Certain Quotes - Page 4
Amin Maalouf, Alberto Manguel (1999). “Ports of call”, Harvill Press
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
Sir Isaac Newton (2016). “New Theory about Light and Colour”, p.10, Library of Alexandria