“The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice. If you take your children for a picnic on a doubtful day, they will demand a dogmatic answer as to whether it will be fine or wet, and be disappointed in you when you cannot be sure.” IfsMenChildrenScienceNatureNaturalAnswersFineDemandIntellectualOur ChildrenVicesCertaintyYour ChildrenDisappointedWetNeverthelessDoubtfulDogmaticPicnicsDisappointed In You Book:Last Philosophical Testament: 1943-68 Source: Last Philosophical Testament: 1943-68
“Ah, what a dusty answer gets the soul When hot for certainties in this our life! - In tragic hints here see what evermore Moves dark as yonder midnight ocean's force, Thundering like ramping hosts of warrior horse, To throw that faint thin fine upon the shore!” SoulMovingForceDarkAnswersOur LivesFineOceanHorseHotCertaintyWarriorTragicShoreHostMidnightHintsEvermore Book:Poems of George Meredith Source: Poems of George Meredith
“As an actor, you want to remain vulnerable. You don't want to always have all the answers and you want to be fine doing things in the moment with your fellow actors.” WantMomentsActorsAnswersFineFellowsVulnerable Author:Mark Ruffalo
“We must certainly acknowledge that solitude is a fine thing; but it is a pleasure to have some one who can answer, and to whom we can say, from time to time, that solitude is a fine thing.” AnswersPleasureFineSolitudeAcknowledgeFine Things Author:Honore de Balzac
“All men are alike. If you ask any American man, 'How are you?' he'll answer 'Fine,' even if his mother just had a heart attack.” IfsMenHeartMotherAsksAnswersFineHeart Attack Author:Joan Hackett
“Ever since I was 12 years old I had to defend my love for heavy metal against those who say it's a less valid form of music. My answer now is that you either feel it or you don't. If metal doesn't give that overwhelming surge of power that make the hair stand up at the back of your neck, you might never get it, and you know what? That's okay, because judging by the 40,000 metalheads around me we're doing just fine without you.” IfsKnowsGivingFeelsYearsMightFormAnswersJudgingHairFineOkayHeavyNecksOverwhelmingMetalsWithout YouHeavy Metal Author:Sam Dunn