Absolutely Certain Quotes

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The old scientific ideal of episteme - of absolutely certain, demonstrable knowledge - has proved to be an idol. The demand for scientific objectivity makes… — Karl Popper
For those [observations] that I made in Leipzig in my youth and up to my 21st year, I usually call childish and of doubtful value.… — Tycho Brahe
Death is a vast mystery, but there are two things we can say about it: It is absolutely certain that we will die, and it… — Sogyal Rinpoche
... those who are absolutely certain that the rise in temperatures is due solely to carbon dioxide have no scientific justification. It's pure guesswork. — Henrik Svensmark
Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear. Thus a feeling of… — Eric Hoffer
It is absolutely certain that God does exist. — Muhammad Iqbal
No particular theory may ever be regarded as absolutely certain.... No scientific theory is sacrosanct... — Karl Popper
You can be absolutely certain that when you feel you are being most unfairly tested, you are being prepared for great achievement. — Napoleon Hill
It's never safe to be nostalgic about something until you're absolutely certain there's no chance of its coming back — Bill Vaughan
Life is such unutterable hell, solely because it is sometimes beautiful. If we could only be miserable all the time, if there could be no… — T.H. White
To be absolutely certain about something, one must know everything or nothing about it. — Richard Miller
I was born on the same day as Edgar Allan Poe and Dolly Parton: January 19. I am absolutely certain that this affects my writing… — Eden Robinson
For a human character to reveal truly exceptional qualities, one must have the good fortune to be able to observe its performance over many years.… — Jean Giono
Life is. I am. Anything might happen. And I believe I may invest my life with meaning. The uncertainty is a blessing in disguise. If… — Robert Fulghum
There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility… — Theodore Roosevelt
Faith doesn't mean you don't have to do the work; it just means you're absolutely certain the work will pay off. — Marianne Williamson
I am absolutely certain that generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment when… — Barack Obama
Every person who will learn the right way, and who will then continue diligently to follow that right way, is absolutely certain in time to… — Joseph Franklin Rutherford
There is no more common error than to assume that, because prolonged and accurate mathematical calculations have been made, the application of the result to… — Alfred North Whitehead
Now do you not see that the eye embraces the beauty of the whole world? It counsels and corrects all the arts of mankind... it… — Leonardo da Vinci

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