Certain Quotes

Deconstruction never had meaning or interest, at least in my eyes, than as a radicalization, that is to say, also within the tradition of a certain Marxism, in a certain spirit of Marxism.

The myths and legends about Faerie are many and diverse, and often contradictory. Only one thing is certain - that nothing is certain. All things are possible in the land of Faerie.

I think The Room is something magnetic, a certain magnetism in The Room that is related to human behavior, and that's why people relate to it.

There is a certain unique and strange delight about walking down an empty street alone.

Sometimes we are to guard our heart...protect it from invasion and keep things safe and secure. Sometimes we should give our heart... let certain qualities out and release them to others

When I look at something, it is certain that for an instant I am one with what I see.

A politician must have some scruples, a certain decency; he cannot smear himself in the mud for the sake of a high ideal.

. . . the companions of our childhood always possess a certain power over our minds which hardly any later friend can obtain.

One thing we know for sure is that change is certain, progress is not.

One certain effect of war is to diminish freedom of expression. Patriotism becomes the order of the day, and those who question the war are seen as traitors, to be silenced and imprisoned.

Now, if anything at all can be known to be wrong, it seems to me to be unshakably certain that it would be wrong to make any sentient being suffer eternally for any offence whatever.

My favorite songs are my favorite songs because they just feel like a certain moment, or a certain photo, just a snapshot for whatever three or four minutes the song is.

If there were a truly existent I, It would make sense to be afraid of certain things; But, since there is no truly existent I, Who is there to be afraid?

A lot of blues guitarists play with only three fingers, and they can't figure out certain runs that require the use of their little fingers. Classical training is good for that.

Revolutions require work, revolutions require sacrifice, revolutions, and our own included, require a certain amount of rationing, a certain amount of calluses, a certain amount of sacrifice

Sprite really does taste different everywhere! That's like a fact. Because of certain regulations, you can only put so many sugars.

There's a certain kind of scepticism that can't bear uncertainty.

And you find as a writer there are certain spots on the planet where you write better than others, and I believe in that. And New Orleans is one of them.

We must not mistake kindness for weakness. Kindness isn't weak. Kindness is a certain type of strength.

By allowing the positive ions to pass through an electric field and thus giving them a certain velocity, it is possible to distinguish them from the neutral, stationary atoms.

If I found in my own ranks that a certain number of guys wanted to cut my throat, I'd make sure that I cut their throats first.

When I dress in a certain way and do my hair and makeup in a certain way, it's not to get attention. I'm not a supermodel. I make the best of what I've got. I work out to look the best that I can.

Only a life lived in a certain spirit is worth living. It is a remarkable fact that a life lived entirely from the ego is dull not only for the person himself but for all concerned.

Even in a society as tightly controlled as Singapore's, the market creates certain forces which perhaps in the long run may lead to democracy

There is a certain justice in criticism. The critic is like a midwife - a tyrannical midwife.

To seek out in a world full of joy the one thing that is certain to give you pain, and hug it to your bosom with all your strength; that's the greatest human happiness.

If you don't fit into a certain type, there's a lot of strength in just being who you are.

There are certain things I want to keep to me. I don't discuss my private life.

Movies are pieces of film stuck together in a certain rhythm, an absolute beat, like a musical composition. The rhythm you create affects the audience.

Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear. Thus a feeling of utter unworthiness can be a source of courage.

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 always felt like there was a certain standard of music that I had to do from the beginning, even when I didn't have the recognition that I have now.

To minds tormented by the divine thirst, it is useless to offer the most certain knowledge of the laws of numbers and the arrangement of the universe

Yes, we need euthanasia, for certain cases where people are in comas or too immobile to even press a button.

In life, it's between choosing risk and striving for greatness, or risking nothing and being certain of mediocrity

Gardening...demands a certain attitude. It is necessary to accept the dynamism of vegetation with serenity.

Every once in a while your world stands still... There are certain friendships that are so important they leave a mark on you long after the person is gone.

A number of images put together a certain way become something quite above and beyond what any of them are individually.

In reality, there are very few villains who view themselves as villains. They just have a certain agenda at a certain time.

My parents had very strict rules for me. Rules like, I couldn't be home until a certain hour.

I know zoos are no longer in people's good graces. Religion faces the same problem. Certain illusions about freedom plague them both.

I really have no ulterior motive in taking on certain roles. I have no larger issue that I really want to show people. I'm an actor, that's all. I just do what I do.

Those who are certain of the outcome can afford to wait, and wait without anxiety.

By adopting a certain physical posture, a resonant chord is struck in spirit.

We need to be homesick for heaven. Though we have never been there, we still have something God has built within us that gives us a certain homesickness, a desire to be there.

Intuition is the undoubting conception of a pure and attentive mind, which arises from the light of reason alone, and is more certain than deduction.

We're emphasizing the knowable by predicting how certain people and companies will swim against the current. We're not predicting the fluctuation in the current.

Custom is a mutable thing; yet we readily recognize the permanence of certain social values. Graciousness and courtesy are never old-fashioned.

I don't like hiding. I do like to keep certain things to myself, but at the end of the day, I'm eighteen, and I'm going to fall in love.

An empty canvas is a living wonder - far lovelier than certain pictures.