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The only certain thing about the future is that it will surprise even those who have seen furthest into it.

"Staking Out The Globe" by David M. Kennedy, www.nytimes.com. February 21, 1988.

are you certain that a man's life begins with his birth?

Amin Maalouf, Alberto Manguel (1999). “Ports of call”, Harvill Press

We live in the postmodern world, where everything is possible and almost nothing is certain.

Vaclav Havel's Liberty Medal acceptance speech at Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, www.aps.org. October 4, 1994.

A woman's guess is much more accurate than a man's certainty.

Rudyard Kipling (2016). “Collected Works of Rudyard Kipling (Illustrated Edition): 5 Novels & 350+ Short Stories, Poetry, Historical Military Works and Autobiographical Writings from one of the most popular writers in England, known for The Jungle Book, Kim, The Man Who Would Be King”, p.724, e-artnow (Open Publishing)

When silence is prolonged over a certain period of time, it takes on new meaning.

Yukio Mishima (1969). “Thirst for love”, Knopf Books for Young Readers

Social science means inventing a certain brand of human we can understand.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2016). “Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness The Black Swan The Bed of Procrustes Antifragile”, p.1801, Random House

Such certainty is beautiful, but uncertainty is more beautiful still

Wislawa Szymborska (2015). “Map: Collected and Last Poems”, p.302, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

The willingness to consider possibility requires a tolerance of uncertainty.

Rachel Naomi Remen (2006). “Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories that Heal, 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.223, Penguin

I believe faith is not certainty but the courage to live with uncertainty.

"Rabbi Sacks, Faith, and Certainty". www.theguardian.com. September 15, 2010.

I shall not mingle conjectures with certainties.

Sir Isaac Newton (2016). “New Theory about Light and Colour”, p.10, Library of Alexandria

When you stop thinking about yourself all the time, a certain sense of repose overtakes you.

"I never discuss my mistresses or my tailors" by Nick Paton Walsh, www.theguardian.com. October 13, 2001.