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title: "Great Certainty Words"
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> [“Albert knew that one could never be sure about magic, but a lack of certainty is not a good reason to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-l-anderson/albert-knew-that-one-could-never-be-sure-about-magic-but-a-lack-of/)

[Howard L. Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-l-anderson/)

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> [As a businessman, you need economic certainty. On the tax policies. You need it on your regulatory policies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-yoho/as-a-businessman-you-need-economic-certainty-on-the-tax-policies-you/)

[Ted Yoho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-yoho/)

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> [But teleological considerations can lead no further than to a belief and a hope. They do not give certainty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-lous-lange/but-teleological-considerations-can-lead-no-further-than-to-a-belief/)

[Christian Lous Lange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-lous-lange/)

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> [Joy adapts and changes, but it always endures, even as a flicker of light born of our personal certainty that, when everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/joy-adapts-and-changes-but-it-always-endures-even-as-a-flicker-of/)

[Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/)

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> [“If! If! If There were so many ifs in life, never any certainty of anything, never any security...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-mitchell/if-if-if-there-were-so-many-ifs-in-life-never-any-certainty-of/)

[Margaret Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-mitchell/)

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> [All that passes for knowledge can be arranged in a hierarchy of degrees of certainty, with arithmetic and the facts of perception…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/all-that-passes-for-knowledge-can-be-arranged-in-a-hierarchy-of/)

[Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/)

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> [“The stumbling block isn't the certainty effect per se. It's the way that smart people are influenced by mere words, by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-poundstone/the-stumbling-block-isn-t-the-certainty-effect-per-se-it-s-the-way/)

[William Poundstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-poundstone/)

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> [Could we have prevented in 100% certainty? I don't think anything is that certain. However, we would have had a very, very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sibel-edmonds/could-we-have-prevented-in-100-certainty-i-don-t-think-anything-is/)

[Sibel Edmonds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sibel-edmonds/)

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> [Sentimental assertions are always a form of detachment; they confront the acute, terrible awareness of individual pain, the sharp particularity of loss…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-doty/sentimental-assertions-are-always-a-form-of-detachment-they-confront/)

[Mark Doty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-doty/)

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> [To tell you the truth, the older I get, the less I know. I keep meeting people, both older and younger, who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-laurie/to-tell-you-the-truth-the-older-i-get-the-less-i-know-i-keep-meeting/)

[Hugh Laurie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-laurie/)

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> [Nothing is more painful to the human mind than, after the feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/nothing-is-more-painful-to-the-human-mind-than-after-the-feelings/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [ I know with certainty, that \[an honest man\] is not to put his hand into the fire, and hold it there, till… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/i-know-with-certainty-that-an-honest-man-is-not-to-put-his-hand-into/)

[David Hume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hume/)

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> [Christian hypocrites who pretend to hate life and love death. He may talk about the soul-what he is after is the girl…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georg-ebers/christian-hypocrites-who-pretend-to-hate-life-and-love-death-he-may/)

[Georg Ebers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georg-ebers/)

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> [We are not certain, we are never certain. If we were we could reach some conclusions, and we could, at last, make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/we-are-not-certain-we-are-never-certain-if-we-were-we-could-reach-2/)

[Benjamin Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-franklin/)

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> [“...the absence of certainty does not mean that one interpretation is as valid as any other. Probabilities and plausibilities matter; and when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-lefkowitz/the-absence-of-certainty-does-not-mean-that-one-interpretation-is-as/)

[Mary Lefkowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-lefkowitz/)

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> [The world now has a new kind of hero, one who listens more than speaks, who preaches in riddles not in certainties,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-klein/the-world-now-has-a-new-kind-of-hero-one-who-listens-more-than-speaks/)

[Naomi Klein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-klein/)

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> [“I think we can do it." "But you don't know for sure," he said. "No." "Geez, Anita." "Don't get rattled on me.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurell-k-hamilton/i-think-we-can-do-it-but-you-don-t-know-for-sure-he-said-no-geez/)

[Laurell K. Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurell-k-hamilton/)

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> [Naturally, we are inclined to be so mathematical and calculating that we look upon uncertainty as a bad thing...Certainty is the mark…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-chambers/naturally-we-are-inclined-to-be-so-mathematical-and-calculating-that/)

[Oswald Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oswald-chambers/)

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> [I remember one occasion when I tried to add a little seasoning to a review, but I wasn't allowed to. The paper…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-halmos/i-remember-one-occasion-when-i-tried-to-add-a-little-seasoning-to-a/)

[Paul Halmos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-halmos/)

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> [ The \[Israelis\] believed - they were possessed of an absolute certainty and conviction - that 'terrorists' were in Chatila. How could I… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/the-israelis-believed-they-were-possessed-of-an-absolute-certainty/)

[Robert Fisk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fisk/)

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> [The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/the-stupidity-of-people-comes-from-having-an-answer-for-everything-4/)

[Milan Kundera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milan-kundera/)

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> [Through experiments over the past few decades physicists have discovered matter to be completely mutable into other particles or energy and vice-versa…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-brennan/through-experiments-over-the-past-few-decades-physicists-have/)

[Barbara Brennan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-brennan/)

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> [The rocket that goes up next March will not only lift a payload, it will launch what I believe will ultimately be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-richardson/the-rocket-that-goes-up-next-march-will-not-only-lift-a-payload-it/)

