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Certainty Quotes

Certainty is the enemy of change.

Salvador Minuchin, Michael D. Reiter, Charmaine Borda (2013). “The Craft of Family Therapy: Challenging Certainties”, p.4, Routledge

The power of the lawyer is in the uncertainty of the law.

Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1842). “The Works of Jeremy Bentham, Now First Collected”, p.429

Certitude is not the test of certainty.

Harvard Law Review Natural Law Volume 32, Number 1, November 1918 (p. 40)

I will go on quietly and slowly, but I will go on firmly, and with a certainty of success.

Daniel O'Connell (1872). “Life and Speeches of Daniel O'Connell ....: Including Many Speeches Not in Other Collections”, p.187

If we do everything right, if we do it with absolute certainty, there's still a 30% chance we're going to get it wrong.

"MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski Gushingly Admits: Joe Biden Is 'Our Guy,' Also, 'I Love Him'". Interview with Rachel Burnett, www.newsbusters.org. July 19, 2010.

Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.

Bertrand Russell (2016). “Why I Am Not a Christian”, p.21, Lulu Press, Inc

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)