Certainty Quotes

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My teacher, Hopkins, often commented on the craving for certainty that led so many physicists into mysticism or into the Church and similar organisations ...… — Norman Pirie
I have a mathematical certainty that the future will confirm my assertion that aerial warfare will be the most important element in future wars, and… — Giulio Douhet
It is suggested that in domestic violence at least the presence or absence of a firearm, or of any other type of weapon, is of… — Colin Greenwood
Passion. It can be used to describe the beauty of an earth-shaking meeting between two people, but it isn't just that. It's there in the… — Paulo Coelho
I'm going to end a life that I thought could contain every kind of greatness but that in fact consisted only of my incapacity to… — Fernando Pessoa
In our reasonings concerning matter of fact, there are all imaginable degrees of assurance, from the highest certainty to the lowest species of moral evidence.… — David Hume
We regard it as a certainty that the earth, enclosed between poles, is bounded by a spherical surface. — Nicolaus Copernicus
After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer… — Pope Benedict XVI
I can predict with absolute certainty that within another generation there will be another world war if the nations of the world do not concert… — Woodrow Wilson
Our aim as scientists is objective truth; more truth, more interesting truth, more intelligible truth. We cannot reasonably aim at certainty. Once we realize that… — Karl Popper
While the individual man is an insoluble puzzle, in the aggregate he becomes a mathematical certainty. You can, for example, never foretell what any one… — Arthur Conan Doyle
But just as much as it is easy to find the differential [derivative] of a given quantity, so it is difficult to find the integral… — Johann Bernoulli
Certainty is a cruel mindset. — Ellen Langer
Be sure of the foundation of your life. Know why you live as you do. Be ready to give a reason for it. Do not,… — Thomas Starr King
We never have 100 percent certainty. We never have it. If you wait until you have 100 percent certainty, something bad is going to happen… — Gordon R. Sullivan
Certainty is an unrealistic and unattainable ideal — William Lane Craig
After we had conducted thousands of experiments on a certain project without solving the problem, one of my associates, after we had conducted the crowning… — Thomas A. Edison
Crimes are more effectually prevented by the certainty than the severity of punishment — Cesare Beccaria
The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice. So long as men are not trained to… — Bertrand Russell
If we do everything right, if we do it with absolute certainty, there's still a 30% chance we're going to get it wrong. — Joe Biden

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