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Doubt Quotes

"I doubt whether any girl would be satisfied with her lover's mind if she knew the whole of it."

"I doubt whether any girl would be satisfied with her lover's mind if she knew the whole of it."

Anthony Trollope, English Author

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"Assuming China does not become destabilized and continues to grow, it will no doubt develop a military program in proportion to its resources."

"Assuming China does not become destabilized and continues to grow, it will no doubt develop a military program in proportion to its resources."

Martin van Creveld, Israeli Historian

Doubt, Military, Will

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"I know the theological answers, but do my blood and my pulse?"

"I know the theological answers, but do my blood and my pulse?"

Ann Voskamp, Canadian Author

Doubt, Faith, Spiritual, Truth

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"If you don't know what to do with many of the papers piled on your desk, stick a dozen colleagues initials on them and pass them along. When in doubt, route."

"If you don't know what to do with many of the papers piled on your desk, stick a dozen colleagues initials on them and pass them along. When in doubt, route."

Malcolm Forbes, American Publisher

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"There is no doubt that it is more difficult to read and more difficult to write but I still manage."

"There is no doubt that it is more difficult to read and more difficult to write but I still manage."

Colleen McCullough, Australian Author

35

"Pain was something we were expected to endure. But I doubt very much if you would be entirely happy today if a doctor threw a towel in your face and jumped on you with a knife."

"Pain was something we were expected to endure. But I doubt very much if you would be entirely happy today if a doctor threw a towel in your face and jumped on you with a knife."

Roald Dahl, British Novelist

Doubt, Pain, Today

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"The cloud of doubt that surrounds political figures tends to remain and never dissipate or be clarified."

"The cloud of doubt that surrounds political figures tends to remain and never dissipate or be clarified."

Bob Woodward, American Journalist

35

"When in doubt wear red."

"When in doubt wear red."

Bill Blass, American Designer

35

"All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe, it will without doubt be brief."

"All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe, it will without doubt be brief."

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman

Doubt, Pain, Will

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"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."

"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."

Cormac McCarthy, American Writer

Doubt, Faith, God, Self-Worth

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"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection."

"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection."

Jerry Pournelle, American Journalist

Doubt, Necessity, Reflection

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"It's a technical, fairly difficult job that has no particular political connotations, so I doubt there are any big campaign contributors dying to be on the Fed. And remember, it doesn't pay very well, certainly by Republican standards."

"It's a technical, fairly difficult job that has no particular political connotations, so I doubt there are any big campaign contributors dying to be on the Fed. And remember, it doesn't pay very well, certainly by Republican standards."

Alice Rivlin, American Economist

Doubt, Dying, Job, Republican

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"No doubt concentration camps were a means, a menace used to keep order."

"No doubt concentration camps were a means, a menace used to keep order."

Albert Speer, German Architect

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"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."

"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."

Robert Barnes, English Celebrity

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"You go down some street - no doubt it's there, and we have to do something about it, and our programmes are designed to do that - but if that's a picture of Newcastle, it's not the one I recognise and I bet none in the North East do either."

"You go down some street - no doubt it's there, and we have to do something about it, and our programmes are designed to do that - but if that's a picture of Newcastle, it's not the one I recognise and I bet none in the North East do either."

John Prescott, British Politician

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"When in doubt, go for the dick joke."

"When in doubt, go for the dick joke."

Robin Williams, American Comedian

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"While we all could agree that the Zionist ideal is alive and well, there is serious doubt whether the Zionist movement can be said to be an ongoing proposition, fragmented as its components are in ideology and in practice."

"While we all could agree that the Zionist ideal is alive and well, there is serious doubt whether the Zionist movement can be said to be an ongoing proposition, fragmented as its components are in ideology and in practice."

Theodore Bikel, Austrian Actor

Doubt, Ideology, Practice

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"It's the job of intellectuals and writers to cast doubt on perfection."

"It's the job of intellectuals and writers to cast doubt on perfection."

Antonio Tabucchi, Italian Writer

Doubt, Intellectuals, Job, Perfection

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"The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it as such without a single doubt."

"The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it as such without a single doubt."

Rene Descartes, French Mathematician

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"When you think you're good, you will play at that level. If you doubt yourself, you will play like crap."

"When you think you're good, you will play at that level. If you doubt yourself, you will play like crap."

Kurt Russell, American Actor

Doubt, Play, Will

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"While the mind is in doubt it is driven this way and that by a slight impulse."

"While the mind is in doubt it is driven this way and that by a slight impulse."

Terence, Roman Writer

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"It is easier to believe than to doubt."

"It is easier to believe than to doubt."

Gene Fowler, American Journalist

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"Well, the Communists at that moment were very strong in Italy and the Italian Communist Party was the biggest Communist Party outside Soviet Union, there's no doubt about that."

"Well, the Communists at that moment were very strong in Italy and the Italian Communist Party was the biggest Communist Party outside Soviet Union, there's no doubt about that."

Gianni Agnelli, Italian Businessman

Doubt, Italy, Party

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"There is no doubt in my mind who is number one - I have always been number one."

"There is no doubt in my mind who is number one - I have always been number one."

George Thorogood, American Musician

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"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."

"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."

Barbara Deming, American Author

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"A lot of directors are overbearing and tend to make you doubt your instincts."

"A lot of directors are overbearing and tend to make you doubt your instincts."

Omar Epps, American Actor

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"Suspicion and doubt lead to animosity and hatred."

