In Doubt Quotes

If a person offends you, and you are in doubt as to whether it was intentional or not, do not resort to extreme measures; simply watch your chance, and hit him with a brick.
- Mark Twain

As to the adjective: when in doubt, strike it out.
- Mark Twain

There is no character, howsoever good and fine, but it can be destroyed by ridicule, howsoever poor and witless. Observe the ass, for instance: his character is about perfect, he is the choicest spirit among all the humbler animals, yet see what ridicule has brought him to. Instead of feeling complimented when we are called an ass, we are left in doubt.
- Mark Twain

When in doubt tell the truth.
- Mark Twain

Do I hope in vain that you have been sent to me for a help in doubt and need?
- J R R Tolkien

In the great debate that has raged for centuries about what, if anything, happens to you after death, be it heaven, hell, purgatory or extinction, one thing has never been in doubt - that you would at least know the answer when you were dead.
- Douglas Adams

And," Amber said, practically drooling as she ogled him, "it's tradition for new arrivals to help with the pep rally."
Brooklyn quirked her lips in doubt. "Tradition?"
"It's a new tradition," Amber shot back.
"Clearly the deeper meaning of the word has escaped you.
- Darynda Jones

When in doubt, just take the next small step
- Paulo Coelho

Nearly all the powerful people of this age are unbelievers, the best of them in doubt and misery, the most in plodding hesitation, doing as well as they can, what practical work lies at hand.
- John Ruskin

When you are in doubt as to which you should serve forsake the material appearance for the invisible principle for this is everything.
- Alexandre Dumas

When in doubt, poke the beehive with a stick to see if anything interesting flies out.
I clapped my hands. 'I had no idea Pit teams had such pretty cheerleaders. Can you do it again, but with more spirit this time?
- Ilona Andrews

The Beast Lord way: often wrong but never in doubt.
- Ilona Andrews

If you are ever in doubt as to whether to kiss a pretty girl, always give her the benefit of the doubt.
- Thomas Carlyle

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.
- Francis Bacon

There was little comfort, this voice inside him said, in discovering a mystery at the wellspring of his life so banal his unremarkable mind could readily fathom it. Better, perhaps, to die in doubt, knowing there was some revelation still unfound, than to pursue and possess such a wretched certainty.
- Clive Barker

In necessary things, unity; in doubtful things, liberty; in all things, charity.
- Anne Baxter

When in doubt, do it.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes

Redd turned to her assassins. "What is it I always say?"
The Cat, Sacrenoir, and the others bandied uncertain glances about.
"Don't be stupid?" ventured Alistaire.
"I should kill you now?" offered The Cat.
"Do I have to murder everyone myself?" tried Siren.
"No, idiots! When in doubt, go for the head. That's what I always say.
- Frank Beddor

When in danger or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.
- Herman Wouk

When others in doubt, your strong belief steers.
- Toba Beta

Temptation is stronger in the minds of people who are in doubt.
Prayer makes it weaker.
- Toba Beta

Questioning anything within doubt,
will just bring mind to no certainty.
- Toba Beta

When in doubt wear red.
- Bill Blass

When in doubt, shoot the wizard.
- Tamora Pierce

Tis safter to be that which we destroy
Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy.
- William Shakespeare

When in doubt, mumble; when in trouble, delegate; when in charge, ponder.
- James H Boren

When in doubt, we follow our hearts. Words can be false, images and sounds can be manipulated. But this...' He tapped his chest, over his heart. 'This is always true
- Michael Scott

When in doubt, just spit it out. That all challenges can be overcome by speaking the truth, no matter how itcomes out.
- Dan Brown

It is the highest reward when a writer hears when a book written in doubt and solitude, has reached a human heart with a deeper meaning than even the writer had been aware of, as she wrote. It is something extra, the unexpected return.
- Pearl S Buck

When in doubt, start from the top.
-Jason Grace
- Rick Riordan

When a man is in doubt about this or that in his writing, it will often guide him if he asks himself how it will tell a hundred years hence.
- Samuel Butler

Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule. Nevertheless one had better know the rules, for they sometimes guide in doubtful cases, though not often.
- Paracelsus

