We continue to be exasperated by the view, apparently gaining momentum in certain circles, that armed robbery is okay as long as… — Jeff Cooper 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
One of the most basic and pervasive social processes is the sorting and labeling of things, activities, and people... Sorting and labeling… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
An aphorism is an extreme synthesis of thesis and antithesis, theory and practice, it's a mixture of intuition and observation, hypothesis and… — William C. Brown Copy Share Image
Proof that a given condition always precedes or accompanies a phenomenon does not warrant concluding with certainty that a given condition is… — Claude Bernard 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
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
Being in love with the God that will never reject you is the security needed to endure any other rejection that comes… — Kemmy Nola Copy Share Image
What is history? Any thoughts, Webster?' 'History is the lies of the victors,' I replied, a little too quickly. 'Yes, I was… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
Men have no right to put the well-being of the present generation wholly out of the question. Perhaps the only moral trust… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
No great deed, private or public, has ever been undertaken in a bliss of certainty. — Leon Wieseltier 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
Arithmetic is where the content lies, and not logic; but logic prompts certainty, and not arithmetic. — David Berlinski Copy Share Image
Even when the universe made it quite clear to me that I was mistaken in my certainties ... I did not break.… — Lucille Clifton Copy Share Image
The other guys are selling certainty. Not me. I'm on the corner with doubt. — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
If art made you think, then this was Art. Staring at the ball, made of layers and layers of cloth, I wondered… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Delacroix, Wagner, Baudelaire - all great theorists, bent on dominating other minds by sensuous means. Their one dream was to create the… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
Here's a certainty: When you play out your personal dramas, hurt and self-interest in the media, it's a confection. You say what… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
I don't believe anything. I only know some things to a greater degree of certainty than others. — John Ryman Copy Share Image
“In a race between danger and indecision, the difference between life and death comes down to confidence. Faith in our abilities, certainty… — Emily Thorne Copy Share Image
“If anyone doesn't agree with you, the truth is on your side.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
We think of the number "five" as applying to appropriate groups of any entities whatsoever - to five fishes, five children, five… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
...the proposed air force and army experiments were designed so that many animals would suffer and die without any certainty that this… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
