Certain Quotes
7889 Certain quotes by 4693 unique authors
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In the mass of mankind, I fear, there is too great a majority of fools and knaves; who, singly from their number, must to a…
— Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
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There are certain times when public opinion is the worst of all opinions.
— Nicolas Chamfort
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There is a certain age at which a child looks at you in all earnestness and delivers a long, pleased speech in all the true…
— Annie Dillard
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And, if we lost, then who win? Did Al Qaida win? When on the floor of the House of Representatives they cheer - they cheer…
— John McCain
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Democracy is timelessly human, and timelessness always implies a certain amount of potential youthfulness.
— Thomas Mann
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The heart which finds life in material wealth is usually certain to go farther and seek for more in the satisfaction of base and sullen…
— George A. Smith
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A great many people in this country are worried about law-and-order. And a great many people are worried about justice. But one thing is certain;…
— Ramsey Clark
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Law is nothing other than a certain ordinance of reason for the common good, promulgated by the person who has the care of the community.
— Thomas Aquinas
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The only certainty is that nothing is certain.
— Pliny the Elder
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In the days of segregation, when blacks were limited to certain neighborhoods, you could look around the black community and identify who the leaders were.
— Roger Wilkins
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I am certain that we need a solution completely separate from military intervention.
— Silvio Berlusconi
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A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself. He makes…
— Alexandre Dumas
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Even if society dictates that men and women should behave in certain ways, it is fathers and mothers who teach those ways to children not…
— Augustus Y. Napier
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Seeing that our thirst was increasing and the water was killing us, while the storm did not abate, we agreed to trust to God, Our…
— Alvar N. C. de Vaca
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Everybody past a certain age, regardless of how they look on the outside, pretty much constantly dreams of being able to escape from their lives.
— Douglas Coupland
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I always felt that a governor surrenders a certain amount of privacy. And I came to accept that.
— James Douglas
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I think the press gets lazy once a certain kind of image is out there. It just adheres, rather than the press trying to break…
— Alexandra Kerry
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I have lived a life that has been beautiful and painful at some moments. But I am convinced others can learn how to control a…
— Jayson Blair
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So we should all, me included, stop fighting each other and arguing about our differences on certain policies.
— Robert Gibbs
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Obviously, I have certain policy positions that I push and advocate for that would benefit people dealing in a system that breeds inequality and makes…
— Tim Ryan
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Anyone who watches a lot of television, or listens to pop music, is familiar with a certain vision of America. If not exactly colorblind, this…
— Wesley Morris
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My mother would kill me if I posed nude! My mother raised me with certain standards.
— Rihanna
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I think at a certain point actors need to start taking responsibility for the kinds of stories they want to tell.
— Jason Ritter
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Sometimes you have to rest in certain games, but I want to play in every game.
— Wayne Rooney
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I mean, when I got to Brown, the place was riven, because you had older professors who were basically new critics and had been teaching…
— Jeffrey Eugenides
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