When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap.
- Cynthia Heimel

I tell students, when in doubt, to title their story after the smallest concrete object in their story. I warn them off plays on words, ('The Rent Also Rises'--no; 'Life in My Cat House'--no) and no grand reaches, either. 'Reverence,' 'Respect,' 'Regret,' 'Greed,' 'Adventure,' 'Retribution.' And never use the worst title of all time, 'The Gift,' a story I read six times a year.
- Ron Carlson

When in doubt, don't.
- Benjamin Franklin

Most people, probably, are in doubt about certain matters ascribed to their past. They may have seen them, may have said them, done them, or they may only have dreamed or imagined they did so.
- William James

In writing a novel, when in doubt, have two guys come through the door with guns.
- Raymond Chandler

When in doubt, have a man come through the door with a gun in his hand.
- Raymond Chandler

When in doubt do something.
- Harry Chapin

In doubtful cases the more liberal interpretation must always be preferred.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero

We cannot afford to have any large section of the business world in doubt whether they have broken the laws or not, and we cannot let the laws become a dead letter through vagueness. In this view it is clear that an administrative commission can render invaluable service.
- John Bates Clark

Hence the saying: If you know the enemy and you know yourself, your victory will not stand in doubt; if you now Heaven and you know Earth, you may make your victory complete.
- Sun Tzu

When in doubt, choose to live.
- Terry Pratchett

The verdict to be passed on the third planet around Sol was never in doubt.
- Robert A Heinlein

So I learned another system: When in doubt, keep it out out of earshot, out of the house even if this meant, really, just keeping it in.
- Sarah Dessen

And Master--or Mister--Sloppy?' said the Secretary, in doubt whether he was man, boy, or what.
- Charles Dickens

When in trouble or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.
- Cory Doctorow

And new Philosophy calls all in doubt, the element of fire is quite put out; the Sun is lost, and the earth, and no mans wit can well direct him where to look for it.
- John Donne

When in doubt about who's to blame. Blame the English.
- Craig Ferguson

She knew more about these situations than she realized, he thought. She'd spent years at Duncan's side. "When in doubt," he added, "be pompous.
- John Flanagan

If you don't know what to do with many of the papers piled on your desk, stick a dozen colleagues initials on them and pass them along. When in doubt, route.
- Malcolm Forbes

A big hello from California!! And, when in doubt, self-publish, thank you smashwords.com!!!
- Nancy Fornataro

When in doubt or danger, run in circles, scream and shout.
- Laurence J Peter

My principal sin is doubt. I doubt everything, and am in doubt most of the time.
- Leo Tolstoy

When in doubt chicken out.
- Robin Jones Gunn

Dead folks use plastic! When in doubt, throw it out! Please use the bathroom appointed for your gender and mortality!
- Lia Habel

some choices you make with your heart some with your head but when in doubt choose head over heart.... it will keep you alive.
-merry gentry
- Laurell K Hamilton

When in doubt, shut the fuck up.
- Laurell K Hamilton

I didn't know what to say to that, so i kept my mouth shut. When in doubt,shut the fuck up.
- Laurell K Hamilton

When in doubt, ignore and be horribly unimpressed
- Laurell K Hamilton

When in doubt, blame the dark elves.
- Kevin Hearne

When in doubt, punt!
- John Heisman

But why's she got to go to the library?"
"Because that's what Hermione does. When in doubt, go to the library."
Ron Weasley
- J K Rowling

Harry - I think I've just understood something! I've got to go to the library!"
And she sprinted away, up the stairs.
"What does she understand?" said Harry distractedly, still looking around trying to tell where the voice had come from.
"Loads more than I do," said Ron, shaking his head.
"But why's she got to go to the library?"
"Because that's what Hermione does," said Ron, shrugging, "When in doubt, go to the library.
- J K Rowling

When in doubt, go to the library
- J K Rowling

Because that's what Hermione does,' said Ron, shrugging. 'When in doubt, go to the library.
- J K Rowling

Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent.
- Napoleon Hill

When in doubt, throw it out.
- Jeremy Jackson

None within the sound of my voice should be in any doubt concerning what is moral and what is not, nor should any be in doubt about what is expected of us ... We have been and continue to be taught God's laws. Despite what you may see or hear elsewhere, these laws are unchanging.
- Thomas S Monson

When in doubt, go for the dick joke.
- Robin Williams

My motto is: When in doubt, just keep lying. Even if you're terrible at it.
- Victoria Laurie

