Certainly Quotes
3607 quotes by 2680 authors
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Rich as we are in biography, a well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one; and there are certainly many more men whose…
— Thomas Carlyle
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Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate than that these people are to be free.
— Thomas Jefferson
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When asked whether he minded if someone smoked in a non-smoking compartment. Certainly not if you don't object if I'm sick.
— Thomas Beecham
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All my life I have worked to be able to earn my living, but I thought that one could do good painting without attracting attention…
— Paul Cezanne
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There is not a single contemporary historical mention of Jesus, not by Romans or by Jews, not by believers or by unbelievers, during his entire…
— Dan Barker
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Certainly, no power to prescribe any religious exercise, or to assume authority in religious discipline, has been delegated to the General Government.
— Thomas Jefferson
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[Jehovah is] certainly the most jealous, the most vain, the most ferocious, the most unjust, the most bloodthirsty, the most despotic, and the most hostile…
— Mikhail Bakunin
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My paintings are certainly nonobjective. They're just horizontal lines. There's not any hint of nature. And still everybody responds, I think.
— Agnes Martin
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And then certainly, whatsoever you do - your character, your behaviour - is yours, authentically yours. It has your signature on it. Then you are…
— Rajneesh
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A revolution is certainly the most authoritarian thing there is; it is the act whereby one part of the population imposes its will upon the…
— Friedrich Engels
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The state machine, including the army, the police and the courts, is the instrument with which one class oppresses another. It is an instrument of…
— Mao Zedong
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The people of every country are the only safe guardians of their own rights, and are the only instruments which can be used for their…
— Thomas Jefferson
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Christ is to be answerable for all those that are given to Him, at the last day, and therefore we need not doubt but that…
— Thomas Brooks
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The governments of Europe are afraid to trust the people with arms. If they did, the people would certainly shake off the yoke of tyranny,…
— James Madison
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We would just go out and line up a bunch of cans and shoot with rifles, handguns and at times, submachine guns... When I was…
— Johnny Depp
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Our knowledge of Jesus is in need above all of a living experience: Another person's testimony is certainly important, as in general the whole of…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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How can the seed know that by dying in the soil it will become a great tree? It will not be there to witness the…
— Rajneesh
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There is no God, but there is certainly a quality I call godliness. It comprises compassion, love, friendship, joy, creativity. It brings you new songs,…
— Rajneesh
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What exists is a godly existence, a divine existence. God not as a person but as a presence certainly exists. But to understand that presence,…
— Rajneesh
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God is not a person at all. You cannot worship God. You can live in a godly way but you cannot worship God - there…
— Rajneesh
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