--- title: "3 Desire Certainty Quotes by 3 authors" description: "Browse 3 Desire Certainty quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Desire Certainty sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/523/ed-catmull-1553_practice-makes-perfe_many-fear-this-side-of-the-door-we-crave_2042276.jpg" --- > [“Many fear this side of the door. We crave stability and certainty, so we keep both feet rooted in what we know,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-catmull/many-fear-this-side-of-the-door-we-crave-stability-and-certainty-so/) [Ed Catmull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-catmull/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/523/ed-catmull-1553_practice-makes-perfe_many-fear-this-side-of-the-door-we-crave_2042276.jpg) > [There is no great danger to politics in the desire for certainty at any price.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-crick/there-is-no-great-danger-to-politics-in-the-desire-for-certainty-at/) [Bernard Crick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-crick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e88/bernard-crick-16886_certainty_there-is-no-great-danger-to-politics-in_2550806.jpg) > [“Imagine all of L.A. filled with windup men wandering empty-headed and waiting for orders and directions and purpose. That’s L.A. in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-kadrey/imagine-all-of-l-a-filled-with-windup-men-wandering-empty-headed-and/) [Richard Kadrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-kadrey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac9/richard-kadrey-3619_desire_imagine-all-of-l-a-filled-with-windup-me_3231411.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/desire-certainty/#itemlist", "name": "Desire Certainty Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Many fear this side of the door. We crave stability and certainty, so we keep both feet rooted in what we know, believing that if we repeat ourselves or repeat what is known to work, we will be safe. This feels like a rational view. Just as we know that the rule of law leads to healthier, more productive societies or that practice makes perfect or that the planets orbit the sun, we all need things that we can count on. But no matter how intensely we desire certainty, we should understand that whether because of our limits or randomness or future unknowable confluences of events, something will inevitably come, unbidden, through that door. 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