“For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream." ~ Vincient Van Gaugh” — Evangeline Love Copy Share Image
Writing has to have a great deal of certainty and self-assurance, but it's not arrogant. — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum -- "I think that I think, therefore I think that I am;" as close an approach to… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“Nothing is certain. Nothing is promised. Just make sure to not give up on the edge of breakthrough” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Our need for certainty in an endeavor as uncertain as raising children makes explicit 'how-to-parent' strategies both seductive and dangerous. — Brene Brown Copy Share Image
A great literature is chiefly the product of inquiring minds in revolt against the immovable certainties of the nation — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are only two things you HAVE TO do in life. You HAVE TO die. You HAVE TO live until you die.… — Ash Sweeney Copy Share Image
That would be the death of anyone - to recognize false hopes with a certainty. One mustn't know that. If it is… — Jesse Ball Copy Share Image
The best thing about science is that hard, empirical answers are always there if you look hard enough. The best thing about… — Jeffrey Kluger Copy Share Image
Doubt is to certainty as neurosis is to psychosis. The neurotic is in doubt and has fears about persons and things; the… — Thomas Szasz Copy Share Image
For me the first great joy of traveling is simply the luxury of leaving all my beliefs and certainties at home, and… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
The very desire to be certain,to be secure,is the beginning of bondage.It's only when the mind is not caught in the net… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I love you," he said. "You're more dear to my heart than I ever knew anyone else can be. And I've made… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
The man who saves time by galloping loses it by missing his way; the shepherd who hurries his flock to get them… — Ramsay MacDonald Copy Share Image
The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice. If you take your children… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I feel, sometimes, as the renaissance man must have felt in finding new riches at every point and in the certainty that… — Polykarp Kusch Copy Share Image
While we were never able to provide 100 percent certainty regarding the disposition of Iraq's proscribed weaponry, we did ascertain a 90-95… — Scott Ritter Copy Share Image
“Like the body craves oxygen, the mind is desperate for certainty. It believes that without a safe foothold on reality, it will… — Jacob Nordby Copy Share Image
You ask me where I get my ideas. That I cannot tell you with certainty. They come unsummoned, directly, indirectly - I… — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share Image
Scripture will ultimately suffice for a saving knowledge of God only when its certainty is founded upon the inward persuasion of the… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Out of the element of participation follows the certainty of faith; out of the element of separation follows the doubt in faith.… — Paul Tillich 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
Since Christ Himself said in reference to the bread: "This is My Body," who will dare remain hesitant? And since with equal… — Cyril of Jerusalem Copy Share Image
Love, I thought to myself abstractedly. Not 'This is love' or 'Is this love?' Not a sentence, not a certainty, not a… — Julian Gough Copy Share Image
What if the choice isn’t between certainties, between this faith and that, but between faith and doubt? Between renouncing the mystery and… — R. Scott Bakker Copy Share Image
What is certainty but the refuge of those whose faith is not strong enough to entertain doubt. — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream. — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
The Palestinians are the only nation in the world that feels with certainty that today is better than what the days ahead… — Mahmoud Darwish Copy Share Image
A great literature is thus chiefly the product of doubting and inquiring minds in revolt against the immovable certainties of the nation. — H. L. Mencken 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
Every stage of human life, except the last, is marked out by certain and defined limits; old age alone has no precise… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
One must learn by doing the things; though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Without sounding overly pompous about it, I don't really trust certainty in anything, actually. Especially as I get older. Except love. I'm… — Martin Freeman Copy Share Image
“Luck is a favorable thing out of an uncertainty. No such thing as luck when everything's certain.” — Toba Beta Copy Share Image
Attempt what is not certain. Certainty may or may not come later. It may then be a valuable delusion. — Richard Diebenkorn 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
As a painter today you have to work without that essential platform. But if one does not deceive oneself and accepts this… — Bridget Riley Copy Share Image
Moral certainty, clear standards, and a commitment to spiritual ideals will set you apart in a world that searches for meaning. — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Once you get it into your head that somebody is controlling events, you can interpret everything in that light and find no… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
