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Before anything can be reasoned upon to a conclusion, certain facts, principles, or data, to reason from, must be established, admitted, or denied. — Thomas Paine

The one fact about the future of which we can be certain is that it will be utterly fantastic. — Arthur C. Clarke

Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure. — Benjamin Disraeli

Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things. — Mencius

I am too old a hand to be put off pleasure by even the certain prospect of not enjoying it. — Kingsley Amis

I am certain that our Max Planck Institute in Stuttgart will increasingly be an international meeting place open to scientists of all countries. — Klaus Von Klitzing

Avoid those who seek friends in order to maintain a certain social status or to open doors they would not otherwise be able to approach. — Paulo Coelho

The most certain thing you can say about the environment tomorrow is that it probably is going to be just like today, for the most part. — Kevin Kelly

There is nothing more real than what cannot be seen and there is nothing more certain than what cannot be heard. — Confucius

They go in not because they need any certain volume but because they feel that there may be some book that needs them. — Christopher Morley

A certain harmony should be kept between actions and ideas if we want to fully develop the effects they can produce. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

You need a certain standard of literacy, moral and ethical values, to be able to run a one man, one vote system. — Lee Kuan Yew

When a great poet has lived, certain things have been done once for all, and cannot be achieved again. — T. S. Eliot

Wick to be certain it was entirely extinguished. Energy like your energy. — Maggie Stiefvater

A man who is certain he is right is almost sure to be wrong. — Michael Faraday

You can't ignore the obvious. Women after a certain age are believed to be good for nothing in the entertainment field, especially in the Latin world. — Cristina Saralegui

There grows in the North Country a certain kind of youth of whom it may be said that he is born to be a Londoner. — Arnold Bennett

I'm fairly certain. I could be some ghastly hallucination, a figment of my own imagination — Derek Landy

There is a certain kind of maturity that can be attained only through the discipline of suffering. — D. A. Carson

Don't be afraid of Pain. Pain only comes down to a certain point... beyond that, it can't reach you and the love you have inside. — Eeva Lancaster

I'm the idea of the human imagination, which, when you think about it, is the only thing we can really be certain ISN'T imaginary. — Alan Moore

You must excel at the basic responsibilities of your job - and so you need to be certain what they are. Sure, — Kate White

I wish to be certain that I am converted myself, before I leave my converted brethren to convert heathens. — Joseph Benson

The chief reason for drinking is the desire to behave in a certain way, and to be able to blame it on alcohol. — Mignon McLaughlin

When it comes to sex there are certain things that should always be left unknown, and with my luck, they probably will be. — Woody Allen

A forbidden writing is thought to be a certain spark of truth, that flies up in the face of them who seek to tread it out. — Francis Bacon

I am very proud. It is always fun to win such a prize, to be chosen as Swedens best player a certain year. — Zlatan Ibrahimovic

When you are authentic, you create a certain energy ... people want to be around you because you are unique. — Andie MacDowell

It was well said of a certain German book that 'er lasst sich nicht lesen" - it does not permit itself to be read. — Edgar Allan Poe

Both chaos theory and fractal have had contacts in the past when they are both impossible to develop and in a certain sense not ready to be developed. — Benoit Mandelbrot

If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril. — Sun Tzu

If certain critics and poetasters had their way, 'Ordinary Piety' and its child, Dullness, would be the masters of poetry. — Edith Sitwell

To avail yourself of His certain wisdom, ask of Him whatever questions you have. But do not entreat Him, for that will never be necessary. — Hugh Prather

When two tigers fight, one is certain to be maimed, and one to die. — Gichin Funakoshi

She did love Paul during certain hours of certain days. How many hours did you have to love someone to be in love? — Lincoln Michel

The British press is extremely centralised, and most of it is owned by wealthy men who have every motive to be dishonest on certain important topics. — George Orwell

I had this sort of idolatry for certain actors who preceded me, people who inspired me, so I'm honored to be that way for young actors. — Meryl Streep

What does it mean to be too black for Hollywood? It's self-explanatory. Hollywood has certain kinds of blacks that they like. — Paul Mooney

People think they have to be ambitious. But at a certain age, all you want is to be around nice, decent people. — Graydon Carter

I want to play roles that I'm proud of, that I feel a certain integrity about, and I want to continue to be truthful in the work that I do. — Laz Alonso

Sometimes it takes just living your life a certain way to be able to open yourself to the rhythm of the cosmos. — John Frusciante

One can be a good person and still believe that certain behaviors are a sin. I personally think lying is a sin, but some of my best friends are liars. — Tom King

Any team sport, there are certain team targets and those targets should always be in the forefront. — Sachin Tendulkar

It takes a certain kind of man to be in politics
a small one. — Croft M. Pentz

I think you have to be left-brained, to a certain extent, to understand science. I can talk about it, but I can't do it. — Morgan Freeman

There are certain tuxes you can get away with a black tie, but with others, you'd be dishonoring the workmanship if you didn't wear a full bow tie. — Luke Evans

It was Julie Burchill who decreed that, beyond a certain age, a man should not be seen in a leather jacket. — Arthur Smith

How I'd love to get away from here and be someone else for a while in a place where no one knows or expects certain things from me. — Libba Bray

With Superman, there are certain limitations for an actor. You can't go past certain boundaries because then you cease to be what the character is. — Henry Cavill

