Quotes About Certainty

it was clearer than crystal to the lords of the State preserves of loaves and fishes, that things in general were settled for ever. It was the year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and

In both countries it was clearer than crystal to the lords of the State preserves of loaves and fishes, that things in general were settled for ever.

You are to be in all things regulated and governed,' said the gentleman, 'by fact.

Now, what I want is Facts.

Marley was dead, to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that.

K?sacas? do?ru oldu?unu bildi?im ?eyi yapmaya cesaret bulam?yordum; nas?l ki daha önce de yanl?? oldu?unu bildi?im ?eyden kaç?nacak cesareti gösteremeyi?im gibi.

The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it: and Scrooge's name was good upon 'Change, for anything he chose to put his hand to. Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail. Mind! I don't mean to say that I know, of my own knowledge, what there is particularly dead about a door-nail. I might have been inclined, myself, to regard a coffin-nail as the deadest piece

Trust God. Believe with every fiber of your being that He will faithfully fulfill His promises. Do not just say, "I hope the Lord will come to my aid." Do not merely stop at declaring, "I know He can work everything out." Exhibit the highest level of faith by proclaiming, "I am absolutely certain my heavenly Father will help me—it's as good as done.

We walk by faith, not by

If God has positioned us in a certain place, we must leave all the details to Him.

Science is a turtle that says that its own shell encloses all things.

That this is the quest; but that it has never been attained; but that Science has acted, ruled, pronounced, and condemned as if it had been attained.

The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.

Consequences are unpitying. Our deeds carry their terrible consequences, quite apart from any fluctuations that went before—consequences that are hardly ever confined to ourselves. And it is best to fix our minds on that certainty, instead of considering what may be the elements of excuse for us.

The Literature of Man... When Plato – was a Certainty – And Sophocles – a Man – When Sappho – was a living Girl – And Beatrice wore The Gown that Dante – deified – Facts Centuries before...

God is real, unless declared integer.

As for the picture — I hate cameras. They are so much more sure than I am about everything.

What you undoubtedly want is about two paragraphs of facts. I've forgotten so many of the facts. I don't remember what is true and what might have been true... As for the picture — I hate cameras. They are so much more sure than I am about everything.

Religion considers the Universe deterministic and science considers it probabilistic — an important distinction.

There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted. It is human, it is divine, carrion. If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing me good, I should run for my life...

Better dead sure than sure dead.

I'm not at all sure yet. I'm absolutely

I was matter, like everything else. I could feel the slow decay of my body, the absolute certainty of death. Every heartbeat spelt out a new proof of mortality. Every moment was a premature burial.

History can't harm you; the "chance" of having survived the last x minutes is one hundred per cent, once you've done it. As the unknowable future becomes the unchangeable past, risk must collapse into certainty, one way or another.