Certain Quote by Bill Crawford

There is also something deeply lovely about uncertainty: the possibility of optimism.

— Joan Wickersham

“We prefer being certain about a bad scenario rather than being uncertain”

— S.E. SEVER

Uncertainty is the refuge of hope.

— Henri Frederic Amiel

One of the major biases in risky decision making is optimism. Optimism is a source of high-risk thinking.

— Daniel Kahneman

No one has ever been able to convince me that optimism is not preferable to pessimism.

— Robert Mueller

There's probably a little greater case for pessimism than optimism. But I do not rule out optimism.

— Jim Leach

When you've been living in hope for a long time as I have, suddenly you realize that certainty is far more desirable than hope.

— Hisham Matar

False hopes are more dangerous than fears.

— Anonymous

If uncertainty is unacceptable to you, it turns into fear. If it is perfectly acceptable, it turns into increased aliveness, alertness, and creativity.

— Eckhart Tolle

Uncertainty and the prospect of failure can be very scary noises in the shadows. Most people will choose unhappiness over uncertainty.

— Tim Ferriss

It's different being afraid when there's the hope it will amount to something.

— Justin Cronin

If you can envision reasons for worry, you can also envision reasons to be confident about more positive expectations.

— Senoraroy