Absolute Certainty Quotes

37 quotes by 36 authors

The existence of a first cause of the universe is a necessity of thought ... Amid the mysteries which become more mysterious the more they… — Herbert Spencer
One very important difference between color and monochromatic photography is this: in black and white you suggest; in color you state. Much can be implied… — Paul Outerbridge
Absolute certainty is a privilege of uneducated minds and fanatics. - It is, for scientific folk, an unattainable ideal. — Cassius Jackson Keyser
We do know, with absolute certainty, thatÂ [Saddam] is using his procurement system to acquire the equipment he needs in order to enrich uranium to… — Dick Cheney
The greatest good that can come to anyone is forming within them an absolute certainty of themselves, and of their relationship to the Universe, forever… — Ernest Holmes
Absolute certainty will always elude us. We will always be mired in error. The most each generation can hope for is to reduce the error.… — Carl Sagan
I can predict with absolute certainty that within another generation there will be another world war if the nations of the world do not concert… — Woodrow Wilson
If we do everything right, if we do it with absolute certainty, there's still a 30% chance we're going to get it wrong. — Joe Biden
The Principle of Uncertainty fixed once for all the realisation that all knowledge is limited. It is an irony of history that at the very… — Jacob Bronowski
As a scientist, I don't believe anything. Science shouldn't use the word belief. There are things more likely and less likely. Science can say nothing… — Lawrence M. Krauss
People always tell me with absolute certainty that they don't trust themselves. — Richard Bandler
The [Israelis] believed - they were possessed of an absolute certainty and conviction - that 'terrorists' were in Chatila. How could I explain to them… — Robert Fisk
The good gardener knows with absolute certainty that if he does his part, if he gives the labour, the love, and every aid that his… — Gertrude Jekyll
I never imagined it wouldn't work out for me. I had that absolute certainty in myself that has seen me through, I think, and my… — Ewan McGregor
It is not that there are no certainties, it is that it is an absolute certainty that there are no certainties. — Christopher Hitchens
The hope we have in Christ is an absolute certainty. We can be sure that the place Christ is preparing for us will be ready… — Billy Graham
To refuse a hearing to an opinion, because they are sure that it is false, is to assume that their certainty is the same thing… — John Stuart Mill
Men and governments must act to the best of their ability. There is no such thing as absolute certainty but there is assurance sufficient for… — John Stuart Mill
Scientists do not believe in fundamental and absolute certainties. For the scientist, certainty is never an end, but a search; not the ordering of certainty,… — Ashley Montagu
When the human mind exists in the light of reason and no more than reason, we may say with absolute certainty that Man and all… — Loren Eiseley

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