Certain Quotes

There is a certain destiny of everything, regulated by the foreknowledge and providence of God in His works.

The central question of a warrior’s training is not how we avoid uncertainty and fear but how we relate to discomfort.

I watched a lot of the James Bond movies, certainly, both the old ones and the reboot with Daniel Craig. I watched a lot of the Matt Helm films with Dean Martin, which just have these great car scenes where it’s rear-projected, and they just start making martinis out of a bar in the glove compartment.

You know, I think there are certain words like ‘illegitimate’ that should not be used to describe a person.

Formerly I regarded it miserable business to be a Christian, but now I think differently. Once I thought certain things delightful, now I think them vile. Once I thought other things utterly worthless, now I think them most precious. That is a change of mind, and that is repentance.

I don’t believe in “original sin.” I don’t believe in “guilt.” I don’t believe in villains or heroes – only right or wrong ways that individuals have taken, not by choice but by necessity or by certain still-uncomprehended influences in themselves, their circumstances, and their antecedents.

We are in the process of making the world, to a certain extent, in our own image.

I am certain, however, that those responsible for the murder of millions of Germans will never be brought to justice.

This is the way of the world I thought in my innocence, round and around the layers of peel until the taste becomes certain.

I think there’s a certain pride people have in competition.