--- title: "10 Hesitations Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Hesitations quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Hesitations sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c23/anibal-cavaco-silva-48180_ambiguity_don-t-expect-ambiguities-hesitations-or_1105407.jpg" --- > [Don't expect ambiguities, hesitations or palace intrigues from me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anibal-cavaco-silva/don-t-expect-ambiguities-hesitations-or-palace-intrigues-from-me/) [Anibal Cavaco Silva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anibal-cavaco-silva/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c23/anibal-cavaco-silva-48180_ambiguity_don-t-expect-ambiguities-hesitations-or_1105407.jpg) > [I prefer my hesitations, my false paths, my stammering, to a preconceived idea.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-doisneau/i-prefer-my-hesitations-my-false-paths-my-stammering-to-a/) [Robert Doisneau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-doisneau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/baf/robert-doisneau-20768_doubt_i-prefer-my-hesitations-my-false-paths-m_2433926.jpg) > [You who are on the inside, don't condemn my lack of faith too quickly; you who are on the outside, don't be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-latour/you-who-are-on-the-inside-don-t-condemn-my-lack-of-faith-too-quickly/) [Bruno Latour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-latour/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6c/bruno-latour-21082_faith_you-who-are-on-the-inside-don-t-condemn_1788791.png) > [“The hesitations and doubts that are present at many points in modern theology do not in themselves indicate a deep and final…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-c-berkouwer/the-hesitations-and-doubts-that-are-present-at-many-points-in-modern/) [G C Berkouwer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-c-berkouwer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/039/g-c-berkouwer-9618_christianity_the-hesitations-and-doubts-that-are-pres_524753.jpg) > [The chief difference between good writing and better writing may be measured by the number of imperceptible hesitations the reader experiences as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-j-kilpatrick/the-chief-difference-between-good-writing-and-better-writing-may-be/) [James J. Kilpatrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-j-kilpatrick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb8/james-j-kilpatrick-35622_books_the-chief-difference-between-good-writin_1101562.jpg) > [“Where he saw a page of words, his friend saw the field of hesitations, black holes, and possibilities between the words. Where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/where-he-saw-a-page-of-words-his-friend-saw-the-field-of-hesitations/) [Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/587/nicole-krauss-920_black-hole_where-he-saw-a-page-of-words-his-friend_627629.png) > [“The hesitations and doubts that are present at many points (in contemporary theology) do not in themselves indicate a deep final uncertainty,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-c-berkouwer-2/the-hesitations-and-doubts-that-are-present-at-many-points-in/) [G.C. Berkouwer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-c-berkouwer-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8a/g-c-berkouwer-2-37471_christianity_the-hesitations-and-doubts-that-are-pres_1359051.jpg) > [“For it is the role of the parent to express his concerns and then take three steps back. Not one, mind you,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amor-towles/for-it-is-the-role-of-the-parent-to-express-his-concerns-and-then/) [Amor Towles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amor-towles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/568/amor-towles-1249_child_for-it-is-the-role-of-the-parent-to-expr_171502.png) > [Waves of hands, hesitations at street corners, someone dropping a cigarette into the gutter-all are stories. But which is the true story?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-woolf/waves-of-hands-hesitations-at-street-corners-someone-dropping-a/) [Virginia Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-woolf/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/175/virginia-woolf-49_bees_waves-of-hands-hesitations-at-street-cor_2291568.jpg) > [“Strange, how complications melt away in the face of disaster. How all the fear and shame and tangled knots of logic suddenly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/issac-marion/strange-how-complications-melt-away-in-the-face-of-disaster-how-all/) [Issac Marion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/issac-marion/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ed/issac-marion-57777_disaster_strange-how-complications-melt-away-in-t_685221.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hesitations/#itemlist", "name": "Hesitations Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Don't expect ambiguities, hesitations or palace intrigues from me.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anibal Cavaco Silva" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anibal-cavaco-silva/don-t-expect-ambiguities-hesitations-or-palace-intrigues-from-me/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c23/anibal-cavaco-silva-48180_ambiguity_don-t-expect-ambiguities-hesitations-or_1105407.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c23/anibal-cavaco-silva-48180_ambiguity_don-t-expect-ambiguities-hesitations-or_1105407.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c23/anibal-cavaco-silva-48180_ambiguity_don-t-expect-ambiguities-hesitations-or_1105407.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Don't expect ambiguities, hesitations or palace intrigues from me.” — Anibal Cavaco Silva", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I prefer my hesitations, my false paths, my stammering, to a preconceived idea.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert Doisneau" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-doisneau/i-prefer-my-hesitations-my-false-paths-my-stammering-to-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/baf/robert-doisneau-20768_doubt_i-prefer-my-hesitations-my-false-paths-m_2433926.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/baf/robert-doisneau-20768_doubt_i-prefer-my-hesitations-my-false-paths-m_2433926.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/baf/robert-doisneau-20768_doubt_i-prefer-my-hesitations-my-false-paths-m_2433926.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I prefer my hesitations, my false paths, my stammering, to a preconceived idea.” — Robert Doisneau", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You who are on the inside, don't condemn my lack of faith too quickly; 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My philosophy, always accumulating, welling up moment by moment, runs like quicksilver a dozen ways at once.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Virginia Woolf" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-woolf/waves-of-hands-hesitations-at-street-corners-someone-dropping-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/175/virginia-woolf-49_bees_waves-of-hands-hesitations-at-street-cor_2291568.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/175/virginia-woolf-49_bees_waves-of-hands-hesitations-at-street-cor_2291568.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/175/virginia-woolf-49_bees_waves-of-hands-hesitations-at-street-cor_2291568.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Waves of hands, hesitations at street corners, someone dropping a cigarette into the gutter-all are stories…” — Virginia Woolf", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Strange, how complications melt away in the face of disaster. 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