401 Quotes About Certainty

  • Author David McCullough
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    Roosevelt loved the subtleties of human relations...He was sensitive to nuances in a way that Harry Truman never was and never would be. Truman, with his rural Missouri background, and partly too, because of the limits of his education, was inclined to see things in far simpler terms, as right or wrong, wise or foolish. He dealt little in abstractions.

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  • Author Eran Dror
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    We cling to our ideas about the world, feeling insecure without them. It's why we sometimes pretend we're certain when we're not, often with disastrous consequences.

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  • Author Mehmet Murat ildan
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    It is an incurable act of desperation that men seek for certainty! It is like seeking for an unshakable place inside a shaking ship!

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  • Author Aristotle
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    One must learn by doing the thing, for though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try

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  • Author Rupert Adams
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    We have had inquiries all week but they reached a crescendo this morning - the odds suggest the happy couple are a certainty to get married.

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  • Author Rupert Adams
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    At the moment, Costa looks like a certainty to represent the UK but sadly we still think that there is more chance of rain every day at Wimbledon, offered at 28/1, than the UK winning the Eurovision Song Contest!

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