Certain Quotes

My whole thing is, I collect what I know I want to read, and I have certain bookshelves in my bedroom that contain all the books I haven't read yet.

There is a lot of scepticism today as to whether memoir is real. But when fiction is done at a certain level there is scepticism as to whether it is really fiction.

You never forget the discovery years. First kisses. The first time you try certain foods.

You're Dominican only if you do this, this, and that. And if you do this and that, you'll be accepted to a certain degree and if you don't, people will scorn you for it.

I like to just see what's going on at a certain location and see what there is to do. If it looks and sounds like I'm able to have fun there, then I'm all for it.

I think people have certain preconceived notions of certain people that they've never met. And so, that's sort of what I try to work from.

Some relationships are stronger than others at certain times.

There are certain things that are obviously problems and should be topics of conversation that aren't.

There's a certain urgency that comes from the records of the early 60s before overdubbing and multitracking came into play.

Usually I don't get specific advice from certain actors or actresses I work with.

Any woman that you're in love with or that loves you is going to command a certain amount of, you know, energy. It's actually easier to focus, in some ways.

Lakers were able to maintain a certain level of talent and success and so were the Celtics. So after awhile it became part of people's sports lore...

There comes a point where certain things are becoming my Achilles heel; you know when you start repeating yourself and saying the same anecdotes over and over again you start slowly hating yourself.

If we are going to commit American troops, we must be certain they have a clear mission, an achievable goal and an exit strategy.

What is trust, sidhe-seer, but expectation that another will behave in a certain fashion, consistent with prior actions?

Sometimes death is proof of life. Sometimes decay points out a certain verve.

I think that people do things for a reason - that we have mental illness, that we have genetic wiring that can get triggered by certain environmental factors.

No particular theory may ever be regarded as absolutely certain.... No scientific theory is sacrosanct.

If reincarnation is a useful biological idea it is certain that somewhere in the universe it will happen.

When you reach a certain level, you live in a bubble when all you think, dream and breathe is becoming the best athlete in the world.

There are certain narrow, umimaginative, and autocratic old people who seem to call out the most mischievous and sometimes the worst traits in children.

While I wasn't certain how I felt about spiritualists, I was certain enough about the type of people who were drawn to them. Only people unhappy in the present seek to know the future.

Society, by insisting on conventions, has merely insisted on certain convenient signs by which we may know that a man is considering, in daily life, the comfort of other people.

Horror movies scare me. I don't really watch them. I'm not a big horror genre fan. I like certain classic horror - like 'Alien', 'Jaws', 'The Exorcist', stuff like that.

Even if I weren't in Hollywood, I would feel pressure to look a certain way.

in this curious world there are certain beings to whom it is given to say of all things with naïve faith, not 'I shall seek,' but 'I shall find.

I keep kind of making certain mistakes in public appearances over and over again.

I used to weigh myself every day at a certain time of day. Then I would write down the number and measure my body fat. It wasn't a healthy way to live.

People see you sing in a certain way, in a long dress, and you are put on a pedestal like you have never made a mistake in your life.

roses are the only flowers at garden-parties; the only flowers that everybody is certain of knowing.

No one's female and male, we all have so many different traits. It's just a lie that these certain traits are male and these certain traits are female.

When I first started out I actually was trying to use music to promote feminist ideas and at certain points, anti-violence against women and girls-type causes I was involved in.

I do feel pressure to look a certain way but am fighting that and focusing on being comfortable in my own skin exactly as it is.

I'm really grateful that my baby daddy is incredibly involved. But there's certain things I wish he could just telepathically know.

When I was heavier, I danced and I jumped out of planes. I've always rejected the idea that there's a certain look or size that makes it acceptable to live life.

I'm fully capable of multitasking certain conceptual concerns within the work.

Treat each guitar track-and each song-completely different. For example, if I'm using a certain amp and guitar on one track, I'll deliberately use something else for the next tune or overdub.

There's a certain moment when you realize that you've actually just left the planet for a bit and that nobody can touch you. . .When it works, baby, you've got wings.

If there's a certain song that I want to reach a certain person or certain type of person, that's when I play it for people.

I'm into wellbeing, not because of social pressures to look a certain way, but because I'm interested in living a long, full and healthy life.

But actors at a certain point take the best of what's available to them.

I tend to get cast as a certain type of quiet, almost introverted person who's strong on the inside, but the characters are so very different I don't see it as any kind of typecasting.

I strongly believe as a mother, as does my husband, that there are certain contributing factors that lead to autism and some of it is very much the chemicals in our environment and in our food.

[Donald Trump] is trying to be elected president of the United States and he's doing that with or without certain people's endorsements.

I don't like when things don't match. I love some Eighties fashion, like Grace Jones but primary colours only work in certain situations.

I always feel a certain sense of reverence in libraries, even small city ones that smell like homeless internet users.

I realized that there are just certain things in life that are private. I have things in my past - like everyone - that I'm not proud of.

I believe in the God-given genius of certain individuals, and I value a society that makes their existence possible.

I'm not going to work with a company that uses my artwork, which is precious to me, and not allow me to do certain things.

Society has taught us to suppress certain things and not do certain things.