“Certainty is missing the point entirely.”

“Matthew Shepard should be a symbol. But it misses the point if it ends only with legislation. It misses the point if it’s about mere tolerance.”

“History is that certainty produced at the point where the imperfections of memory meet the inadequacies of documentation.”

“Only a very bad theologian would confuse the certainty that follows revelation with the truths that are revealed. They are entirely different things.”

“As wonderful as dogs can be, they are famous for missing the point.”

“All my life I have entirely missed the point; and the turning, as I also have no sense of direction. This long period of uncertainty in the twilight land of the fuddled (it is now more than sixty years) has taken its toll.”

“One can equip himself with the best technology of the era, but still miss the revolution entirely.”

“The point that the Democrats missed was that the people who weren’t rich wanted to be rich.”

“It was one thing, after all, to know his feelings for Amanda hadn't changed; it was another thing entirely to face the future with the certainty that they never would.”

“In case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died – an entire town destroyed.”