Certain Quotes - Page 34

Of one thing the reader can be certain: the more easily anything reads, the harder it has been to write.

We must not regard what or how the world esteems us, so we have the Word pure, and are certain of our doctrine.

The original answer defines certain conditions. Anything else is a different question.

Old Newtonian physics claimed that things have an objective reality separate from our perception of them. Quantum physics, and particularly Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle, reveal that, as our perception of an object changes, the object itself literally changes.

The traditional thinking has been that the stock market likes certainty.

Those whose suffering is due to love are, as we say of certain invalids, their own physicians.

Incompetence is certainty in the absence of expertise. Overconfidence is certainty in the presence of expertise.

Certainty, not data, is knowledge.

After a certain point, most people, including editors, will tell you everything you do is great.

To a certain extent I am taking a leap of faith. I'm adding up the evidence on either side, and I'm seeing the evidence of there not being a God is overwhelming compared to the evidence for there being a God.

As I get older I find that the friendships that are the most certain, ultimately, are the ones where you and the other person have made substantial amounts of money for one another.

If the majority holds some thing of value, you can be certain it has none.

To a certain extent in Hollywood you're a product, and your product is whatever sells the most, and whatever sells the most is whatever the public likes to see you do - if anything.

I don't have a great intellect, and I can't compete with people who do. I feel certain things. And all I know, and all I can do, is what I feel.

There's a certain confidence that comes with being sure about the way the world works.

It's a mystery why certain people find certain things funny.

There are certain racetracks where I feel like I could run 1,000 miles.

To give the best of yourself, to be ready to please is OK for a while. But people expect certain things from you, and you have to go beyond that and say, no.

It is certain that we cannot escape anguish, for we are anguish.

...beauty is the projection of ugliness and by developing certain monstrosities we obtain the purest ornaments.

The fear of old age disturbs us, yet we are not certain of becoming old.

There are certain sections of New York, Major, that I wouldn't advise you to try to invade.

One must lie under certain circumstances and at all times when one can't do anything about them.

There is a certain fate to the universe and a certain randomness.

While denial leads to certainty, it is only the certainty of death. This is true for individuals and also for civilizations.