--- title: "4 Ambiguity Quotes By Gilda Radner" description: "4 Ambiguity quotes by Gilda Radner. Plus more from Gilda Radner and more Ambiguity sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c2/gilda-radner-11283_ambiguous_the-more-i-protested-about-this-ambiguit_1177146.jpg" --- > [“The more I protested about this ambiguity, the more Joanna pointed out to me that it was both a terrible and wonderful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilda-radner/the-more-i-protested-about-this-ambiguity-the-more-joanna-pointed-out/) [Gilda Radner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilda-radner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c2/gilda-radner-11283_ambiguous_the-more-i-protested-about-this-ambiguit_1177146.jpg) > [“Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilda-radner/life-is-about-not-knowing-having-to-change-taking-the-moment-and/) [Gilda Radner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilda-radner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14c/gilda-radner-11283_life_life-is-about-not-knowing-having-to-chan_1286288.jpg) > [I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilda-radner/i-wanted-a-perfect-ending-now-i-ve-learned-the-hard-way-that-some-2/) [Gilda Radner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilda-radner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9b/gilda-radner-11283_ambiguity_i-wanted-a-perfect-ending-now-i-ve-learn_1463872.jpg) > [The goal is to live a full, productive life even with all that ambiguity. No matter what happens, whether the cancer never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilda-radner/the-goal-is-to-live-a-full-productive-life-even-with-all-that/) [Gilda Radner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilda-radner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b64/gilda-radner-11283_ambiguity_the-goal-is-to-live-a-full-productive-li_2824124.jpg) ## Other authors on Ambiguity - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-terence-mckenna-89395.jpg) Terence McKenna 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ambiguity/terence-mckenna/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-simone-de-beauvoir-85532.jpg) Simone de Beauvoir 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ambiguity/simone-de-beauvoir/) ## More by Gilda Radner > [There are those who open their hearts to others...who never think twice about giving of themselves. They are the wonderful warmhearted people who make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilda-radner/there-are-those-who-open-their-hearts-to-others-who-never-think-twice/) [Gilda Radner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilda-radner/) > [It's always something](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilda-radner/it-s-always-something/) [Gilda Radner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilda-radner/) > [It's like my father always said to me, he said to me, he said, Roseanna Roseanadana, it's always something. If it isn't one thing--it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilda-radner/it-s-like-my-father-always-said-to-me-he-said-to-me-he-said-roseanna/) [Gilda Radner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilda-radner/) > [ \[Motherhood is\] the biggest gamble in the world. It is the glorious life force. It's huge and scary-it's an act of infinite optimism. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilda-radner/motherhood-is-the-biggest-gamble-in-the-world-it-is-the-glorious-life/) [Gilda Radner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilda-radner/) > [Some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle and end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilda-radner/some-stories-don-t-have-a-clear-beginning-middle-and-end/) [Gilda Radner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilda-radner/) > [Having cancer gave me membership in an elite club I'd rather not belong to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilda-radner/having-cancer-gave-me-membership-in-an-elite-club-i-d-rather-not/) [Gilda Radner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilda-radner/) > [It's such an act of optimism to get through a day and enjoy it and laugh and do all that without thinking about death.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilda-radner/it-s-such-an-act-of-optimism-to-get-through-a-day-and-enjoy-it-and/) [Gilda Radner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilda-radner/) > [When the journalists asked Gene, 'Why didn't you marry the beautiful girl in 'The Woman in Red'?' he would always reply, 'I did!'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilda-radner/when-the-journalists-asked-gene-why-didn-t-you-marry-the-beautiful/) [Gilda Radner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilda-radner/) > [I'd much rather be a woman than a man. Women can cry, they can wear cute clothes, and they're the first to be rescued…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilda-radner/i-d-much-rather-be-a-woman-than-a-man-women-can-cry-they-can-wear/) [Gilda Radner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilda-radner/) > [Humor is just truth, only faster!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilda-radner/humor-is-just-truth-only-faster/) [Gilda Radner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilda-radner/) > [I've learned what I can control is whether I am going to live a day in fear and depression and panic, or whether I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilda-radner/i-ve-learned-what-i-can-control-is-whether-i-am-going-to-live-a-day/) [Gilda Radner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilda-radner/) > [Fame changes a lot of things, but it can't change a light bulb.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilda-radner/fame-changes-a-lot-of-things-but-it-can-t-change-a-light-bulb/) [Gilda Radner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilda-radner/) > [I would say that Lucy, 'I Love Lucy,' she was my idol.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilda-radner/i-would-say-that-lucy-i-love-lucy-she-was-my-idol/) [Gilda Radner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilda-radner/) > [In our show we know, if we're not getting a response, you see it in our face... we either do something to get a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilda-radner/in-our-show-we-know-if-we-re-not-getting-a-response-you-see-it-in-our/) [Gilda Radner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilda-radner/) > [We were married in the south of France because Gene loved France. If he could have been born French, he would have been -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilda-radner/we-were-married-in-the-south-of-france-because-gene-loved-france-if/) [Gilda Radner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilda-radner/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ambiguity/gilda-radner/#itemlist", "name": "4 Ambiguity Quotes By Gilda Radner", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The more I protested about this ambiguity, the more Joanna pointed out to me that it was both a terrible and wonderful part of life: terrible because you can't count on anything for sure—like certain good health and no possibility of cancer; wonderful because no human being knows when another is going to die—no doctor can absolutely predict the outcome of a disease. The only thing that is certain is change. 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