[Bill Richardson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-richardson/)

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> [Very few people would choose to have even the most fabled assortment of goods if it meant getting cancer within the year.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-l-wachtel/very-few-people-would-choose-to-have-even-the-most-fabled-assortment/)

[Paul L Wachtel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-l-wachtel/)

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> [ We do know, with absolute certainty, that \[Saddam\] is using his procurement system to acquire the equipment he needs in order to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/we-do-know-with-absolute-certainty-that-saddam-is-using-his/)

[Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/)

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> [We should not be simply fighting evil in the name of good, but struggling against the certainties of people who claim always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tzvetan-todorov/we-should-not-be-simply-fighting-evil-in-the-name-of-good-but/)

[Tzvetan Todorov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tzvetan-todorov/)

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> [“Certainty is not to be had. But as we learn this we become not more moral but more resigned. We become nihilists.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-wheelis/certainty-is-not-to-be-had-but-as-we-learn-this-we-become-not-more/)

[Allen Wheelis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-wheelis/)

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> [Not only can no one predict the future, we don't understand the present - and there isn't even any certainty about the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-browne/not-only-can-no-one-predict-the-future-we-don-t-understand-the/)

[Harry Browne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-browne/)

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> [God is rich in mercy. I know this wealth of his with the certainty of experience, I have touched it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simone-weil/god-is-rich-in-mercy-i-know-this-wealth-of-his-with-the-certainty-of/)

[Simone Weil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simone-weil/)

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> [There are very few certainties that touch us all in this mortal experience, but one of the absolutes is that we will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/there-are-very-few-certainties-that-touch-us-all-in-this-mortal/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Two things that are never promised, life and happiness, but as long as you're alive, find and do what makes you happy!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rashida-rowe/two-things-that-are-never-promised-life-and-happiness-but-as-long-as/)

[Rashida Rowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rashida-rowe/)

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> [“What kind of husband would I be if I bet against my own marriage?' I smiled. 'The stupid kind. Didn't you listen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-mcguire/what-kind-of-husband-would-i-be-if-i-bet-against-my-own-marriage-i/)

[Jamie McGuire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-mcguire/)

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> [One must treat theory-in-use as both a psychological certainty and an intellectual hypothesis.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-argyris/one-must-treat-theory-in-use-as-both-a-psychological-certainty-and-an/)

[Chris Argyris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-argyris/)

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> [I really think that living is the process of going from complete certainty to complete ignorance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dreyfuss/i-really-think-that-living-is-the-process-of-going-from-complete/)

[Richard Dreyfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dreyfuss/)

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> [I'm a scientist, not a theologian. I don't know if there is a God or not. Religion requires certainty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lovelock/i-m-a-scientist-not-a-theologian-i-don-t-know-if-there-is-a-god-or-2/)

[James Lovelock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lovelock/)

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> [Feeling lost, crazy and desperate belongs to a good life as much as optimism, certainty and reason.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alain-de-botton/feeling-lost-crazy-and-desperate-belongs-to-a-good-life-as-much-as/)

[Alain de Botton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alain-de-botton/)

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> [When you've been living in hope for a long time as I have, suddenly you realize that certainty is far more desirable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/when-you-ve-been-living-in-hope-for-a-long-time-as-i-have-suddenly/)

[Hisham Matar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hisham-matar/)

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> [“There was something so comforting in the certainty that someone knew about your biggest flaws and was still willing to stick around.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-k-lilley/there-was-something-so-comforting-in-the-certainty-that-someone-knew/)

[R.K. Lilley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-k-lilley/)

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> [Devotion to the facts will always give the pleasures of recognition; adherence to the rules of design, the pleasures of order and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-clark/devotion-to-the-facts-will-always-give-the-pleasures-of-recognition/)

[Kenneth Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-clark/)

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> [The things of another world being distant, operate but faintly upon us: to remedy this inconvenience, we must frequently revolve their certainty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-atterbury/the-things-of-another-world-being-distant-operate-but-faintly-upon-us/)

[Francis Atterbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-atterbury/)

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                        "text": "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, that the victims of the terrorists were not Israelis but Palestinians and Lebanese?",
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                        "text": "The rocket that goes up next March will not only lift a payload, it will launch what I believe will ultimately be the most significant commercial space facility in the country, ... This launch will be a brilliant signal flare that will let the nation and the world know New Mexico's spaceport is open for business. We can now say with certainty that the dream of this spaceport launching a new era in New Mexico's aerospace industry will become reality.",
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                        "text": "Very few people would choose to have even the most fabled assortment of goods if it meant getting cancer within the year. But the choice involves not the certainty of cancer very soon but an increased probability of cancer at some time in the future. The cancers are no less real; millions will die painfully and prematurely because of what we do to our environment. But the choice is not an easily visualizable one, and our capacity of denial comes strongly into play - as it tends to whenever we must weigh future costs against immediate benefits.",
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                        "text": "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.",
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                        "text": "God is rich in mercy. I know this wealth of his with the certainty of experience, I have touched it.",
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                        "text": "“What kind of husband would I be if I bet against my own marriage?' I smiled. 'The stupid kind. Didn't you listen to your dad when he told you not to bet against me?”",
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