Certain Quotes

Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.

For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.

All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.

In law, nothing is certain but the expense.

There are people whose watch stops at a certain hour and who remain permanently at that age.

Sometimes it seems to me that certain European leaders want to be more Muslim that the Prophet Mohammad.

It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.

This is a very big victory for Michael and we are all very proud that he has been completely and totally vindicated in court, as we were certain he would be.

Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.

When red-haired people are above a certain social grade their hair is auburn.

The intellectual is different from the ordinary man, but only in certain sections of his personality, and even then not all the time.

Those whose suffering is due to love are, as we say of certain invalids, their own physicians.

I think that when we're talking about youth violence, we're talking about kids who don't have opportunities, so they're engaged in a certain degree of lawlessness, because we as a society have failed them.

For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispensable: intoxication.

The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

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

Then there was the whole concept of coal mining, which is a culture unto itself, the most dangerous occupation in the world, and which draws and develops a certain kind of man.

A tragedy is a representation of an action that is whole and complete and of a certain magnitude. A whole is what has a beginning and middle and end.

People assume I'm out there having this great life, but money doesn't erase the pain. When you're young you barrel through life, making choices without thinking of repercussions. A few years down the line, you wake up in a certain place and wonder how the hell you got there.

And that's just what I'm saying. I would never want to be like certain people, who change the way they dress, go out in disguise, wear a big floppy hat and dark shades. I would hate that.

I always wanted my music to influence the life you were living emotionally - with your family, your lover, your wife, and, at a certain point, with your children.

I feel like if they want us to dress a certain way, they should pay for our clothes. It's just tough, man, knowing that all of a sudden you have to have a dress code out of nowhere. I don't think that's going to help the image of the league at all. ... It kind of makes it fake. The whole thing is fake.

I have thought about it a great deal, and the more I think, the more certain I am that obedience is the gateway through which knowledge, yes, and love, too, enter the mind of the child.

Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust; in sure and certain hope of the Resurrection into eternal life.