Quite Certain Quotes

40 Quite Certain quotes by 31 unique authors

What does Reverence for Life say abut the relations between [humanity] and the animal world? Whenever I injury any kind of life I must be… — Albert Schweitzer
Let us have compassion for those under chastisement. Alas, who are we ourselves? Who am I and who are you? Whence do we come and… — Victor Hugo
There is not going to be, we can be quite certain, there's not going to be any action on reducing greenhouse gas emissions by China… — Ross Garnaut
I am quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood. I had, as I now think… — John Brown
Really exotic methods of propulsion . . . will have to be devised to get there. How it will be done, I do not know.… — Edward Teller
... a Christian is quite certain to fall into the same sins which he condemns in another with merciless and inhuman severity, for 'a stern… — John Cassian
I'll admit that I'm not quite certain how to sum up an entire year in music anymore; not when music has become so temporal, so… — Carrie Brownstein
Most of us go through life praying a little, planning a little, jockeying for position, hoping but never being quite certain of anything, and always… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Unless a man starts afresh about things, he will certainly do nothing effective. Unless a man starts on the strange assumption that he has never… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The fine arts once divorcing themselves from truth are quite certain to fall mad, if they do not die. — Thomas Carlyle
I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with Blood. — John Mason Brown
It would be far to general a statement to try and describe the daily life of an actor in Hollywood, but I am quite certain… — Corin Nemec
Life is certainly only worthwhile as it represents struggle for worthy causes. There is no struggle in perfect security. I am quite certain that the… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
One hears a lot of talk about the hostility between scientists and engineers. I don't believe in any such thing. In fact I am quite… — David Hilbert
Whenever a text-book is written of real educational worth, you may be quite certain that some reviewer will say that it will be difficult to… — Alfred North Whitehead
Learn the language that they understand, and when they come upon our doorstep to talk we can talk, and they will get the point. There… — Malcolm X
I think I work much harder on the children's books. I suppose I enjoy that. I find it interesting that although there are more than… — Terry Pratchett
I am quite certain in my heart of hearts that modern music and modern art is not a conspiracy, but is a form of truth… — Michael Tippett
In my case, I was not frightened in the least bit at the thought that I might live because I was certain, quite certain, that… — Elizabeth Wurtzel
Pray don't talk to me about the weather, Mr. Worthing. Whenever people talk to me about the weather, I always feel quite certain that they… — Oscar Wilde
God could not have given this promise, except from love and grace; therefore it is quite certain his Word will be fulfilled. — Charles Spurgeon
I had become too accustomed to the pseudo-Left new style, whereby if your opponent thought he had identified your lowest possible motive, he was quite… — Christopher Hitchens
He didn’t know where the thought had come from, or what strange corner of his brain had come to that conclusion, because he was quite… — Julia Quinn
I'm quite certain that if the rest of the world vanished overnight and the development of cricket were left in Australian hands, within a generation,… — Bill Bryson
Granny bit her lip. She was never quite certain about children, thinking of them-when she thought about them at all-as coming somewhere between animals and… — Terry Pratchett

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