Certain Quotes
7889 Certain quotes by 4693 unique authors
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I'm quite certain that if the rest of the world vanished overnight and the development of cricket were left in Australian hands, within a generation,…
— Bill Bryson
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I can't believe it's actually happening. This is independent adulthood, this is what it feels like. Shouldn't there be some sort of ritual? In certain…
— David Nicholls
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It kept him alive, he was certain; even more, it kept his darkest of his demons at bay.
— Tina St. John
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Like all strong people, she suffered always a measure of loneliness; she was a marginal outsider, a secret infidel of a certain sort.
— Anne Rice
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The only difference between a cult and a religion is the amount of real estate they own” “Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does…
— Frank Zappa
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Losing Chloe had been like reading a wonderfulook only to realize that all the pages past a certain point were blank.
— Jodi Picoult
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to certain people there comes a day when they must say the great Yes or the great No...
— Constantine Peter Cavafy
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Memories and thoughts age, just as people do. But certain thoughts can never age, and certain memories can never fade.
— Haruki Murakami
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Everyone knows how to love,because we are all born with that gift.Some people have a natural talent for it but the majority of us have…
— Paulo Coelho
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He ought to buy her a new dress. She would never accept it, of course, but maybe if her current garments were accidentally burned... ...But…
— Julia Quinn
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I used to comfort myself with the belief that it was only certain individuals and their peculiar notions that spoilt things for the rest of…
— Malorie Blackman
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Within certain limits, it is actually true that the less money you have, the less you worry.
— George Orwell
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It is certain," exclaimed my uncle in a tone of triumph. "But silence, do you hear me? silence upon the whole subject; and let no…
— Jules Verne
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A stupid person can make only certain, limited types of errors; the mistakes open to a clever fellow are far broader. But to the one…
— Steven Brust
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He chose a certain path in life, it proved to be a misguided one, but there, he chose it, he can say that at least.…
— Kazuo Ishiguro
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The look Anthony shot at his sister was so comically malevolent Simon nearly laughed. He managed to restrain himself, but mostly just because he was…
— Julia Quinn
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The beginning as well as the end of all his thoughts was hatred of human law, that hatred which, if it be not checked in…
— Victor Hugo
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If you are part of a society that votes, then do so. There may be no candidates and no measures you want to vote for…
— Robert A. Heinlein
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A smile flickered across Coral’s face. “Have you ever noticed that once you have had a taste of certain sweets—raspberry trifle is my own despair—it…
— Elizabeth Hoyt
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God wants us to be stronger than we are--more fixed in our purpose, more certain of our commitments, eventually needing less coddling from Him, showing…
— Jeffrey R. Holland
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Growing old is unavoidable, but never growing up is possible. I believe you can retain certain things from your childhood if you protect them -…
— Johnny Depp
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We must struggle for our dreams, but when certain paths prove impossible, it would be best to save our energies in order to travel other…
— Paulo Coelho
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Do you think it is a vain hope that one day man will find joy in noble deeds of light and mercy, rather than in…
— Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Whatever is fitted in any sort to excite the ideas of pain, and danger, that is to say, whatever is in any sort terrible, or…
— Edmund Burke
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It is only certain that there is nothing certain, and that nothing is more miserable or more proud than man.
— Michel de Montaigne
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