Absolutely Certain Quotes
45 quotes by 42 authors
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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
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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
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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
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... 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
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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
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It is absolutely certain that God does exist.
— Muhammad Iqbal
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No particular theory may ever be regarded as absolutely certain.... No scientific theory is sacrosanct...
— Karl Popper
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You can be absolutely certain that when you feel you are being most unfairly tested, you are being prepared for great achievement.
— Napoleon Hill
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It's never safe to be nostalgic about something until you're absolutely certain there's no chance of its coming back
— Bill Vaughan
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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
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To be absolutely certain about something, one must know everything or nothing about it.
— Richard Miller
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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