Quotes About Certainty

Nothing is certain except death and taxes.

Our Constitution is in actual operation; everything appears to promise that it will last; but in this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.

but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.

The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason.

A man must have a good deal of vanity who believes, and a good deal of boldness who affirms, that all the doctrines he holds are true, and all he rejects are false.

To follow by faith alone is to follow blindly

nothing is certain in life except death and taxes

retaining only the habit of expressing myself in terms of modest diffidence; never using, when I advanced anything that may possibly be disputed, the words certainly, undoubtedly, or any others that give the air of positiveness to an opinion; but rather say, I conceive or apprehend a thing to be so and so; it appears to me, or I should think it so or so, for such and such reasons; or I imagine it to be so; or it is so, if I am not mistaken.

What has once been settled by a precedent will not be unsettled overnight, for certainty and uniformity are gains not lightly to be sacrificed.

Mathematics is the science which draws necessary conclusions.

I knew exactly how I wanted it to play, but you are never sure until you watch the projected images reflect off the screen. That's when you know it worked.

Nature can refuse to speak but she cannot give a wrong answer.

There have not been any troughs as regards my work. There's never been a trough of my assurance.

I never regret making a decision.

There's no regrets for me.

I have no regrets.

Setting regulatory certainty is very important for bitcoin. I'm opposed to the regulations, but the bitcoin businesses need to know the rules of the game in order to move ahead.

As a businessman, you need economic certainty. On the tax policies. You need it on your regulatory policies.

When you're relaxed, you are more decisive.

It's comforting and relaxing to know exactly what's expected out of you.

It is the job of the historian to say what is likely, and of faith to say what is possible.

I know who I am, and I know what my future holds.

I really honestly can't see myself as a lawyer. It's pretty much safe to say I'll never become one.

Hopelessness is a feeling. It's not a fact.