Quotes About Certainty

in his gambling, he had one besetting weakness -- faith in a system; and this made his damnation certain.

To doubt everything, or, to believe everything, are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection.

I wasn't really raised to be the type of person to have doubts.

Most of the things that really matter require faith. 'How do I know that my wife loves me?' 'How do I know that Mozart's 'Jupiter Symphony' is sublime and beautiful?' There are all sorts of things which come at a more lowly level than that - 'How do I know that two plus two equals four?' There are different layers, different types of knowing.

We have enacted many economic reforms but also others that have an impact on the overall investment climate. For instance, I launched a very important constitutional reform on judicial certainty that completely restarted the whole of the courts system in Ukraine.

There was something special about watching a manager and umpire both convinced they were totally right, but knowing that one had to be wrong. As an ump, those moments made my job fun, and getting 'nose-to-nose' was part of my job description.

Once I'm committed, I'm unafraid of the outcome.

Just as no one can be forced into belief, so no one can be forced into unbelief.

Our need for certainty in an endeavor as uncertain as raising children makes explicit 'how-to-parent' strategies both seductive and dangerous.

Whenever I get on stage, I feel safe and in control. Life can be so uncertain, but on stage, I always know how a drama or crisis is going to end. Acting is a great comfort blanket and has gotten me through countless personal crises. I am a firm believer that the show must go on.

I seriously doubt if we will ever have another war. This is probably the very last one.

God, there must be a meaning. Fiercely he was certain that there must be a meaning.Surely, while we live we are not lost.Oh Janos, Janos my brother!Surely we are not lost--while we live.

History is littered with the wars everybody knew could never happen.

My God had not spoken to me again. But neither had He forsaken me. I knew that. For damned sure, I knew that.

He who is absolutely right is absolutely wrong

After all, the girl actually had faith in something, which was more than most people had in these dark times. It was wrong to destroy it.

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.

We have a right to believe whatever we want, but not everything we believe is right.

If you have it and you know you have it, then you have it. If you have it and don't know you have it, you don't have it. If you don't have it but you think you have it, then you have it.

As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.

The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind.

Be sure you are right, then go ahead.

I've read the last page of the Bible. It's all going to turn out all right.

I'm absolutely, utterly, and completely certain that God wouldn't be homophobic. I'd much rather go to hell - I really would much rather go to hell - than go to a homophobic heaven.