Certain Quotes
7889 Certain quotes by 4693 unique authors
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I always say it's not my Arkestra, it belongs to some other force which wants certain things, to reach people.
— Sun Ra
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A certain type of person strives to become a master over all, and to extend his force, his will to power, and to subdue all…
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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The FDA calls certain substances "controlled." But there are no "controlled substances," there are only controlled citizens.
— Thomas Szasz
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Human society is not a machine, and it must not be made such, even in the economic field.... Access to employment [shall not be] made…
— Pope Pius XII
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The effect of the indulgence of human affection is a certain cordial exhilaration.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Athletes have a certain stubbornness that carries us through and makes us do things that people say we can't do.
— Kim Clijsters
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We are most often in the dark when we are the most certain, and the most enlightened when we are the most confused.
— M. Scott Peck
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In spite of the opinions of certain narrow-minded people who would shut up the human race upon this globe, we shall one day travel to…
— Jules Verne
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It is my contention that an agent ideal to the use of the scientific militarist, for both the air raid and the long distance bombardment…
— Unknown Author
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I like to say there's certain things you can't take back: One of them is 'I love you,' and one of them is bullets.
— Nathan Fillion
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Robert Pattinson has the face of a film-noir dupe. It's a face that is searching and open and kind. It's a face that a certain…
— Wesley Morris
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Good taste ruins certain true spiritual values: such as taste itself.
— Coco Chanel
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After all that corrupt poets, and more corrupt philosophers, have told us of the blandishments of pleasure, and of its tendency to soften the temper…
— Hannah More
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Consider the reasons which make us certain that we are right, but not the fact that we are certain. If you are not convinced, ignore…
— Ayn Rand
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If we are going to commit American troops, we must be certain they have a clear mission, an achievable goal and an exit strategy.
— Karen Hughes
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In the midst of life we are in death, earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust, in sure and certain hope of the Resurrection.
— Thomas Cranmer
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It's not that you don't want to earn as much money as you can - it is your obligation, of course - but companies have…
— Barry Diller
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All rent is based on the monopoly power of private owners of certain portions of the globe.
— David Harvey
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The geographical movement of money and commodities as capital is not the same as the movements of products and of precious metals. Capital is, after…
— David Harvey
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Go far - too far you cannot, still the farther. The more experience finds you: and go sparing. One meal a week will serve you,…
— John Fletcher
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Long-term, we must figure out a way that the Kurdish territory within Iraq operates with a certain amount of autonomy so that they feel comfortable…
— Les Aspin
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Even military ministers have no more than a certain amount of control. It is customary that they have the right and the power to participate,…
— Hideki Tojo
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A sentence is like a tune. A memorable sentence gives its emotion a melodic shape. You want to hear it again, say it—in a way,…
— Robert Pinsky
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Some people give theirselves a certain number of white weeks once in a year, when they do not drink a single drop of alcohol. It…
— Henning Mankell
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If we do not learn to regard a war, and the separate campaigns of which it is composed, as a chain of linked engagements each…
— Carl von Clausewitz
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