Certain Quotes

7889 Certain quotes by 4693 unique authors

Otherwise, all I remember of the denizens of the Nocturama is that several of them had strikingly large eyes, and the fixed inquiring gaze found… — W G Sebald
Certain kinds of clichés are the narcotics of the middle class. — John Clellon Holmes
I prayed for the first time in a very long time today. I explained to God that unless he wanted the Marxist-Islamic alliance and the… — Anders Behring Breivik
Why do we think love is a magician? Because the whole power of magic consists in love. The work of magic is the attraction of… — Marsilio Ficino
One can be certain that every generally held idea, every received notion, will be idiocy because it has been able to appeal to the majority — Nicolas Chamfort
Certain people in the United States are driving nails into this structure of our relationship, then cutting off the heads. So the Soviets must use… — Mikhail Gorbachev
There are no books in this world that everybody must read, but only books that a person must read at a certain time in a… — Lin Yutang
Rent control has in certain Western countries constituted, maybe, the worst example of poor planning by Governments lacking courage and vision. — Gunnar Myrdal
Wanted or unwanted, I believe that human life, even at its earliest stages, has certain rights which must be recognized – the right to be… — Edward Kennedy
I think that we have a responsibility to make certain that we are fiscally responsible in order to assure, frankly, future generations don't have to… — Carol Moseley Braun
If you have a certain point of view and reasons that you think are valid, then whether it's pro or anti, you can only and… — Steve Ditko
The patient person accepts a certain amount of failure knowing that it is as important a thread in the fabric of life as is success.… — Denis Waitley
The modalities of awakened doing are acceptance, enjoyment, and enthusiasm. Each one represents a certain vibrational frequency of consciousness. You need to be vigilant to… — Eckhart Tolle
To offer no resistance to life is to be in a state of grace, ease, and lightness. This state is then no longer dependent upon… — Eckhart Tolle
I spent a lot of years trying to outrun or outsmart vulnerability by making things certain and definite, black and white, good and bad. My… — BrenÃ© Brown
God decreed to save and damn certain particular persons. This decree has its foundation in the foreknowledge of God, by which he knew from all… — Jacobus Arminius
True poetry is similar to certain pictures whose owner is unknown and which only a few initiated people know. — Eugenio Montale
There is a fear of voluptuousness that is itself voluptuous, just as a certain fear of death can itself be deadly. — Joseph Roth
It requires a certain kind of mind to see beauty in a hamburger bun, — Ray Kroc
In every science, after having analysed the ideas, expressing the more complicated by means of the more simple, one finds a certain number that cannot… — Giuseppe Peano
A young woman is dead. I don’t care. You probably don’t care. The police don’t care. The papers don’t care. The punks for the most… — Lester Bangs
Certain shades of limelight wreck a girl's complexion. — Holly Golightly
At a certain age you're always uncertain how other people will take you. — Al Purdy
The evidence is overwhelming that marijuana can relieve certain types of pain, nausea, vomiting and other symptoms caused by such illnesses as multiple sclerosis, cancer… — Joycelyn Elders
Washington once advised his adopted grandson that where there is no occasion for expressing an opinion, it is best to be silent. For there is… — Ron Chernow

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