Short quotations about, certain - Page 3

Martina Horner, President of Radcliffe College

What is important is to keep learni…

15 Feb , 2011  

What is important is to keep learning, to enjoy challenge, and to tolerate ambiguity. In the end there are no certain answers. Great short quote and quotation by: Martina Horner, President of Radcliffe College ,

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George D. Prentice

When a young man complains that a y…

15 Feb , 2011  

When a young man complains that a young lady has no heart, it is a pretty certain sign that she has his. Great short quote and quotation by: George D. Prentice ,

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George S. Patton

When in doubt, observe and ask ques…

15 Feb , 2011  

When in doubt, observe and ask questions. When certain, observe at length and ask many more questions. Great short quote and quotation by: George S. Patton , US general (1885 – 1945)

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When one admits that nothing is cer…

15 Feb , 2011  

When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also admit that some things are much more nearly certain than others. Great short quote and quotation by: Bertrand Russell, “Am I An Atheist Or An Agnostic?”, 1947 , British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 – 1970)

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Bertrand Russell

When one admits that nothing is cer…

15 Feb , 2011  

When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also admit that some things are much more nearly certain than others. It is much more nearly certain that we are assembled here tonight than it is that this or that political party is in the right. Certainly there are degrees of certainty, and […]

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Socrates, Quoted in: Plato, Phaedrus, sct. 262.

Whenever, therefore, people are dec…

15 Feb , 2011  

Whenever, therefore, people are deceived and form opinions wide of the truth, it is clear that the error has slid into their minds through the medium of certain resemblances to that truth. Great short quote and quotation by: Socrates, Quoted in: Plato, Phaedrus, sct. 262. , Greek philosopher in Athens (469 BC – 399 BC)

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George Carlin, You Are All Diseased

You have to be realistic about terr…

27 Apr , 2010  

You have to be realistic about terrorism. Certain groups of people, certain groups, Muslim fundamentalists, Christian fundamentalists, Jewish fundamentalists, and just plain guys from Montanta, are going to continue to make life in this country very interesting for a long, long time. Great short quote and quotation by: George Carlin, You Are All Diseased , […]

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Mortimer Adler

You have to allow a certain amount …

27 Apr , 2010  

You have to allow a certain amount of time in which you are doing nothing in order to have things occur to you, to let your mind think. Great short quote and quotation by: Mortimer Adler ,

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