Certainty Quotes

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Benjamin Franklin said there were only two things certain in life: death and taxes. But I'd like to add a third certainty: trash. And while… — Ruth Ann Minner
No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port. — Michel de Montaigne
Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts. — Daniel Patrick Moynihan
I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear. — Rosa Parks
If we must not act save on a certainty, we ought not to act on religion, for it is not certain. But how many things… — Blaise Pascal
Certainties are arrived at only on foot. — Antonio Porchia
In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain. — Pliny the Elder
Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either ceases or turns absolute madness. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Moral certainty, clear standards, and a commitment to spiritual ideals will set you apart in a world that searches for meaning. — Mitt Romney
Dogmatism and skepticism are both, in a sense, absolute philosophies; one is certain of knowing, the other of not knowing. What philosophy should dissipate is… — Bertrand Russell
In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted. — Bertrand Russell
The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice. — Bertrand Russell
To teach how to live without certainty and yet without being paralysed by hesitation is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy, in our age, can… — Bertrand Russell
Whatever Seattle says, the great chief at Washington can rely upon with as much certainty as he can upon the return of the sun or… — Chief Seattle
Adventure upon all the tickets in the lottery, and you lose for certain; and the greater the number of your tickets the nearer your approach… — Adam Smith
From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts. — Tom Stoppard
Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake, but for the joy brought by the certainty of profaning… — Tom Stoppard
Doubt is to certainty as neurosis is to psychosis. The neurotic is in doubt and has fears about persons and things; the psychotic has convictions… — Thomas Szasz
Don't be too harsh to these poems until they're typed. I always think typescript lends some sort of certainty: at least, if the things are… — Dylan Thomas

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