If we are ever in doubt about what to do, it is a good rule to ask ourselves what we shall wish on the morrow that we had done.
- John Lubbock

If you're ever in doubt, throw a pepper in the air. If it fails to come down, you have gone mad, so don't trust in anything.
- Gregory Maguire

I may not be sure if monsters exist, but I'd rather live my life in doubt than be persuaded by a real experience of one.
- Gregory Maguire

I have never been in doubt since I was old enough to think intelligently that I would someday be made president.
- William Mckinley

When in doubt, sing loud.
- Robert Merrill

If you think you've hit a false note, sing loud. When in doubt, sing loud.
- Robert Merrill

I heard there are no male sidhe-seers."
Where did you hear that?"
Around."
And which one of those are you in doubt about Ms. Lane?"
Which one of what?"
Whether I see the Fae, or whether I'm a man. I believe I've laid your mind to rest on the former; shall I relieve it on the latter?" He reached for his belt.
Oh, please." I rolled my eyes. "You're a leftie, Barrons."
Touche, Ms. Lane," he murmered.
- Karen Marie Moning

Psychology which explains everything explains nothing, and we are still in doubt.
- Marianne Moore

Frantic orthodoxy is never rooted in faith but in doubt. It is when we are unsure that we are doubly sure.
- Reinhold Niebuhr

Wait on the Lord is a constant refrain in the Psalms, and it is a necessary word, for God often keeps us waiting. He is not in such a hurry as we are, and it is not his way to give more light on the future than we need for action in the present, or to guide us more than one step at a time. When in doubt, do nothing, but continue to wait on God. When action is needed, light will come.
- J I Packer

When in doubt, give a character big, blown-up eyes and puffy lips.
- Stephan Pastis

Original sin is not only the violation of a positive command ... but ... attempts ... to abolish fatherhood, destroying its rays which permeate the created world, placing in doubt the truth about God who is Love and leaving man with only a sense of the master-slave relationship.
- Pope John Paul Ii

Perhaps the crescent moon smiles in doubt
at being told that it is a fragment
awaiting perfection.
- Rabindranath Tagore

When in doubt, head under the bed, Tamani said with a grin.
- Aprilynne Pike

Always remember your kid's name. Always remember where you put your kid. Don't let your kid drive until their feet can reach the pedals. Use the right size diapers... for yourself. And, when in doubt, make funny faces.
- Amy Poehler

I think that when in doubt about the truth of an issue, it's safer and in better taste to select the least numerous of the adversaries.
- Ayn Rand

When in doubt, one can rarely go wrong by going public.
- James E Rogers

If in doubt, don't. If still in doubt, do what's right.
- Donald Rumsfeld

If in doubt, move decisions up to the President.
- Donald Rumsfeld

Rhiannon's Law #63: Fake it until you make it. You might not know what the fuck you're doing, but that doesn't mean everyone else is aware of your inaptitude. When in doubt, hold your head high and pretend you have a clue.
- J A Saare

Greece's position in Europe will not be put in doubt.
- Antonis Samaras

Unbelievable. My mother had the exact same mentality as my friends. When in doubt, be a bitch.
- Kieran Scott

Better to trust the man who is frequently in error than the one who is never in doubt.
- Eric Sevareid

Whenever you're unsure of yourself, whenever you're in doubt, ask yourself three questions. What do you believe in? What do you hope for? but most important, ask yourself, what do you love?
- Paullina Simons

When in doubt, be ridiculous.
- Sherwood Smith

When in doubt, though, counter with your own cool.
- Jerry Stahl

Doubt is to certainty as neurosis is to psychosis. The neurotic is in doubt and has fears about persons and things; the psychotic has convictions and makes claims about them. In short, the neurotic has problems, the psychotic has solutions.
- Thomas Szasz

While the mind is in doubt it is driven this way and that by a slight impulse.
- Terence

When in doubt, use brute force.
- Ken Thompson

My view is that when in doubt, society should err on the side of life.
- Mac Thornberry

I wonder much that a court of Law should be in doubt whether a Resolution of Congress can superceed the Law of a Sovereign State.
- William Whipple

A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt.
- Woodrow Wilson

When in doubt, exchange.
- John Zimmerman

When in doubt, take more time.
- John Zimmerman