Quotes About Certainty

My decision on this matter is as certain and final as death and the staggering New Deal taxes.

Nothing in this life is certain aside from death, taxes and English literature graduates writing in the Guardian and spoiling your enjoyment of things you had previously thought were fine.

The two things I was positive about in life were that I was going to be a teacher at a boarding school or an operative with the CIA posted abroad. I could write a book about all the things I was sure about.

The reason why I believe faith is important for a person is that it teaches you to trust.

I assure my teammates verbally and through the way I practice and play that y'all don't have to worry about me.

All we can go on is what we think, how we see the world. If you can't trust your own mind, what can you trust? What other people tell you?

Why was everyone suddenly challenging something that I'd held as absolute truth my entire life?

Nothing he said could change what I think of you. I've had my mind made up about you for a long time… and it's all good.

Nothing will get you into trouble so deep or as sad as faith.

And really, what is trust other than faith in a clever disguise?

The existence of God is not subjective. He either exists or he doesn't. It's not a matter of opinion. You can have your own opinions. But you can't have your own facts.

And in a marriage you can't TRY and be married. You're married or you're not married... as far as I'm concerned.

While it would be absurd to doubt the reality of the external world, it would be mistaken to claim that we can have any certain knowledge of it. The study of the external world can never claim certainty, only a degree (often a very high degree) of probability.

You should never, never doubt something that no one is sure of.

It felt disingenuous to keep saying, "If we're still together next year . . . " since we knew we wanted to be together next year. Pretending to keep those options open became dead weight.

Not that I like having my direst preconceptions about humanity confirmed or anything. But I was right.

If there is no trust, there is nothing. Trust is all.

What gets us into trouble is not what don't know. It's what we know for sure that just ain't so." - Mark Twain

Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy.

Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy.

Only the madman is absolutely sure.

Obviously, horse-race bettors are not alone in their willingness to believe in the correctness of a difficult choice, once made.

No doubt this is often the case.

Some men think the Earth is round, others think it flat; it is a matter capable of question. But, if it is flat, will the King's command make it round? And, if it is round, will the King's command flatten it?