Ozzy Osbourne Quotes

There is only one thing about which I am certain, and that is that there is very little about which one can be certain.

It is not that there are no certainties, it is that it is an absolute certainty that there are no certainties.

Maybe I don't believe things myself, as well. Truth is such a transient thing.

My personal philosophy is, you can be sure of nothing.

But is all this true?" said Brutha. Didactylos shrugged. "Could be. Could be. We are here and it is now. The way I see it is, after that, everything tends towards guesswork." "You mean you don't KNOW it's true?" said Brutha. "I THINK it might be," said Didactylos. "I could be wrong. Not being certain is what being a philosopher is all about.

No one knows anything for sure.

Il n'est pas certain que tout soit incertain. (Translation: It is not certain that everything is uncertain.)

The importance of humility. We need the humility to know that truth can be ephemeral, that this can be but one version of the truth.

There is no such thing as an absolute truth to be discovered.

A philosopher who says, 'There are no truths, only interpretations,' risks the retort: 'Is that true, or only an interpretation?'

The plain fact is that there are no conclusions.

The color of truth is gray.

I believe it is impossible to be sure of anything.

There is no consensus, there is no homogeneity, there is no truth.

There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.

There is no standard for truth. We cannot even agree on the meaning of words.

True science teaches, above all, to doubt

Doubt is the origin of wisdom.

We cannot infer that because sciences of things divine and human are full of controversies and quarrels, therefore their whole subject-matter is uncertain ; for there have been many persons so enamoured of contradiction, as to turn into ridicule geometrical axioms.

I have come to the conclusion, after many years of sometimes sad experience, that you cannot come to any conclusion at all.

The clear and perfect truth no man has seen, nor will there be anyone who knows about the gods and what I say about all things...; for, however perfect what he says may be, yet he does not know it; all things are matters of opinion.

What, then is truth?... Truths are illusions about which one has forgotten that this is what they are.

Except in pure mathematics, nothing is known for certain (although much is certainly false).

No one is infallible, and no one can claim a monopoly on truth or virtue. It would be contradictory for skepticism to seek to translate itself into a new faith.

Feelings are not everything! There is very little absolute truth in life.