Certainty Quotes

“It is the dull man who is always sure, and the sure man who is always dull.”

“Beauty is one of the rare things that do not lead to doubt of God.”

“Every mathematical problem must be solvable. We are convinced of that. After all, one of the greatest things about mathematics is its certainty.”

“Premature certainty is the devil of philosophy.”

“If you have two guys on a stage and one says, 'I have a solution,' and the other says, 'I'm not so sure,' the guy who says, 'I'm not so sure' will always lose.”

“If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.”

“You can take that to the bank.”

“A perfect acquaintance with all the circumstances affecting the occurrence of an event would change expectation into certainty, and leave no room for a theory of probabilities.”

“It's a no-brainer for me.”

“I do know that this pencil exists; but I could not tell you how I know it.”

“The fewer the facts, the stronger the opinion.”

“Fundamentalism is the failure of nerve, the retreat into certainty in the face of complexity.”

“We must know. We will know.”

“Liberty finds no refuge in a jurisprudence of doubt.”

“The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice.”

“Every goal I score, I know it's a goal. There is no doubt.”

“I believe that we do not know anything for certain, but everything probably.”

“The most dangerous people are the ones who are certain they are right.”

“Logic is the foundation of the certainty of all the knowledge we acquire.”

“The only shots you can be sure of are those you've already had.”