Quotes about certainty
certainty dollar experiment foster level mouse test tube understanding
Before the first dollar is spent, before the first experiment is done in a test tube or in a mouse or in people, we're going to tell you what you need to do at the end of the day. There will be a level of certainty and understanding that we think will foster innovation.
certainty-of-death certainty-in-life taxes
The only certainties in life are death and taxes. Mark Twain
certainty written
The certainty that everything has already been written annuls us, or renders us phantasmal. Jorge Luis Borges
certainty generally human longing
The longing for certainty... is in every human mind. But certainty is generally illusion. Oliver Wendell Holmes
certainty determination exactly scientific
The determination of exactly when, we can't say with scientific certainty.
certainty uncertainty
Faith is not a certainty. Faith is the courage to live with uncertainty. Jonathan Sacks
certainty has-beens certitude
We have been cocksure of many things that were not so. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
certainty speculation
Speculations? I have none. I am resting on certainties. Michael Faraday
certainty-of-death certainty-in-life certainty
The only certainty life contains is death. Patricia Briggs
certainty my-own
I act with complete certainty. But this certainty is my own. Ludwig Wittgenstein
certainty delay depend depends forward greatest loss relinquish time time-and-time-management
The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation, which depend upon the future. We let go the present, which we have in our power, and look forward to that which depends upon chance, and so relinquish a certainty for an uncertainty.
certainty cheerfully eagerly equal face shall today tomorrow wisely
The important thing is to use today wisely and well, and face tomorrow eagerly and cheerfully and with the certainty that we shall be equal to what it brings.
certainty front market obviously offers relative safety yields
The front end of the market obviously offers safety and relative certainty that yields are going lower.
certainty exploding consensus
The areas of consensus shift unbelievably fast; the bubbles of certainty are constantly exploding. Rem Koolhaas
certainty-of-death two add
Benjamin Franklin said there were only two things certain in life: death and taxes. But I'd like to add a third certainty: trash. And while some in this room might want to discuss reducing taxes, I want to talk about reducing trash. Ruth Ann Minner