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"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."

"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."

Strom Thurmond, American Politician

Doubt, Mind, Open

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"During my six years with them Dr Garnet Davey (subsequently Research Director) constantly supported me and, I have no doubt, fought many battles on my behalf to keep the initially controversial programme going."

"During my six years with them Dr Garnet Davey (subsequently Research Director) constantly supported me and, I have no doubt, fought many battles on my behalf to keep the initially controversial programme going."

James W. Black, Scottish Scientist

Doubt, Research, Years

53

"Suspicion and doubt lead to animosity and hatred."

"Suspicion and doubt lead to animosity and hatred."

Ralph Steadman, British Cartoonist

Doubt, Hatred, Suspicion

53

"Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise."

"Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

53

"I have never been in doubt since I was old enough to think intelligently that I would someday be made president."

"I have never been in doubt since I was old enough to think intelligently that I would someday be made president."

William McKinley, American President

53

"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

52

"When in doubt, mumble; when in trouble, delegate; when in charge, ponder."

"When in doubt, mumble; when in trouble, delegate; when in charge, ponder."

James H. Boren, American Public Servant

52

"I'll be honest about it. It is not atheists who get stuck in my craw, but agnostics. Doubt is useful for a while. We must all pass through the garden of Gethsemane. If Christ played with doubt, so must we. If Christ spent an anguished night in prayer, if He burst out from the Cross, 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?' then surely we are also permitted doubt. But we must move on. To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation."

"I'll be honest about it. It is not atheists who get stuck in my craw, but agnostics. Doubt is useful for a while. We must all pass through the garden of Gethsemane. If Christ played with doubt, so must we. If Christ spent an anguished night in prayer, if He burst out from the Cross, 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?' then surely we are also permitted doubt. But we must move on. To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation."

Yann Martel, Canadian Author

Doubt, Faith, Choice, Movement

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"The pursuit of pretty formulas and neat theorems can no doubt quickly degenerate into a silly vice, but so can the quest for austere generalities which are so very general indeed that they are incapable of application to any particular."

"The pursuit of pretty formulas and neat theorems can no doubt quickly degenerate into a silly vice, but so can the quest for austere generalities which are so very general indeed that they are incapable of application to any particular."

E. T. Bell, Scottish Mathematician

Doubt, Pretty, Pursuit, Quest

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"But I'm also talented and I know when I created something great and Perfect Night is something great, no doubt, no but."

"But I'm also talented and I know when I created something great and Perfect Night is something great, no doubt, no but."

Lou Reed, American Musician

50

"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

50

"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

49

"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

49

"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

49

"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

48

"When in doubt, have a man come through the door with a gun in his hand."

"When in doubt, have a man come through the door with a gun in his hand."

Raymond Chandler, American Writer

48

"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

48

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

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

Robin Williams, American Comedian

48

"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

48

"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

48

"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

47

"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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"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

47

"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

46

"But I listen to live recordings of things that I did back in the '70s and then how I've done things since. And there's no doubt about it: if I compare the two, it's like chalk and cheese."

"But I listen to live recordings of things that I did back in the '70s and then how I've done things since. And there's no doubt about it: if I compare the two, it's like chalk and cheese."

Rick Wakeman, British Musician

46

"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

46

"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

46

"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

45

"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

45

"Did I really want to stay on this road longer, knowing it was only going to end in devastation?"

"Did I really want to stay on this road longer, knowing it was only going to end in devastation?"

Becca Fitzpatrick, American Novelist

Doubt, Journey, Decision, Reflection

45

"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

45

"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

44

"There's no doubt about it, earmarks are not very popular. There are good earmarks and bad earmarks. The good earmarks are the ones I get for my district."

"There's no doubt about it, earmarks are not very popular. There are good earmarks and bad earmarks. The good earmarks are the ones I get for my district."

Anthony Weiner, American Politician

44

"You're back where you swore yourself you wouldn't beThe familiar shackles you can't tell from your own skinYour head's under water when you learned to swimOn a road to hell, congratulations, you're free."

"You're back where you swore yourself you wouldn't beThe familiar shackles you can't tell from your own skinYour head's under water when you learned to swimOn a road to hell, congratulations, you're free."

Sanhita Baruah, Indian Writer

Doubt, Uncertainty, Fear, Thought, Confusion

44

"We'd been so sure of ourselves, but now we were lost."

"We'd been so sure of ourselves, but now we were lost."

Benjamin Alire Saenz, American Poet

Doubt, Uncertainty, Loss, Confidence

44

"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

43

"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

43

"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

43

"There is absolutely no doubt about it, and I may not be the one that does it, but the cloned child is coming. There is absolutely no way that it will not happen."

"There is absolutely no doubt about it, and I may not be the one that does it, but the cloned child is coming. There is absolutely no way that it will not happen."

Panayiotis Zavos, Greek Scientist

Doubt, May, Will

42

"However, I don't doubt that a wave of immigration will come to Poland."

"However, I don't doubt that a wave of immigration will come to Poland."

Aleksander Kwasniewski, Polish Politician

42

"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

42

"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

41

"Is it hard for the reader to believe that suicides are sometimes committed to forestall the committing of murder? There is no doubt of it. Nor is there any doubt that murder is sometimes committed to avert suicide."

"Is it hard for the reader to believe that suicides are sometimes committed to forestall the committing of murder? There is no doubt of it. Nor is there any doubt that murder is sometimes committed to avert suicide."

Karl A. Menninger, American Psychologist

Doubt, Murder, Suicide

41

"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

41

"Without a doubt, at the center of the New Testament there stands the Cross, which receives its interpretation from the Resurrection."

"Without a doubt, at the center of the New Testament there stands the Cross, which receives its interpretation from the Resurrection."

Hans Urs von Balthasar, Swiss Theologian

Doubt, New testament

41

"It is easier to believe than to doubt."

"It is easier to believe than to doubt."

Gene Fowler, American Journalist

40

"I am, of course, delighted but there was never any doubt about Sol staying."

"I am, of course, delighted but there was never any doubt about Sol staying."

Arsene Wenger, French Coach

40

"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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