Doubt Quotes · Page 147

Doubt comes in at the window when inquiry is denied at the door.

— Benjamin Jowett

The only new ideas that are not subject to our skepticism or suspicion are our own

— Cullen Hightower

There is no doubt in the sanctity of Mecca, but a donkey won't become a Hajj pilgrim by just going through the…

— Rahman Baba

It is not as a child that I believe and confess Jesus Christ. My hosanna is born of a furnace of doubt.

— Anonymous

It's good to have some certainty in life, even if it's only that I'm in deep trouble.

— Ashleigh Brilliant

Personally, I've struggled with a lot of doubt in myself at times.

— Bayley

A fanatic is a man who consciously over compensates a secret doubt.

— Aldous Huxley

Vancouver's a very child friendly city, there's... no doubt about that.

— Robert Carlyle

“Doubt will fester as long as we live. And when one occasion of doubt has been addressed, another and then another will…

— George Saunders

I think we're going to have some difficulty in front of us. I have absolutely no doubt the next three, four years…

— Carlos Ghosn

Taking care of myself is central to my personality. I'm pathologically independent. There's no doubt that's one reason I never had children.

— Jeannette Walls

Nowhere have I ever heard of Satan taking the form of an avuncular hippie. No doubt he could. It just seems inefficient.

— Nick Harkaway

Only those who have lived all their lives under the dark clouds of vague, undefined fears can appreciate the joy of a…

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend to forget…

— Ethel Barrymore

No doubt the [presedential] campaigns have reflected some anxiety, anger, and resentment in the nation at large, and we must try to…

— John I. Jenkins

Extremism is not endemic in my region, nor is anti-Western sentiment. No doubt there is discontent and distrust. That is towards more…

— Queen Rania of Jordan

I often had to run very quickly to be on time, and from being a fleet runner was generally successful; but when…

— Charles Darwin

My career doesn't get harder because when you have something to share, you have something to share. And when it's a trial…

— Mary J. Blige

That the sum of a man's life was not where he wound up but in the details that brought him there. That…

— Jodi Picoult

Because I've got an AFI award, I feel there is a certain expectation when I walk into a room, you know, that…

— Deborah Mailman

“Confidence is never about you alone; rich confidence also includes believing in the power of we. Total confidence requires a belief in…

— Tim Sanders

Seriously, our nation is never going to be on the same page on issues like gun control, welfare, the economy, the environment,…

— Jen Lancaster

The offer of certainty, the offer of complete security, the offer of an impermeable faith that can’t give way, is an offer…

— Christopher Hitchens

Uncertainty hurts business. It annoys individuals. Why keep the whole country, including business and individuals, in uncertainty over the extent of the…

— B. C. Forbes

If you're uncertain when life begins, why not give the unborn the benefit of the doubt and oppose abortion?

— Jonah Goldberg

Courage, I now see, is a journey involving self-doubt and self-examination, with the end never in sight.

— David Brock

There is no doubt that each of us is born an individual. Why is it then that so many of us die…

— Jodie Foster

The scientist believes in proof without certainty, the bigot in certainty without proof.

— Ashley Montagu

The problem with the wise is they are so filled with doubts while the dull are so certain.

— Bertrand Russell

I am a human being. I have anxiety. I have doubts. And I'm not afraid to put it out there.

— Keith Hernandez

If technique is of no interest to a writer, I doubt that the writer is an artist.

— Marianne Moore

“A belief which leaves no place for doubt is not a belief; it is a superstition. -Jose Bergamin, author (1895-1983)”

— Jose Bergamin

I forbid you, agnostic, doubting thoughts, to destroy the house of my faith.

— Thomas S. Monson

Yes, there are obstacles as a woman; there is no doubt about it.

— Reem Acra

How is it that one rails against that which is nearly a certainty?

— Mary Anne Radmacher

“If I doubt your intentions I will never trust your actions.”

— Carlos Wallace

The catchword I use with my classes is: The authority of the writer always overcomes the skepticism of the reader.

— Nikki Giovanni

I saw my Lord with the Eye of my heart, and I said: "Who are you?" He answered: "You!"

— Mansur Al-Hallaj

The Public ... demands certainties ... But there are not certainties

— H. L. Mencken

I doubt if any of them would even intentionally double-park.

— Richard M. Nixon