Certain Quotes

Superficial religion consists of merely believing certain truths and doing certain things....such superficial religion is rampant in the world today.

There are certain pressures and things that change your life to a degree that, in the cost benefit analysis that constantly goes on, sometimes makes you think, 'Maybe I should just leave.

I don't draw every day. I tend to draw intensely during certain periods of time. I draw to amuse myself on occasion, when I am bored and drawing is the only fun to be had.

I can always tell how stupid someone is by how certain they are about what they're saying.

When you're used to making your money a certain way, especially when you fall in love with the way you're doing it, going back to pursue your true passion can be kind of nerve wracking.

Alcoholism, tobacco, drunk driving, these things will always be with us. There's always going to be a certain percentage of any population that is addicted to certain substances.

And there is, I am certain, among the Iraqi people a respect for the care and the precision that went into the bombing campaign.

I have great faith in the military. I have great faith in certain of the commanders, certainly. But I have no faith in Hillary Clinton or the leadership.

I will make certain that our military is the best in the world in both cyber offense and defense and in every other way, by the way. Every other way.

When you're forced to watch something in school, you never really enjoy it, you sort of rebel against it in a certain way.

I know certain actors are totally screwed up on drugs, yet it gets covered up. Why wasn't I excused for 'exhaustion' or 'the flu'?

It is a deplorable fact that many Christians are so accustomed to a certain creed and dogma of their own that they will adhere to it even at the sacrifice of the great moral laws of love and mercy.

At a certain point, you realize you have a responsibility more behind yourself and your need for adrenaline. I'm glad I did things in my 20s that were more reckless.

At certain crucial moments - an emergency or an opportunity - one must act first and think later.

The more you ask certain questions, the more dangerous they become.

Sins cut boldly up through every class in society, but mere misdemeanours show a certain level in life.

a certain red cardinal sounded like a little bottle being filled up, up, up with some clear liquid.

Your stockings prove your virtues. Be certain they are clean and free of tears.

The State is a term for the legislative and administrative machinery whereby certain business of the people is transacted, and badly so.

I just feel that God gave me a certain gift, and that was to go out, do storytelling and be an actor. And my responsibility with that gift is to do the best job possible and to re-create real life.

The revolutionary and critical thinker is in a certain way always outside of his society while of course he is at the same time also in it.

What comes with a job as a staff member of the BBC is a certain self-censoring that you get utterly used to. You don't say everything you think. You hold back on some things.

Misery is a guest that we are glad to part with, however certain of her speedy return.

This crisis is not just a crisis. Consumers are understanding for the first time that [their] degree of personal happiness doesn't rise past a certain earnings threshold.

When you reach a certain age, suddenly there are lots of people younger than you, which is really startling.

It is with certain good qualities as with the senses; those who have them not can neither appreciate nor comprehend them in others.

Perseverance is neither praiseworthy nor blameworthy; for it seems to be only the enduring of certain inclinations and opinions which men neither give themselves nor take away from themselves.

In Germany, a certain artistic sense is fairly common, but the artist's sense is foreign there.

There's a certain kind of time that's metronomic, that's correct, but doesn't want you want to dance. It doesn't make you want to move, and it doesn't make you want to play.

Writing to me is a voyage, an odyssey, a discovery, because I'm never certain of precisely what I will find.

A good means to discovery is to take away certain parts of a system to find out how the rest behaves.

I went in to play the most corrupt politician I could possibly think of [in "The Congressman"] and to do it with a certain kind of charm.

From kindergarten to college, certain teachers engaged my curiosity and motivated me to learn. While I was not the best student, their efforts left a lasting impact.

If one harbours anywhere in one's mind a nationalistic loyalty or hatred, certain facts, although in a sense known to be true, are inadmissible.

With every step of our lives we enter into the middle of some story which we are certain to misunderstand.

Making the landlord and the tenant the same person has certain advantages, as that the tenant pays no rent, while the landlord does a little work.

There are certain truths so true that they are practically unbelievable.

You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness, Like resignation to the end, Always the end.

Hell changes constantly but there are certain consistent landmarks which always stay in the same relation to one another.

I have no trouble selling out—I’m a benevolent hack, in a certain way—but I want to pander for something I believe in.

Models have a sell-by date. There are certain jobs I don't do anymore, like the young, sexy, cute things for teenagers, or even 25-year-old girls. I go in a different bracket now.

Be not held back by fear's insane insistence that sureness lies in doubt. I am not doubtful, but certain. The miracle is always there. I will see them in the light.

She had a certain way of looking at life which he took as a personal offense.

There are certain sections of New York, Major, that I wouldn't advise you to try to invade.

There are certain places in the world that are kind of energy vortexes, which are phenomenal.

A certain person may have, as you say, a wonderful presence; I do not know. What I do know is that he has a perfectly delightful absence.

To any who know the star field well from one certain reference point, stars are as individual as people. Jump ten parsecs, however, and not even your own sun is recognizable.

The stage has a certain discipline. But the ultimate standard is more exacting in film, because you have to see yourself and you are your own toughest critic.

A quota is always something artificial that can only last for a certain period of time.

If you want to create a beautiful world, people in positions of responsibility and power should know a certain sense of joyfulness and peacefulness.