Certain Quotes

You are our dearly beloved brothers, and in a certain way, it could be said that you are our elder brothers.

Music in itself carries a whole set of messages which are very, very rich and complex, and the words either serve to exclude certain ones or point up certain others.

At a certain point, what people mean when they use a word becomes its meaning.

I think it was more personal, but I certainly tried to adapt certain concepts of Surrealism.

Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy.

You have to be damn certain you're putting something better in its place.

For months it seemed that a revolution was certain. But instead, slavery seems more likely now. The working class no longer has the physical resistance for a revolution, and the Entente is too strong, and Russia is too weak.

I think everyone has a certain kind of formula in their life. When you deviate from that formula, you're going to fail big or you're gonna win big.

I don't like hiding. I do like to keep certain things to myself, but at the end of the day, I'm eighteen, and I'm going to fall in love.

There's a certain elitism that has crept into the attitudes of some in journalism, and it played out perfectly over the issue of these little American flag lapel pins.

Twilight is about getting older and relationships - not about a murder mystery. It's about love when you reach a certain age; nothing is in primary colors.

Every star has that certain something that stands out and compels us to notice them.

He that speaketh against his own reason speaks against his own conscience, and therefore it is certain that no man serves God with a good conscience who serves him against his reason.

Confidence is at the root of so many attractive qualities, a sense of humor, a sense of style, a willingness to be who you are no matter what anyone else might think or say and it's true, I do have a certain fondness for women that have dark hair.

But I have had to give up certain things in my life. One is shopping. Two is lunch with the girls. Three is cocktail parties, and four is studying my lines.

I never set out to write a certain kind of song, I just play my guitar and see if I catch something.

You get to a certain age where you prepare yourself for happiness. Sometimes you never remember to actually get happy.

There are times when I don't take roles because I don't want to be perceived a certain way.

I'm not staid and unbiased here. I have certain biases I want to convey, and if you disagree, that's fine.

But there are still only certain film genres where a woman can stand out, be heroic, be the centerpiece.

I can look at the future with anticipation. And it's comforting to know that someday, as Christians, we'll be able to look back and have a little more clarity on why certain things in life happened.

Like flats of today, terraces of houses gained a certain anonymity from identical facades following identical floor plans and heights.

But at a certain point, and I don't really know... people have asked me this. I don't know exactly what it was that pushed me towards directing, but I think it was a naive notion that if I directed I would be able to play all the roles. A kind of greed.

While nothing is certain, I firmly believe our nation is on the verge of a nuclear energy renaissance.

Specialized meaninglessness has come to be regarded, in certain circles, as a kind of hallmark of true science.

And I was ashamed of myself for feeling like I had to do that in order to look a certain way. I felt misshapen, just not natural anymore. And I think it was a big stimulator of my drug use.

Certain travellers give the impression that they keep moving because only then do they feel fully alive.

At a certain point, if you work really hard and you get good and people like your work, you do deserve the fame - but you shouldn't take it for granted.

I never think it's right to chew gum in front of other people, but a lot of times I'll come in for a meeting chewing gum and I'll forget I'm chewing it. Then you don't want to swallow it because it stays in your system for seven years or something, so I've asked to throw it away. I've started to wonder if that's why I didn't get certain movies.

No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.