47 Surefire Quotes

Following is our list of the most famous surefire quotations and slogans. We've compiled this selection of inspirational surefire quotes. Hopefully, these surefire quotes will keep you motivated not only during hard times but to expand your surefire knowledge!

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Famous Surefire Quotes

You never know what's hit you. A gunshot is the perfect way. — John F. Kennedy

Focus like a laser, not a flashlight — Michael Jordan

To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and call whatever you hit the target — Ashleigh Brilliant

Don't forget, incoming fire has the right of way. — Clint Smith

The best way not to fail again is to be absolutely positive that when you do it this time, you're going to do it right. — Burt Reynolds

There is nothing so uncertain as a sure thing. — Scotty Bowman

The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore. — Dale Carnegie

Be always sure your are right, then go ahead. — Davy Crockett

The only truly secure system is one that is powered off, cast in a block of concrete and sealed in a lead-lined room with armed guards. — Gene Spafford

If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster. - Clint Eastwood

If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster. — Clint Eastwood

You never pull the trigger until you know you can win. — Roger Ailes

It is far better to foresee even without certainty than not to foresee at all. — Henri Poincare

There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing. - Robert Burns

There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing. — Robert Burns

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. — Douglas Adams

Don't worry about failure; you only have to be right once. - Drew Houston

Don't worry about failure; you only have to be right once. — Drew Houston

Short Surefire Quotes

  • But there is only one surefire method of proper pattern recognition, and that is science. — Michael Shermer
  • An education is a more surefire guarantee that you have possibilities opened to you. — Jonathan Taylor Thomas
  • There's never a surefire good career move except doing good work. — Seth Green
  • Envy is a surefire party killer. — Bob Colacello
  • Talking about relationships is a surefire way to jinx them. — Maggie Grace
  • Work is a surefire money-making scheme. — Dave Ramsey
  • Surefire things are deadening to the human spirit. — Dorothea Lange
  • Work is the world's easiest escape from boredom and the only surefire road to success. — Marabel Morgan
  • Blurring the line between friendship and attraction was a surefire to lose a friend. — Emily Giffin

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More Surefire Quotes

However, if we wish to be compassionate with our fellow man, we must learn to engage in dispassionate analysis. In other words, thinking with our hearts, rather than our brains, is a surefire method to hurt those whom we wish to help. — Walter E. Williams

A surefire way to predict the future is to take no action at all.  When you do nothing, you get nothing. — Pat Flynn

Humans evolved brains that are pattern-recognition machines, adept at detecting signals that enhance or threaten survival amid a very noisy world. ... But there is only one surefire method of proper pattern recognition, and that is science. — Michael Shermer

A lot of amateurs are terrified of going up against a player who is clearly better than they are. They never play their best, because they aren't comfortable. There's one surefire way to get over that, and it's to ask yourself, 'What if I beat him?' Imagine the possibility. — Fuzzy Zoeller

A lot of my books have been that way. My World War II thriller about Sarin gas [Black Cross] was published two months before the Sarin attack in the Japanese subway. There are very weird coincidences out there. And I do have one surefire plot I have not and probably never will write, because of my fear someone will carry it out. — Greg Iles

It may or may not sound pretentious. But I`ve turned down, consciously and specifically, many jobs I knew would have been a pretty surefire way to go about making a lot of money, being recognized and gaining power in the industry. — Val Kilmer

Everybody wants to make something they think is a surefire winner, though nobody knows what a surefire winner is, in my opinion. — Clint Eastwood

In every big city there is always one surefire laugh, and that lies in hanging some piece of idiocy upon the people of a nearby city or town. — W. C. Fields

Solving problems—actually solving them, not just claiming you do—solving perceived, urgent problems, is a surefire way to get the world to beat a path to your door. — Seth Godin

Eve Byron has a permanent place on my must-buy list. Her characters are three-dimensional men and women who live on in readers' hearts long after they've turned the last page. ONLY IN MY DREAMS is pure Eve Byron, which means it's a pure delight. I fell in love with Lorelei and Dane, two of the most delightful characters I've encountered in a very long time. Byron's magical touch never falters. ONLY IN MY DREAMS is a surefire hit! — Barbara Bretton

Parents ought, through their own behavior and the values by which they live, to provide direction for their children. But they need to rid themselves of the idea that there are surefire methods which, when well applied, will produce certain predictable results. Whatever we do with and for our children ought to flow from our understanding of and our feelings for the particular situation and the relation we wish to exist between us and our child. — Bruno Bettelheim

Candidates who win while spending less than their opponents still usually have to spend quite a lot. While not a surefire guarantor of victory, a large war chest -even if not the largest-is usually a necessary condition. Money may not guarantee victory, but the lack of it usually guarantees defeat. Without large sums, there is rarely much of a campaign, as poorly funded 'minor' candidates have repeatedly discovered. — Michael Parenti

A surefire method of setting up regular communication with your kids is to get a job in an office which discourages personal phone calls. Your kids will then call you every hour on the hour. — Teresa Bloomingdale

Sex for pleasure, for fun, or even for building relationships is completely absent from our national conversation. Yet taking the joy out of sexuality is a surefire way to ensure not that young women won't have sex, but rather that they'll have it without pleasure. — Jessica Valenti

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