No matter how beautiful a woman might be, you're always threatened by certain ... You're always threatened by other women, period. — Dolly Parton

To be poor, and to seem poor, is a certain method never to rise. — Oliver Goldsmith

There may or may not be atheists in foxholes, but I'm certain there are none in the Ku Klux Klan. — George Carlin

Bravery ceases to be bravery at a certain point, and becomes mere foolhardiness. — Rabindranath Tagore

There is no one right way to do anything, although at certain times and in certain places, one way may be more appropriate than others. — Ralph Smith

I'm glad I didn't know certain things earlier, because then it wouldn't be any fun. — Jonny Lang

I've heard myself say that I'm quite charming and not at all a bad sort of fellow, so you can be absolutely certain it's true. — Nicole Sager

Be patient and live with the knowledge that all you are searching for is certain to come if you prepare for it and expect it. — Robin S. Sharma

Shows itself in the notion that what may be objectively true may in the mouth of certain people become false. — Soren Kierkegaard

To be silent is sometimes an art, yet not so great a one as certain people would have us believe, who are wisest they are most silent. — Christoph Martin Wieland

I was unsure about many things in my life, but I was fairly certain God did not intend bacon to be made from a plant. — Suzanne Johnson

What I learned is that it's arrogant to be certain of anything. The world is a complex place and only idiots or assholes think they know it all. — Lisa Gardner

You don't have to be a good musician if you've got certain computer skills. — Daryl Hall

If the majority holds some thing of value, you can be certain it has none. — John McAfee

Lampone made a gesture that said he would be patient, knowing his reward was certain. — Mario Puzo

A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him. — Aesop

Should I be worried about being a slave and being returned to slavery? Because certain things happened in the Constitution that had to change. — Whoopi Goldberg

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self. — Aldous Huxley

Why a woman turns fifty and certain people to whom she gave birth start thinking she should be wearing orthopedic shoes is completely beyond me. — Kelly Hunter

I'm quite certain that if I lost my sense of humor, it would most definitely need to be replaced by a padded cell. — Tanya Masse

I believe that there are certain things that could be taken care of that you don't need a strong political background in. — George Lopez

Never, never rest contented with any circle of ideas, but always be certain that a wider one is still possible. — Pearl Bailey

The Old West is not a certain place in a certain time, it's a state of mind. It's whatever you want it to be. — Tom Mix

Ridcully was beginning to show certain signs. If he had been a volcano, natives living nearby would be looking for a handy virgin. — Terry Pratchett

If my idea was just to maintain a certain lifestyle, there would be no need to get a Ph.D. But I do care very deeply about the idea side as well. — Evgeny Morozov

To make sense to us as physical creatures, any 'truth' must undergo transformations, be couched in certain terms or we couldn't understand it. — Jane Roberts

People don't always realize that a record is forever. It'll always be there under your name. You've got to be certain that it's right. — Frank Iero

Don't be precious about anything-much less a certain guitar sound. There is always another interesting sound or effect just waiting to be discovered. — Robin Guthrie

... a certain kind of wanderlust can only be assuaged by the acts of the body itself in motion, not the motion of the car, boat, or plane. — Rebecca Solnit

You have to be careful what you imagine, because the act of imagining is the act of encouraging yourself to be a certain kind of person. — Margaret Drabble

Do not give way to useless alarm; though it is right to be prepared for the worst, there is no occasion to look on it as certain. — Jane Austen

Just having a certain kind of attitude can be magic. — Matt Posner

There are certain people whom one feels almost inclined to urge to hurry up and die so that their letters can be published. — Christopher Morley

There was a point in time where I was doing movies to be able to afford to live in a certain way. — Ashton Kutcher

Of this he was certain: to be in her presence was to know delight in a more vivid sense than ever he had before. — Pamela Aidan

Through certain humors or passions, and from temper merely, a man may be completely miserable, let his outward circumstances be ever so fortunate. — Anthony Ashley Cooper

Maybe GM was aiming this ad campaign at a certain market. Like 5 year-olds. But I'm no longer 5. I could very well be the only one with this opinion. — Anonymous

I realized I need a certain kind of chemistry and a certain kind of look to be into someone, and like 1 percent of the population has it. — Jen Kirkman

Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains to be said. — Jean Rostand

In every woman's wardrobe, there are certain accessories that cannot be separated from their back stories. — Sloane Crosley

It must be hard to be a female in a David Mackenzie movie. I feel like women in his films are portrayed a certain way - like broken people. — Jamie Bell

Obviously, I think being vegan is important. But no one should judge anybody. I'm not a dictator and I don't expect anyone to be any certain way. — Pamela Anderson

We can never be certain of our courage until we have faced danger ... — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Nothing that exists can be comic; it was like a floating analogy, almost entirely elusive, with certain aspects of vaudeville. — Jean-Paul Sartre

There are certain things in life for which we can never be prepared. — Jill Bialosky

You could never be certain what you would find in a book that had spent time with someone else. — Erica Bauermeister

I am certain, however, that those responsible for the murder of millions of Germans will never be brought to justice. — Adolf Eichmann

All fiction has to have a certain amount of truth in it to be powerful. — George R R Martin

A certain class of novels may with propriety be called fables. — Richard Whately

People can be trained in certain principles, but then they actually have to apply them and try them out. — Sakyong Mipham

For certain, you have to be lost to find a place that can't be found. — Geoffrey Rush