“Albert knew that one could never be sure about magic, but a lack of certainty is not a good reason to do… — Howard L. Anderson Copy Share Image
As a businessman, you need economic certainty. On the tax policies. You need it on your regulatory policies. — Ted Yoho Copy Share Image
But teleological considerations can lead no further than to a belief and a hope. They do not give certainty. — Christian Lous Lange Copy Share Image
Joy adapts and changes, but it always endures, even as a flicker of light born of our personal certainty that, when everything… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“If! If! If There were so many ifs in life, never any certainty of anything, never any security...” — Margaret Mitchell Copy Share Image
All that passes for knowledge can be arranged in a hierarchy of degrees of certainty, with arithmetic and the facts of perception… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“The stumbling block isn't the certainty effect per se. It's the way that smart people are influenced by mere words, by the… — William Poundstone Copy Share Image
Could we have prevented in 100% certainty? I don't think anything is that certain. However, we would have had a very, very… — Sibel Edmonds Copy Share Image
Sentimental assertions are always a form of detachment; they confront the acute, terrible awareness of individual pain, the sharp particularity of loss… — Mark Doty Copy Share Image
To tell you the truth, the older I get, the less I know. I keep meeting people, both older and younger, who… — Hugh Laurie Copy Share Image
Nothing is more painful to the human mind than, after the feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I know with certainty, that [an honest man] is not to put his hand into the fire, and hold it there, till… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Christian hypocrites who pretend to hate life and love death. He may talk about the soul-what he is after is the girl… — Georg Ebers Copy Share Image
We are not certain, we are never certain. If we were we could reach some conclusions, and we could, at last, make… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“...the absence of certainty does not mean that one interpretation is as valid as any other. Probabilities and plausibilities matter; and when… — Mary Lefkowitz Copy Share Image
The world now has a new kind of hero, one who listens more than speaks, who preaches in riddles not in certainties,… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
“I think we can do it." "But you don't know for sure," he said. "No." "Geez, Anita." "Don't get rattled on me.… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
Naturally, we are inclined to be so mathematical and calculating that we look upon uncertainty as a bad thing...Certainty is the mark… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
I remember one occasion when I tried to add a little seasoning to a review, but I wasn't allowed to. The paper… — Paul Halmos Copy Share Image
The [Israelis] believed - they were possessed of an absolute certainty and conviction - that 'terrorists' were in Chatila. How could I… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
Through experiments over the past few decades physicists have discovered matter to be completely mutable into other particles or energy and vice-versa… — Barbara Brennan Copy Share Image
The rocket that goes up next March will not only lift a payload, it will launch what I believe will ultimately be… — Bill Richardson Copy Share Image
Very few people would choose to have even the most fabled assortment of goods if it meant getting cancer within the year.… — Paul L Wachtel Copy Share Image
We do know, with absolute certainty, that [Saddam] is using his procurement system to acquire the equipment he needs in order to… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
We should not be simply fighting evil in the name of good, but struggling against the certainties of people who claim always… — Tzvetan Todorov Copy Share Image
“Certainty is not to be had. But as we learn this we become not more moral but more resigned. We become nihilists.” — Allen Wheelis Copy Share Image
Not only can no one predict the future, we don't understand the present - and there isn't even any certainty about the… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
God is rich in mercy. I know this wealth of his with the certainty of experience, I have touched it. — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
There are very few certainties that touch us all in this mortal experience, but one of the absolutes is that we will… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Two things that are never promised, life and happiness, but as long as you're alive, find and do what makes you happy! — Rashida Rowe Copy Share Image
“What kind of husband would I be if I bet against my own marriage?' I smiled. 'The stupid kind. Didn't you listen… — Jamie McGuire Copy Share Image
One must treat theory-in-use as both a psychological certainty and an intellectual hypothesis. — Chris Argyris Copy Share Image
I really think that living is the process of going from complete certainty to complete ignorance. — Richard Dreyfuss Copy Share Image
I'm a scientist, not a theologian. I don't know if there is a God or not. Religion requires certainty. — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
Feeling lost, crazy and desperate belongs to a good life as much as optimism, certainty and reason. — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
When you've been living in hope for a long time as I have, suddenly you realize that certainty is far more desirable… — Hisham Matar Copy Share Image
“There was something so comforting in the certainty that someone knew about your biggest flaws and was still willing to stick around.” — R.K. Lilley Copy Share Image
Devotion to the facts will always give the pleasures of recognition; adherence to the rules of design, the pleasures of order and… — Kenneth Clark Copy Share Image
The things of another world being distant, operate but faintly upon us: to remedy this inconvenience, we must frequently revolve their certainty… — Francis Atterbury Copy Share Image
![“I know with certainty, that [an honest man] is not to put his hand into the fire, and hold it there, till it be consumed: And thisevent, I think I can foretell with the same assurance, as that, if he throw himself out at the window, and meet with no obstruction, he will not remain a moment…” quote by David Hume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/164/david-hume-538_air_i-know-with-certainty-that-an-honest-man_2459313.jpg)
![“The [Israelis] believed - they were possessed of an absolute certainty and conviction - that 'terrorists' were in Chatila. How could I explain to them that the terrorists had left, that the terrorists had worn Israeli uniforms, that the terrorists had been sent into Chatila by Israeli officers…” quote by Robert Fisk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/728/robert-fisk-7244_absolute-certainty_the-israelis-believed-they-were-possesse_1470093.jpg)
![“We do know, with absolute certainty, that [Saddam] is using his procurement system to acquire the equipment he needs in order to enrich uranium to build a nuclear weapon.” quote by Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb4/dick-cheney-1810_absolute-certainty_we-do-know-with-absolute-certainty-that_363969.jpg)
