“My opinion of mankind is founded upon the mournful fact that, so far as I can see, they find within themselves the means of believing in a thousand times as much as there is to believe in.” BelieveMeanI CanFactsOpinionMankindThousandLogicCertaintyUncertaintyReasoningOntology Book:A Budget of Paradoxes Reprinted, with the Author's Additions, from the Athenaeum Augustus De Morgan Source: A Budget of Paradoxes Reprinted, with the Author's Additions, from the Athenaeum Augustus De Morgan
“Audiences aren't going to get rid of me. One thing I can say, with absolute certainty, is that my shows will still be performed when I'm dead, buried and forgotten. They're going to absolutely outlive me, which is a wonderful thing to think about.” ThinkingStillsI CanShowsAudienceWonderfulOne ThingAbsolutesForgottenCertaintyBuriedWonderful ThingsAbsolute Certainty Author:Cameron Mackintosh
“I can't keep from fooling around with our irrefutable certainties. It is, for example, a pleasure knowingly to mix up two and three dimensionalities, flat and spatial, and to make fun of gravity.” I CanTwoThreeFunPleasureExampleCertaintyFlatsGravitySpatialFooling Around Author:M. C. Escher
“All I can tell you with certainty is that I, for one, have no self, and that I am unwilling or unable to perpetrate upon myself the joke of a self. What I have instead is a variety of impersonations I can do, and not only of myself - a troupe of players that I have internalised, a permanent company of actors that I can call upon when a self is required. I am a theater and nothing more than a theater.” I CanSelfActorsCan DoCompanyPlayerIdentityJokesTheaterCertaintyVarietyPermanentUnwillingTroupe Author:Philip Roth
“If you look around the world and I can tell you right now that the majority of the planet is focused on certainty and significance. And those two absolutely guarantee unhappiness. Because if you're driven by significance, it doesn't matter what you achieve, it's never enough.” IfsWorldLooksI CanTwoMatterEnoughAchievePlanetsRight NowMajorityFocusedDrivenCertaintyAround The WorldGuaranteesSignificanceUnhappiness Author:Tony Robbins