Certain Quotes
7889 quotes by 4860 authors
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Agriculture probably required a far greater discipline than did any form of food collecting. Seeds had to be planted at certain seasons, some protection had…
— Charles Heiser
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An emotion occurs when there are certain biological, certain experiential, and certain cognitive states which all occur simultaneously.
— John D. Mayer
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High quality water is more than the dream of the conservationists, more than a political slogan; high quality water, in the right quantity at the…
— Richard Bangs
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Living day in and day out with guilt over sin that has not been properly confessed and forsaken expends a certain amount of emotional energy;…
— Lou Priolo
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Throughout this life, you can never be certain of living long enough to take another breath.
— Huangbo Xiyun
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Certain beliefs must accompany every action: One should act without selfishness, cultivate compassion for all living things, and develop respect for others.
— Dalai Lama
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A certain portion of mankind do not believe at all in the existence of the gods.
— Plato
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Make wisdom your provision for the journey from youth to old age, for it is a more certain support than all other possessions.
— Bias of Priene
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The physician who waits until dead certain of a diagnosis before acting is likely to wind up with a dead patient. Sometimes things develop so…
— Joel Garreau
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Swarmers run the risk of skittering like water bugs on the surface of life. By being quickly and constantly connected, they can avoid deep contact…
— Joel Garreau
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The Gods did not reveal, from the beginning, all things to us, but in the course of time through seeking we may learn & know…
— Xenophanes
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The gods created certain kinds of beings to replenish our bodies... they are the trees and the plants and the seeds.
— Plato
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To fear death is nothing other than to think oneself wise when one is not. For it is to think one knows what one does…
— Socrates
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Life is uncertain; death is certain.
— Gautama Buddha
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I could feel myself changing physically. It was like something dropped out of the sky. Seeing her on the fire escape had given me a…
— Henry Wessel, Jr.
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For those fed up with the lack of mystery at the top of the Premiership, could I refer you to the commanding heights of the…
— Peter Chapman
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Peter, in showing that the Church is one and that only those who are in the Church can be saved, said: "In the Ark of…
— Cyprian
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Knowing that there is one Baptism, we who hold the head and root of the One Church know for certain that to him who is…
— Cyprian
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It is the growing custom to narrow control, concentrate power, disregard and disenfranchise the public; and assuming that certain powers by divine right of money-raising…
— W. E. B. Du Bois
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Too many journalists and scientists have built their careers on the global-warming alarm. Certain newspapers have staked their reputation on it. The death of this…
— Martin Durkin
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