Uncertain Quotes

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Sustainability is a seemingly laudable goal - it tells us we need to live within our means, whether economic, ecological, or political - but it's… — Jamais Cascio
It can be a good thing if deeper theology, or philosophy, only makes one more uncertain. It may lead to a healthy doubt; he may… — Criss Jami
To no circumstance is the wide diffusion of error in the world more owing than to our habit of adopting conclusions from insufficiently established data.… — Christian Nestell Bovee
I think a good writer is a mix of confidence (sure that what they're writing is going to appeal to their readers) and uncertainty (what… — Charles de Lint
Young people, who are still uncertain of their identity, often try on a succession of masks in the hope of finding the one which suits… — Wystan Hugh Auden
The surest sign that a man has a genuine taste of his own is that he is uncertain of it. — Wystan Hugh Auden
If he wants meaning-the meaning of his dreams, his secrets, his life-a man must reinhabit his past, however dark, and live for the future, however… — Jed Rubenfeld
Equity is a roguish thing. For Law we have a measure, know what to trust to; Equity is according to the conscience of him that… — John Selden
Teenagers blithely skip off to uncertain futures, while their parents sit weeping curbside in the Volvo, because the adolescent brain isn't yet formed enough to… — Michael J. Fox
That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future. — Anatole France
I'm part of the mushball middle. I consider 'confused' the majority position because, thankfully, most people would rather be uncertain some of the time than… — Al Franken
Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and certain: and it is easier to build two chimneys than… — Benjamin Franklin
The global economic outlook remains fragile and uncertain. Global economic imbalances persist and we must address them or risk future instability. — Julia Gillard
To the indefinite, uncertain mind of the American radical the most contradictory ideas and methods are possible. The result is a sad chaos in the… — Emma Goldman
Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry. — Democritus
On television and in the movies, crimes are always solved. Nothing is left uncertain. By the end, the viewer knows whodunit. In real life, on… — Alan Dershowitz
Positive, healthy, loving relationships in your twenties... I don't know if anyone would disagree with it: I think they're the exception, not the norm. People… — Lena Dunham
I am saying that all predictions concerning climate are highly uncertain. — Freeman Dyson
I believe that young people wearing hoods, unless they are very young, can be frightening. What are they hiding? Why don't they want to come… — Roger Ebert
The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet. — Theodore Hesburgh

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