![The materialist is sure that history has been simply and solely a chain of causation, just as the [lunatic] is quite sure that he is simply and solely a chicken. Materialists and madmen never have doubts.](/assets/img/quote-photos/the-materialist-is-sure-that-history-has-been-simply-and-solely-a-chain-of-causat.jpg)
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Doubt is the vestibule which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom; therefore, when we are in doubt and puzzle out the truth by our own exertions, we have gained a something that will stay by us, and which will serve us again. But, if to avoid the trouble of the search we avail ourselves of the superior information of a friend, such knowledge will not remain with us; we have not bought but borrowed it. Charles Caleb Colton
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Doubt is the vestibule of faith.
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There will be no doubt about His having chosen you when you have chosen Him. Charles Spurgeon
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At the drabber moments of my life (swilling some excrement from the steps, for instance, or rooting with a bent coat-hanger down a blocked sink) thoughts occur like 'I bet Tom Stoppard doesn't have to do this' or There is no doubt David Hare would have deputed this to an underling'. Alan Bennett
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It's murder to doubt yourself in life. It took until I was 45 to get to that point. As hard as it is in your work, it's harder in your life. But it can be done. Alan Arkin
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We are not in the least afraid of ruins. We are going to inherit the earth; there is not the slightest doubt about that. Buenaventura Durruti
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Thoughts are things; they have tremendous power. Thoughts of doubt and fear are pathways to failure. Bryan Adams
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When in doubt, shut up. Caroline B. Cooney
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When in doubt, I read Oscar Wilde. Camille Paglia
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I wear the chains I forged in life. Charles Dickens
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Disdain the chain, preserve your freedom; and maintain your independency: be industrious and free; be frugal and free. Benjamin Franklin
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I've never seen 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre', I've never seen 'Halloween', I've never seen any of the 'Friday the 13ths.' Lin Shaye
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O, my past years in Rangoon are spectres to haunt my soul; and they seem to laugh at me as they shake the chains they have riveted on me. Adoniram Judson
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She had dog chains all over (the yard) where she had them tied. Dogs were running loose all over. There was lice all over. It was pretty bad. Took us two years to clean it. Kevin Fletcher
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We're a chainsaw outfit. We go in and just cut and haul down to the roads. John Christopher
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Love is not something that you can put chains on and throw into a lake. That's called Houdini. Love is liking someone a lot. - Deep Thoughts (Saturday Night Live)
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Sometimes eight chains go together really well, depending on the length - how short they are, how small they are. Big Sean
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The most malicious god is the god of the counted chicken. David Mitchell
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When we got married, we had nothing. We had no water, no utilities. There were no screens on the house. There were cracks in the floor big enough you could see the chickens walking under the house.
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What he said was incredibly encouraging, but I'm not counting any chickens yet.
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Most poultry contain harmful bacteria. Recent statistics show that about 60 percent of chickens -- broilers -- are contaminated with campylobacter, and 10 percent with salmonella. And turkeys tend to be higher.
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I get up around 8 o'clock, which gives me enough time to walk dogs and feed chickens and horses. Then I get to work in my home office upstairs, and basically, I don't stop until I've written 2,000 words and/or the Stephen Colbert show is over. Lisa Scottoline
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I'd love to paint our roof white - it's so hot down here in Texas! - and I'd love to have a rainwater collection system to save rain runoff for later. I also love to fantasize about keeping chickens in the backyard. Katherine Center
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You know, you can never count your chickens before they're hatched with this game. We all know that. All it is, is two days of solid golf. I'm going to have to go out there and produce the same thing on the weekend.
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I eat them at home, so I was really glad when they started having them here. I feel better that the chickens aren't in cages. It's better for them, and I think they taste better.
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I have been in the field and they say 'What are you telling us? We eat dead chickens and we have been doing that for centuries'.