Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect. —Samuel Johnson More about this quote Tags: learning intelligence curiosity certainty Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right; but if he says that it is impossible, he is very probably wrong. —Arthur C. Clarke More about this quote Tags: learning knowledge certainty science doubt Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when they are convinced beyond doubt that they are right. —Laurens Van der Post More about this quote Tags: certainty doubt Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Too bad the only people who know how to run the country are busy driving cabs and cutting hair. —George Burns More about this quote Tags: politics knowledge certainty leadership Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
An atheist has to know a lot more than I know. An atheist is someone who knows there is no god. By some definitions atheism is very stupid. —Carl Sagan More about this quote Tags: God knowledge certainty stupidity atheism Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Life is always uncertain. We cannot let the fear of what might happen stop us living as we choose. —Susanna Kearsley in The Rose Garden More about this quote Tags: action life fear knowledge certainty Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality. —Bertrand Russell More about this quote Tags: certainty reasoning rationality absolutes Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I am certain there is too much certainty in the world. —Michael Crichton More about this quote Tags: certainty Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them. —P.J. O'Rourke More about this quote Tags: development knowledge certainty children Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives' mouths. —Bertrand Russell More about this quote Tags: philosophy knowledge certainty doubt teeth Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
There are as many opinions as there are experts. —Franklin D. Roosevelt More about this quote Tags: knowledge certainty opinions expertise Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be that of an expert saying it can't be done. —Peter Ustinov More about this quote Tags: knowledge certainty expertise Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
But in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. —Benjamin Franklin More about this quote Tags: certainty world death taxes Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
A fellow who is always declaring he's no fool usually has his suspicions. —Wilson Mizner More about this quote Tags: knowledge certainty foolishness suspicion Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. —Arthur Schopenhauer More about this quote Tags: truth knowledge certainty ridicule Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email