Uncertain Quotes

449 quotes by 389 authors

False taste is always busy to mislead those that are entering upon the regions of learning; and the traveller, uncertain of his way, and forsaken… — Samuel Johnson
Death is a vast mystery, but there are two things we can say about it: It is absolutely certain that we will die, and it… — Sogyal Rinpoche
Nothing is so fickle and uncertain as popularity. It is here today and gone tomorrow. It is a sandy foundation, and sure to fail those… — J C Ryle
Free man is by necessity insecure, thinking man by necessity uncertain. — Erich Fromm
Every child deserves a chance at a life filled with love, laughter, friends and family. We are working to find the cures that will give… — Marlo Thomas
Auto repair, piloting, skiing, perhaps even management: these are skills that yield to application, hard work, and native talent. But forecasting an uncertain future and… — James Surowiecki
I am profoundly uncertain how to write. I know what I love and what I like, because it's a direct passionate response. But when I… — Susan Sontag
For if we are observed in all matters, we are constantly under threat of correction, judgment, criticism, even plagiarism of our own uniqueness. We become… — Bruce Schneier
Poets need be in no degree jealous of the geologists. The stony science, with buried creations for its domains, and half an eternity charged with… — Hugh Miller
The modern joint stock firm is the outcome of innumerable decisions made by individual entrepreneurs, owners and managers. For these decision makers the choices among… — Alfred D. Chandler, Jr.
Future generations will wonder in bemused amazement that the early 21st century's developed world went into hysterical panic over a globally averaged temperature increase of… — Richard Lindzen
Since life itself is uncertain, nothing which has life for its basis can boast much stability. — Samuel Johnson
Father, I am seeking: I am hesitant and uncertain, but will you, O God, watch over each step of mine and guide me. — Saint Augustine
Only in the steady and constant application of force lies the very first prerequisite for success. This persistence, however, can always and only arise from… — Adolf Hitler
We are here speaking in open disapproval of that false system of philosophy, not so long ago introduced, by which, because of an extended and… — Pope Gregory XVI
We are uncertain of the next step, but we are certain of God. Immediately we abandon to God, and do the duty that lies nearest,… — Oswald Chambers
How do commercial interests usually protect themselves from liability claims? Through insurance. In fact, in our society, the litmus test for safety is insurance. You… — David Suzuki
It is not like studying German, where you mull along, in a groping, uncertain way, for thirty years; and at last, just as you think… — Mark Twain
Every man's life lies within the present; for the past is spent and done with, and the future is uncertain. — Marcus Aurelius
The imagination of a boy is healthy, and the mature imagination of a man is healthy; but there is a space of life between, in… — John Keats

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