"Suspicion and doubt lead to animosity and hatred."

Ralph Steadman, British Cartoonist

Doubt, Hatred, Suspicion

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"Philosophy goes no further than probabilities, and in every assertion keeps a doubt in reserve."

"Philosophy goes no further than probabilities, and in every assertion keeps a doubt in reserve."

James Anthony Froude, English Historian

Doubt, Philosophy

30

"This paper will no doubt be found interesting by those who take an interest in it."

"This paper will no doubt be found interesting by those who take an interest in it."

John Dalton, British Scientist

Doubt, Interest, Will

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"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."

"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."

Mark Pryor, American Politician

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"You cannot raise the standard against oppression, or leap into the breach to relieve injustice, and still keep an open mind to every disconcerting fact, or an open ear to the cold voice of doubt."

"You cannot raise the standard against oppression, or leap into the breach to relieve injustice, and still keep an open mind to every disconcerting fact, or an open ear to the cold voice of doubt."

Learned Hand, American Judge

Doubt, Fact, Injustice, Mind

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"To this day, I do not believe that five million were killed. I consider it technically impossible that could have happened. I do not believe it. I have not received proof of that up until now."

"To this day, I do not believe that five million were killed. I consider it technically impossible that could have happened. I do not believe it. I have not received proof of that up until now."

Julius Streicher, German Soldier

Doubt, Day, Now, Proof

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"Thus there is no doubt the eye was intended for us to see with."

"Thus there is no doubt the eye was intended for us to see with."

Joseph Butler, English Clergyman

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"Live so that you can at least get the benefit of the doubt."

"Live so that you can at least get the benefit of the doubt."

Kin Hubbard, American Journalist

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"There's no doubt that the squad needs strengthening if we are to get back up among the top three because they are operating on another level to us at the moment."

"There's no doubt that the squad needs strengthening if we are to get back up among the top three because they are operating on another level to us at the moment."

Steven Gerrard, English Athlete

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"An intellectual is going to have doubts, for example, about a fundamentalist religious doctrine that admits no doubt, about an imposed political system that allows no doubt, about a perfect aesthetic that has no room for doubt."

"An intellectual is going to have doubts, for example, about a fundamentalist religious doctrine that admits no doubt, about an imposed political system that allows no doubt, about a perfect aesthetic that has no room for doubt."

Antonio Tabucchi, Italian Writer

Doubt, Doctrine, Example, Religious

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"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."

"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."

Johnny Isakson, American Politician

Doubt, President, Responsibility, Senate

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"This is definitely the first curmudgeon, no doubt about it."

"This is definitely the first curmudgeon, no doubt about it."

Stacy Keach, American Actor

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"The ideal, without doubt, varies, but its enemies, alas, are always the same."

"The ideal, without doubt, varies, but its enemies, alas, are always the same."

Jean Rostand, French Scientist

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"If you think you've hit a false note, sing loud. When in doubt, sing loud."

"If you think you've hit a false note, sing loud. When in doubt, sing loud."

Robert Merrill, American Musician

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"I have a huge respect for writers and realise that this is not an area that I find easy. I doubt that I would have the patience in front of a blank sheet of paper to become a writer."

"I have a huge respect for writers and realise that this is not an area that I find easy. I doubt that I would have the patience in front of a blank sheet of paper to become a writer."

Jenny Agutter, English Actress

Doubt, Patience, Respect, Writer

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"It may not be impossible, but that our Faculties may be so construed, as always to deceive us in the things we judge most certain and assured."

"It may not be impossible, but that our Faculties may be so construed, as always to deceive us in the things we judge most certain and assured."

Joseph Glanvill, English Writer

27

"When in doubt, exchange."

"When in doubt, exchange."

John Zimmerman, American Athlete

27

"If you were to ask me if I'd ever had the bad luck to miss my daily cocktail, I'd have to say that I doubt it; where certain things are concerned, I plan ahead."

"If you were to ask me if I'd ever had the bad luck to miss my daily cocktail, I'd have to say that I doubt it; where certain things are concerned, I plan ahead."

Luis Bunuel, Mexican Director

27

"I give everyone the benefit of the doubt."

"I give everyone the benefit of the doubt."

Claudia Christian, American Actress

27

"Scepticism does not abolish the world, it turns it into questions."

"Scepticism does not abolish the world, it turns it into questions."

Milan Kundera, Czechoslovakian Writer

Doubt, World, Question, Truth, Philosophy

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"Everyone is coming after me now. Fine, let them keep on coming. I'm the fastest man in the world, no doubt."

"Everyone is coming after me now. Fine, let them keep on coming. I'm the fastest man in the world, no doubt."

Maurice Greene, American Athlete

Doubt, Man, Now, World

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"When in doubt, sing loud."

"When in doubt, sing loud."

Robert Merrill, American Musician

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"No doubt, man will continue to weigh and to measure, watch himself grow, and his Universe around him and with him, according to the ever growing powers of his tools."

"No doubt, man will continue to weigh and to measure, watch himself grow, and his Universe around him and with him, according to the ever growing powers of his tools."

Albert Claude, Belgian Scientist

Doubt, Man, Measure, Tools

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"If you look at the whole thing, I think the most gratifying thing is my kids, without a doubt."

"If you look at the whole thing, I think the most gratifying thing is my kids, without a doubt."

Shannon Lucid, American Astronaut

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