Certain Quotes - Page 29
W. Somerset Maugham (1954). “Mr. Maugham Himself”
I am beginning to believe that nothing is quite so uncertain as facts. (Edward Curtis)
Timothy Egan (2012). “Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis”, p.174, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
De Carne Christi Chapter V, Part II
Sylvia Plath (2013). “The Journals of Sylvia Plath”, p.78, Anchor
There is a certain clinical satisfaction in seeing just how bad things can get.
"The Journals of Sylvia Plath".
"Adventures of a Mathematician" by Stanislaw Ulam, Third Edition, (p. 96), 1991.
Spencer W. Kimball (1981). “Priesthood”, Shadow Mountain
The less respect an older person deserves the more certain he is to demand it from anyone younger.
Robert A. Heinlein (2005). “Have Space Suit, Will Travel”, p.208, Simon and Schuster
Diary entry for February 26, 1878. "Cosima Wagner's Diaries: An Abridgment". Book edited by Geoffrey Skelton, 1994.
Great music is in a sense serene; it is certain of the values it asserts.
Rebecca West (2012). “The Saga of the Century: The Fountain Overflows, This Real Night, and Cousin Rosamund”, p.554, Open Road Media