A likely impossibility is always preferable to an unconvincing possibility. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
I frequently hear our present period described as uncertain, confused, chaotic. — George Crumb Copy Share Image
“She rose slowly. She didn't want to go. She also rather resented staying.” — D.H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
Rowing against the tide is hard and uncertain. To go with the tide and thus take advantage of the workings of the… — Ralph Waldo Trine Copy Share Image
So we face our final hours...and all that was once certain has become uncertain. Except for defeat. That, as always, is the… — Tad Williams Copy Share Image
“To Bear the uncertain pain of today is better to bear the agony of the uncertain future".” — Sumit Keshan Copy Share Image
“Uncertain way of gain. But I am in So far in blood that sin will pluck on sin. Tear-falling pity dwells not… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The planet's survival has become so uncertain that any effort, any thought that presupposes an assured future amounts to a mad gamble. — Elias Canetti Copy Share Image
Every man's life lies within the present; for the past is spent and done with, and the future is uncertain. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“In fact, the shot’s cunning re-objectivization suggests just how uncertain this surveillance expert’s grasp of the visual field has perhaps been all… — Sianne Ngai Copy Share Image
It is not certain that everything is certain, neither is it certain that everything is uncertain. — Hans Kung Copy Share Image
We have to uphold the EU's core values. These days, people are nervous and uncertain because of security threats. In this kind… — Vera Jourova Copy Share Image
First drafts are for learning what your novel or story is about. Revision is working with that knowledge to enlarge and enhance… — Bernard Malamud Copy Share Image
My love for you, Lord, is not an uncertain feeling, but a matter of concious certainty. With your word you pierced my… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Whenever I get on stage, I feel safe and in control. Life can be so uncertain, but on stage, I always know… — Kate O'Mara Copy Share Image
Thread of their days without pity, and in the midst of life, without ever concerning themselves with this fatal moment, living as… — Marquis de Sade Copy Share Image
Writers don't always know what they mean - that's why they write. Their work stands in for them. On the page, the… — John Lahr Copy Share Image
If I come back to you now, can we be what we were before life’s uncertain rhythms tore us so far apart?… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
It is the mark of an educated mind to rest satisfied with the degree of precision which the nature of the subject… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“These questions are difficult. The answers are not obvious, and so there should be some pausing, some angst, some honest uncertainty as… — Alisa Harris Copy Share Image
I have really been fortunate, incredibly privileged, to have done so much editorial work, and I would love to do more. But… — Oliver Harris Copy Share Image
Music was not always my fan. Sometimes there were lean years, years where I was uncertain if I was doing the right… — Gino Vannelli Copy Share Image
He poured the tumbler full. Drink up, he said. The world goes on. We have dancing nightly and this night is no… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
History in the making is a very uncertain thing. It might be better to wait till the South American republic has got… — Anna Brackett Copy Share Image
There are times where I'd say the Oval Office, you use to gather the facts. The decisions you probably make late at… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
This country of ours has more wealth than any nation, but that's not what makes us rich. We have the most powerful… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The smell of that buttered toast simply spoke to Toad, and with no uncertain voice; talked of warm kitchens, of breakfasts on… — Kenneth Grahame Copy Share Image
The tenure of a literary reputation is the most uncertain and fluctuating of all. — Charles Dudley Warner Copy Share Image
When the uncertain future becomes the past, the past in turn becomes uncertain. — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
I like to write about teenagers because it's such an uncertain and dramatic time. — Adam Rapp Copy Share Image
“Every time our emotional energy is burnt, it gets converted into negative energy.” — Sukant Ratnakar Copy Share Image
