Certain Quotes

At a certain point one ceases to defend a certain view of history; one must defend history itself.

My second record was all about big ideas - I was trying to make big statements about the culture, about life. I think in a certain way, I was a 27 year old kid with a guitar

I try to learn certain areas of computer science exhaustively; then I try to digest that knowledge into a form that is accessible to people who don't have time for such study.

Elizabeth Taylor was never told what to wear or paid to carry a certain handbag.

But it is true that some magazines have a policy to show only a certain amount of black girls on their covers. Naomi is right. It's not fair, and I wish it would change.

To call yourself a Chinese artist or woman artist or African artist reflects a certain kind of condition. To me, that is not necessary.

You get to a certain age, where you know you can't go over the wall, but I'll never get to the age where I can't go through it.

It may be true, that men, who are mere mathematicians, have certain specific shortcomings, but that is not the fault of mathematics, for it is equally true of every other exclusive occupation.

So I try not to do press and if you can keep the balance of keeping a certain degree of anonymity and do interesting work then you can hope for a degree of career longevity

Certain peer pressures encourage little fingers to learn how to hold a football instead of a crayon. I confess to having yielded to these pressures.

Girls marry for love. Boys marry because of a chronic irritation that causes them to gravitate in the direction of objects with certain curvilinear properties.

A proper wife should be as obedient as a slave... The female is a female by virtue of a certain lack of qualities - a natural defectiveness.

I feel certain that the personal computer is as revolutionary in terms of the way it will change the way we work, learn, and entertain ourselves as any of these previous advances.

A tragedy is a representation of an action that is whole and complete and of a certain magnitude. A whole is what has a beginning and middle and end.

It is almost certain that excess in eating is the cause of almost all the diseases of the body, but its effects on the soul are even more disastrous.

From a certain temperature on, the molecules 'condense' without attractive forces; that is, they accumulate at zero velocity. The theory is pretty, but is there some truth in it.

There is a certain ecstasy in wanting things you can't get.

Every time I see a certain room to grow, or a new opportunity to advance further, I go out and take it.

There is always a certain hour of the day and of the night when a man’s courage is at its lowest ebb, and it was that hour only that he feared.

Green is a label for a certain attitude to life, a certain kind of respect that one might have for the very source of things that we take for granted.

Some people have certain beliefs, and I have my own belief, and we can agree to disagree on certain things.

As you develop, the people around you develop. As you progress, the world progresses with you to a certain degree.

Every science in a certain degree starts from faith, and, on the contrary, faith, which does not lead to science, is mistaken faith or superstition, but real, genuine faith it is not.

Certain things, if not seen as lovely or detestable, are not being correctly seen at all.

The most certain way of ensuring victory is to march briskly and in good order against the enemy, always endeavouring to gain ground.

Only a few individuals succeed in throwing off mythology in a time of a certain intellectual supremacy--the mass never frees itself.

When you hang around a lot of comedians long enough, you realize there's a certain gene, in every comedian. It's why we get hyper-analytical about things.

It is necessary to run risks, to follow certain paths and to abandon others. No one can make a choice without feeling fear.

It was not once upon a time, but a certain time in history, before anyone knew what was happening, that Walt Disney cast a spell on the fairy tale, and he has held it captive ever since.

All extremes are bad. All that is good and useful, if carried to extremes, may become-and beyond a certain limit is bound to become-bad and injurious.

C is peculiar in a lot of ways, but it, like many other successful things, has a certain unity of approach that stems from development in a small group.

We may think God wants actions of a certain kind, but God wants people of a certain kind.

God how I hate new countries: They are older than the old, more sophisticated, much more conceited, only young in a certain puerile vanity more like senility than anything.

Religion consists in a set of things which the average man thinks he believes and wishes he was certain of.

What distinguishes Shambhala is its intention of trying to create a society based upon certain principles. So, Shambhala's focus is not just on the individual, but on society as a whole.

You know I'm a firm believer that women come in all shapes and all sizes and you know certain people like certain things. It's all good, whether it's big, small, whatever.

A certain color tones you up. It's the concentration of timbres.

There are people whose clocks stop at a certain point in their lives.

To minds of a certain cast there is nothing so captivating as simplification and generalization.

Hawthorne has given us a tradition that some people refer to as Yankee Magic Realism, and I do think there is a certain quality to the landscape that definitely leads into the dark woods.

There is only the constant knowledge and enjoyment of the Heart, moment to moment, through the instant of all conditions of appearance and disappearance. Of this I am perfectly certain. I am That.

Fashion has a political role insofar as following it can give you the impression to belonging to a certain social group or a private club.

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

When people meet me in person, they're usually surprised at how petite I am because there's just [an] idea that because I'm black I just look a certain way.

I don't believe in talking down to children. I don't believe in talking down to any certain segment.

I didnt want to be encumbered by what anyone elses abilities were, their equipment or environment or their ability to get certain products.

Presentation skills are key. People who work for you represent your brand. You want them to present themselves - and represent you - in a certain way.

Money alone can't bring you happiness, but money alone has not brought me unhappiness. I won't say my previous husbands thought only of my money, but it had a certain fascination for them.

Certain people always say we should go back to nature.I notice they never say we should go forward to nature. It seemstometheyare more concerned that we should go back, than about nature.

After you've written a story, the thing to do is sell it. Sounds simple, and it is, if one will follow certain basic principles of salesmanship.