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Certain Degree Quotes

On things that are true, but only up to a point.

These certain degree quotes deal in nuance, admitting that achievement, optimism, and even arrogance are only ever partial matters of Degree rather than absolutes.

Most achievements in science are to a certain degree group efforts.

Quotes by Willard Libby

Optimism with some experience behind it is much more energizing than plain old experience with a certain degree of cynicism.

Quotes by Twyla Tharp

A certain degree of neurosis is of inestimable value as a drive, especially to a psychologist.

Quotes by Sigmund Freud

Unlike China's growth story, which has been built on the strategy of creating excess supply, the Indian growth story has been built on the strategy of responding to incentives generated by excess demand. Which is why a certain degree of...

Quotes by Sanjaya Baru

Ability Quotes

Words are made for a certain exactness of thought, as tears are for a certain degree of pain. What is least distinct cannot be named; what is clearest is unutterable.

Quotes by Rene Daumal

A constitutional democracy is in serious trouble if its citizenry does not have a certain degree of education and civic virtue.

Quotes by Phillip E. Johnson

Arrogance generally is a bad thing, but with a band, somehow you have to have this gang mentality or this certain degree of arrogance to push forward an idea that's new enough that people aren't comfortable with it at first.

Quotes by Mike D

I think everyone to a certain degree wants to be accepted.

Quotes by Meaghan Jette Martin

I think that when we're talking about youth violence, we're talking about kids who don't have opportunities, so they're engaged in a certain degree of lawlessness, because we as a society have failed them.

Quotes by Matt Gonzalez

American Quotes

My childhood, adolescence and high school days are unusually important. If there has ever been a time that I developed a uniqueness and sense of humor and the ability to organize, it was then. In those early days, I developed...

Quotes by Lee Atwater

In my estimation, there should always be a mixture of economic liberalism - which means small government, a great emphasis on markets - but also a certain degree of social conservatism, not to favor change unless that change is beneficial....

Quotes by John Howard

I believe that before anybody makes the journey to the other side, we have to know on a soul level that we are leaving, whether it's an accident or illness, and we prepare ourselves to a certain degree that we...

Quotes by John Edward

However, the combination of civil resistance, of large-scale mass activities and strikes, with a certain degree of revolutionary violence, could provoke a crisis in the enemy's camp that would ultimately lead to essential changes.

Quotes by Joe Slovo

There is a certain degree of 'steampunkishness' that creeps into my books.

Quotes by Jasper Fforde

Certain Quotes

My success is the team's success. It's one of those things to a certain degree that it's effort and ability but also how I benefit from what my teammates do, and then it is up to me to perform.

Quotes by Jason Babin

On a certain level, I don't think there is an answer to what the American way is, because it is constantly being re-defined. It's also been exploited and capitalized upon and politicized by one side or the other to the...

Quotes by J. Michael Straczynski

We can't continue with a justice of vengeance. Peace will require us to accept a certain degree of impunity; it's inevitable.

Quotes by Ingrid Betancourt

I was part of a generation that believed in socialism and finally found that belief corroded and destroyed. That is not renouncing Communism or socialism. It's reaching a certain degree of enlightenment about what the Soviet Union practices.

Quotes by Howard Fast

In the evolution of mankind there has always been a certain degree of social coherence.

Quotes by Herbert Read

Degree Quotes

Bone is one of the hardest structures of the animal body; it possesses also a certain degree of toughness and elasticity.

Quotes by Henry Gray

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 'certain degree' mean across these quotes?
It signals partial truth — these quotes describe things like achievement, optimism, or arrogance as existing to some extent, not as all-or-nothing qualities.
Is science part of this topic?
Yes, one quote frames most scientific achievements as largely collaborative undertakings rather than solo breakthroughs.
Do any quotes discuss optimism?
Yes, one contrasts optimism backed by real experience with plain experience that's been soured by a fair helping of cynicism.
Is arrogance treated positively here?
Somewhat — one quote argues that a healthy dose of arrogance is necessary to push forward ideas that make people uncomfortable at first.
How does this connect to Ability quotes?
Certain degree quotes focus on partial or qualified claims, while our Ability quotes look more directly at skill and capability.

One even argues that a healthy dose of arrogance is what it takes to push a genuinely new idea forward. See our Ability and Certain quotes for more.