Certain Quotes

7889 Certain quotes by 4693 unique authors

Some people come by the name of genius in the same way that certain insects come by the name of centipede -- not because they… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
Your stockings prove your virtues. Be certain they are clean and free of tears. — Emilie Autumn
The death of a dream can in fact serve as the vehicle that endows it with new form, with reinvigorated substance, a fresh flow of… — Aberjhani
Certain things in life simply have to be experienced -and never explained. Love is such a thing. — Paulo Coelho
There was a certain power beautiful mothers held over their less beautiful daughters. — Sarah Addison Allen
Nearly every morning, a certain woman in our community comes running out of her house with her face white and her overcoat flapping wildly. She… — Lydia Davis
In this world, there must be a certain degree of honor just as there must be a certain amount of light. When there are many… — Jose Marti
Nobody believes in magicians any more, nobody believes that anyone can come along and wave a wand and turn you into a frog. But if… — Agatha Christie
When someone refuses to tell me a certain piece of information, it only makes me that much more determined to find out the truth. I… — Christopher Paolini
I had become too accustomed to the pseudo-Left new style, whereby if your opponent thought he had identified your lowest possible motive, he was quite… — Christopher Hitchens
I do strongly feel that among the greatest pieces of luck for high achievement is ordeal. Certain great artists can make out without it, Titian… — John Berryman
She emptied herself of Fabio and of herself, of all the useless efforts she had made to get where she was and find nothing there.… — Paolo Giordano
A certain type of man, when he loves for the first time, his love is not really love, it is possession. Possessions don't have rights… — Laurell K. Hamilton
His face held a certain impassivity; you see it in all waiters and valets. They might want to jam a knife through your left eye… — Ann Aguirre
Some day, as soon as a book is printed it will be simultaneously put into digital form. That will be a wonderful research tool, but… — Anne Fadiman
Below a certain point, if you keep too quiet, people no longer see you as thoughtful or deep; they simply forget you. — Douglas Coupland
There is always a choice." "You mean I could choose certain death?" "A choice nevertheless, or perhaps an alternative. You see I believe in freedom.… — Terry Pratchett
There were many words that you could not stand to hear and finally only the names of places had dignity. Certain numbers were the same… — Ernest Hemingway
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was the most sweeping civil rights legislation of its day, and included women's rights as part of its reforms.… — Adam Selzer
I think play must have been invented so we wouldn't go mad thinking about certain things. — Audrey Niffenegger

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