Absolutely Certain Quotes

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There is one thing a professor can be absolutely certain of: almost every student entering the university believes, or says he believes, that truth is… — Allan Bloom
I wish to God I knew as much about writing as I did when I was 19. I was absolutely certain about most things then.… — John Steinbeck
My writing is progressing slowly, but at least it's moving forward. I'm sure that's the case. The only problem is that I'm never absolutely certain… — Mikhail Bulgakov
Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear. — William Congreve
We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand. — Eric Hoffer
No animal should ever jump up on the dining-room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation. — Fran Lebowitz
From Jefferson to Jackson to Lincoln to FDR to Reagan, every great president inspires enormous affection and enormous hostility. We'll all be much saner, I… — Jon Meacham
People are always angry at America. They're absolutely certain that America either caused their problems or is deliberately not fixing their problems. But the anger… — P.J. O'Rourke
As a parent, the only thing I am absolutely certain of is my own fallibility. — Ayelet Waldman
Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality. — Bertrand Russell
I'm not absolutely certain of the facts, but I rather fancy it's Shakespeare who says that it's always just when a fellow is feeling particularly… — P.G. Wodehouse
The evenings grew longer; kitchen windows stayed open after dinner and peepers could be heard in the marsh. Isabelle, stepping out to sweep her porch… — Elizabeth Strout
Scientific knowledge is a body of statements of varying degrees of certainty -- some most unsure, some nearly sure, none absolutely certain. — Richard P. Feynman
In love, as in life, one misheard word can be tremendously important. If you tell someone you love them, for instance, you must be absolutely… — Daniel Handler
He made a weak attempt to look innocent, but I knew better. "Should I guess how many concealed weapons you have or should I strip… — Maria V. Snyder
It's not like most people read anymore. Well, not unless the book has a wizard school or a hot vampire. And, as a Kari Kngsley… — Janette Rallison
In sorting out my feelings and beliefs, there is, however, one piece of moral ground of which I am absolutely certain: if I were to… — Helen Prejean
One thing was absolutely certainâ€”it was a given for Kazuo. Although he might not have particularlyrealized it, or more appropriately, perhaps because he was incapable… — Koushun Takami
Before I die, I want to be somebodyâ€™s favorite hiding place, the place they can put everything they know they need to survive, every secret,… — Andrea Gibson
The things one feels absolutely certain about are never true. That is the fatality of faith, and the lesson of romance. — Oscar Wilde

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