Quotes About Certainty

Most people prefer the certainty of misery to the misery of uncertainty."10

He wins his battles by making no mistakes. Making no mistakes is what establishes the certainty of victory, for it means conquering an enemy that is already defeated. 14. Hence the skillful fighter puts himself into a position which makes defeat impossible, and does not miss the moment for defeating the enemy.

guess I always felt even if the world came to an end, McDonald's would still be open.

I guess I always felt even if the world came to an end, McDonald's would still be open.

guess I always felt even if the world came to an end, McDonald's would still be open. Mom

Knowledge clinched or confirmed always feels like a coin falling into the right slot, a ball landing in a basket, a peg knocked into its proper hole.

I'm too much of a coward to be an atheist," I said. "I couldn't bear not to believe in anything. I have to believe there's God

His lower jaw dropped. "You don't believe me?" She rolled her eyes at the strange metallic ceiling. "Can a politician talk?" "Excuse me?" "Can a gun shoot?" "If it's loaded with a projectile. " She

I'm very comfortable being right," she admitted. "We all are. But sometimes it's a lonely place.

him. "This isn't the only item I questioned," he said. "I want to taste the others, too." "Try this first," she said, making no effort to conceal her certainty. "Taste it and weep. I'm going to step back a little so you'll have room to come crawling to me." Yeah, right. She'd served fish and chips. How good could

I remember expressing amazement (+ feeling superior) when Harriet said once in Paris that she didn`t know whether or not she had been in love with someone. I couldn`t understand what she was talking about. I said that had never happened to me. Of course not. Since for me being in love is deciding: I`m in love + sticking to it, I`m always well informed. -Reborn

I'd made sure of

There was no point in questioning her version of the story.

I cannot recall an instance of anything very dreadful happening at half-past one

Metaphysics may be, after all, only the art of being sure of something that is not so, and logic only the art of going wrong with confidence.

right, are you lass? You're not

It is better to know nothing than to know what ain't so.

You don't need to state the obvious by saying things like "success is the only option". It's a given. No other options even exist.

I'm not insane. This is very simple, very straightforward. Provided he doesn't kill me, it's foolproof.

she had the conviction of the newly converted, which wouldn't last forever, but would for the moment brook no discouragement or allow for second-guessing.

She no longer lived in a world of speculation or recall and would take nothing on faith when the facts were but a few clicks away. It drove me nuts. I was sick to death of having as my dinner companions Wikipedia, About.com, IMDb, the Zagat guide, Time out New York, a hundred Tumblrs, the New York Times, and People magazine. Was there not some strange forgotten pleasure in reveling in our ignorance? Would we just be wrong?

She no longer lived in a world of speculation or recall and would take nothing on faith when the facts were but a few clicks away. It drove me nuts. I was sick to death of having as my dinner companions Wikipedia, About.com, IMDb, the Zagat guide, Time out New York, a hundred Tumblrs, the New York Times, and People magazine. Was there not some strange forgotten pleasure in reveling in our ignorance? Couldn't we just be wrong?

Faith in God means believing absolutely in something with no proof whatsoever. Faith in humanity means believing absolutely in something with a huge amount of proof to the contrary. We are the true believers.

When in doubt, do the obvious.