Certainty Quotes

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When he thought of her, it rather amazed him, that he had let that girl with her violin go. Now, of course, he saw that… — Ian Mcewan
The absurd man will not commit suicide; he wants to live, without relinquishing any of his certainty, without a future, without hope, without illusions â€¦… — Jean-Paul Sartre
One of the few certainties in life is that persons of certainty should certainly be avoided. — Willy Russell
The core of science is not a mathematical modeling--it is intellectual honesty. It is a willingness to have our certainties about the world constrained by… — Sam Harris
He had thought more than other men, and in matters of the intellect he had that calm objectivity, that certainty of thought and knowledge, such… — Hermann Hesse
And yet we knew, for a certainty, that when first emissaries of Earth went walking among the planets, Earth's other sons would be dreaming not… — Stanislaw Lem
What I envy most about you and everyone else heading back to school is the certainty of it all. Youâ€™ve got a prescribed set of… — Megan McCafferty
Naturally, we are inclined to be so mathematical and calculating that we look upon uncertainty as a bad thing...Certainty is the mark of the common-sense… — Oswald Chambers
I'm a pessimist if I'm not careful, a feminist, a Black,...an oil-and-water combination of ambition, laziness, insecurity, certainty, and drive. — Octavia Butler
This pause in time, within time ... When did I first experience the exquisite sense of surrender that is only possible with another person? The… — Muriel Barbery
The kind of hope that I often think aboutâ€¦I understand above all as a state of mind, not a state of the world. Either we… — Vaclav Havel
The frog is almost five hundred million years old. Could you really say with much certainty that America, with all its strength and prosperity, with… — Joseph Heller
He stared at her, knowing with certainty that he was falling in love. He pulled her close and kissed her beneath a blanket of stars,… — Nicholas Sparks
There are stories, like maps that agree... too consistent among too many languages and histories to be only wishful thinking.... It is always a hidden… — Thomas Pynchon
All writers--all beings--are exiles as a matter of course. The certainty about living is that it is a succession of expulsions of whatever carries the… — Janet Frame
There is a painful difference between the expectation of an unpleasant event and its final certainty. — Emma Thompson
We must realize that the Reformation world view leads in the direction of government freedom. But the humanist world view with inevitable certainty leads in… — Francis Schaeffer
Everything good is costly, and the development of the personality is one of the most costly of all things. It will cost you your innocence,… — Sheldon B. Kopp
Were we able to extract from any man a complete answer to the question, "What comes into your mind when you think about God?" we… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
People who ask confidently get more than those who are hesitant and uncertain. When you've figured out what you want to ask for, do it… — Jack Canfield

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