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Doubt Quotes
"And new Philosophy calls all in doubt, the element of fire is quite put out; the Sun is lost, and the earth, and no mans wit can well direct him where to look for it."
67
"No doubt it was better to have become president than not."
58
"There is no doubt that we should take solar radiation into account. We have seen ground temperatures rising since 1975, and it is important to know to what extent that has been caused by the sun or by carbon dioxide."
51
"The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize."
38
"There is no doubt that the first requirement for a composer is to be dead."
36
"To doubt everything, or, to believe everything, are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection."
36
"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt."
28
"I wouldn't believe him if he said the sun came up in the east."
25
"The deplorable mania of doubt exhausts me. I doubt about everything, even my doubts."
25
"What is important is that one utilizes one's intellect and not to be 100 percent sure about one's convictions. One should always leave room for doubt."
25
"A Golden Globe is a mood-altering substance, there's no doubt about that."
24
"Almost the moment he died, they put him in Playboy as one of the greatest drummers, which he was - there's no doubt about it. There's never been anybody since. He's one of the greatest drummers that ever lived."
23
"Segregation in the South is honest, open and aboveboard. Of the two systems, or styles of segregation, the Northern and the Southern, there is no doubt whatever in my mind which is the better."
21
"The president's claim that Social Security is going broke is misleading at best. The sky is not falling, although there is no doubt that the system needs to be strengthened."
21
"Psychology which explains everything explains nothing, and we are still in doubt."
21
"Doubt comes in at the window when inquiry is denied at the door."
21
"Who knows who will be on board? A couple of spies, for sure. At least one grand duke; a few beautiful woman, no doubt very rich and very troubled. Anything can happen and usually does on the Orient Express."
20
"There can be no doubt that the transportation sector is the most critical sector of our economy."
20
"Test yourself on mankind. It is something that makes the doubter doubt, the believer believe."
19
"I have never been in doubt since I was old enough to think intelligently that I would someday be made president."
19
"We are going to inherit the earth; there is not the slightest doubt about that."
18
"I always thought when I got older that God would sort of come into my life in some way. He didn't. I don't blame him. If I was him I'd have the same opinion about me that he does."
18
"I don't have any doubts either about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Perhaps some more should be added to the list, but I don't have the slightest doubt about human rights."
17
"When in doubt, have a man come through the door with a gun in his hand."
17
"No doubt concentration camps were a means, a menace used to keep order."
17
"I just did what I did and I still am. It makes you unpopular, maybe for a lifetime, but I'd rather do that than be popular and doubt what I am."
16
"I mean the word proof not in the sense of the lawyers, who set two half proofs equal to a whole one, but in the sense of a mathematician, where half proof = 0, and it is demanded for proof that every doubt becomes impossible."
16
"As a Democrat in this Senate, I felt aggrieved by some things the other side has done. I have no doubt they feel aggrieved about some of the things we have done."
15
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection."
15
"Of course it can be said of jails, too, that they try - by punishing the troublesome - to deter others. No doubt, in certain instances this deterrence actually works. But generally speaking it fails conspicuously."
15
"Let there be no reservation or doubt that I believe the Senate should vote on each and every judicial appointment made by the President of the United States and that no rule or procedure should ever stop the Senate from exercising its constitutional responsibility."
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