Certain Quotes

7889 Certain quotes by 4693 unique authors

I cannot but think that he who finds a certain proportion of pain and evil inseparably woven up in the life of the very worms,… — Thomas Huxley
O Love! thou bane of the most generous souls! Thou doubtful pleasure, and thou certain pain. — George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne
The historian must not try to know what is truth, if he values his honesty; for if he cares for his truths, he is certain… — Henry Adams
Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear. Thus a feeling of… — Eric Hoffer
All our life passes in this way: we seek rest by struggling against certain obstacles, and once they are overcome, rest proves intolerable because of… — Blaise Pascal
The ecclesial communities which have not preserved the valid Episcopate and the genuine and integral substance of the Eucharistic mystery, are not Churches in the… — Pope Benedict XVI
There is so much more than that little space from 14 to 40. And if you cut that off and begin to believe that you… — Rene Russo
I do think I feel it but you don't think you are cause at a certain time you are no age but you don't think… — Bob Geldof
There are certain people who have become better artists, but they're brilliant at marketing. I think someone who's been phenomenal like that is Madonna. — Michael Bolton
They put their feelers out for all the names and then they'll cast you up to the point a name steps up, and then it… — Josh Holloway
Pain hardens, and great pain hardens greatly, whatever the comforters say, and suffering does not ennoble, though it may occasionally lend a certain rigid dignity… — A. S. Byatt
Man can only endure a certain degree of unhappiness; what is beyond that either annihilates him or passes by him and leaves him apathetic — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
When we read of human beings behaving in certain ways, with the approval of the author, who gives his benediction to this behavior by his… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
You can be affected by a person because of something particular they said or did but sometimes how a person was, a manner of being,… — Chang-Rae Lee
All I can do in my writing is to stimulate a certain amount of thought, clarify some technical facts and date my work. But when… — Ansel Adams
I believe in the resonance and staying power of quiet photographs. These photographs required a certain seeing, but few special techniques, and no tricks. Something… — William Albert Allard
Anyone who has ever studied the history of American diplomacy, especially military diplomacy, knows that you might start in a war with certain things on… — George F. Kennan
What is the fatal charm of Italy? What do we find there that can be found nowhere else? I believe it is a certain permission… — Erica Jong
I always wanted to be a cowboy. But alas! I was burdened early with certain inescapable obligations to world literature. — Edward Abbey
These days I must take the world in small and carefully measured doses. It is a sort of homeopathic cure I am undergoing, though I… — John Banville
I am certain, from experience, of the immense advantage of strict account-keeping in early life. It is just like learning the grammar then, which when… — William E. Gladstone
Our situation is truly delicate & critical. On the one hand we are in need of a strong federal government founded on principles that will… — Mercy Otis Warren
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among… — Thomas Jefferson
The complete independence of the courts of justice is peculiarly essential in a limited Constitution. By a limited Constitution, I understand one which contains certain… — Alexander Hamilton
Knowledge is dangerous, which is why governments often clamp down on people who can think thoughts above a certain caliber. — Terry Pratchett

Who Wrote These Certain Quotes

4,693 authors contributed a total of 7,889 Certain Quotes, led by these top contributors: