achieve.

— Dan Hill

I'm reaching a certain level [at school] that I had been aspiring to with all these incredibly advanced classical peers around me…

— Jon Gordon

I think at a certain point actors need to start taking responsibility for the kinds of stories they want to tell.

— Jason Ritter

In the darkest hour through which a human soul can pass, whatever else is doubtful, this at least is certain. If there…

— Frederick William Robertson

We kings do develop a certain ability to recognize objects under our noses.

— Robin McKinley

Compared with now when almost everyone knows what graphic design is and has some sort of access to the tools to make…

— Michael Bierut

There is a value in repetition. When we repeat certain phrases and even actions, like fingering prayer beads, we create a quiet…

— Stephen J. Binz

I started movies in 1980. I don't think anything's changed for the best. When it comes down to certain technologies and certain…

— William Forsythe

Must you write complete sentences each time, every time? Perish the thought. If your work consists only of fragments and floating clauses,…

— Stephen King

The monomaniac is unlikely to succeed. Most leave only their bleached bones in the roadless desert. But the rest of us, with…

— Peter Drucker

You can count on Scandinavian literature for a certain kind of darkness, a modern mythic style.

— Chris Abani

The way certain men treat women is influenced by the Internet a lot.

— Jennifer Saunders

Anytime you do a story that has an impact beyond that day's headlines and in what I regard as a very positive…

— Tom Verducci

No great player blundered oftener than I done. I was champion of the world for twenty-eight years because I was twenty years…

— Wilhelm Steinitz

I tell you it's no joke to paint a portrait. I wonder that I am not more timid when I begin. I…

— William Morris Hunt

Reading something for the first time and getting this feeling like the material provokes you on some level, and doing the movie…

— Kristen Stewart

Through humility, soul-searching, and prayerful contemplation we have gained a new understanding of certain dogmas. The church no longer believes in a…

— Anonymous