Uncertainty Quotes

906 Uncertainty quotes by 643 unique authors

Economists have the correct insight that economics is a theory of choice, the key to the story is the variety of options and centralised political… — Douglass North
Conformity can be costly in a world of uncertainty which requires innovative institutional creation because no one can know the right path to survival. Over… — Douglass North
While we cannot accurately predict the course of climate change in the coming decades, the risks we run if we don't change our course are… — Steven Chu
The law is a sort of hocus-pocus science, that smiles in yer face while it picks yer pocket; and the glorious uncertainty of it is… — Charles Macklin
For how shall we fill people with blind faith in the correctness of a doctrine, if we ourselves spread uncertainty and doubt by constant changes… — Adolf Hitler
Benedict XVI leaves no room for uncertainty or minimization. At this present time in which she feels humiliation, the Church learns from the Pope to… — Unknown Author
Fear comes from uncertainty; we can eliminate the fear within us when we know ourselves better. — Bruce Lee
Wind, weather, power, load - gradually these elements stop churning in my mind. It's less a decision of logic than a feeling, the kind of… — Charles Lindbergh
Uncertainty in the pressure of vivid hopes and fears is painful, but must be endured if we wish to live without the support of comforting… — Bertrand Russell
Where was it ever promised us that life on this earth can ever be easy, free from conflict and uncertainty, devoid of anguish and wonder… — Leo Rosten
[The necessary and proper clause] neither enlarges any power specifically granted; nor is it a grant of any new power to Congress; But it is… — Joseph Story
I have lifted my plane . . . for perhaps a thousand flights and I have never felt her wheels glide from the Earth into… — Beryl Markham
The best reason to be assigned, in this case, for not having made the Constitution more free from a charge of uncertainty in its meaning,… — James Madison
[L]eave nothing to the uncertainty of procuring a warlike apparatus at the moment of public danger. — George Washington
We can make a similar examination, but with greater uncertainty, of the extraterrestrial hypothesis that holds that a wide range of UFOs viewed on the… — Carl Sagan
Thus, the question of how and when to start vagabonding is not really a question at all. Vagabonding starts now. Even if the practical reality… — Rolf Potts
Once, at the dreaming dawn of history -- before the world was categorized and regulated by mortal minds, before solid boundaries formed between the mortal… — Colin Thubron
We don't know what our health care costs are going to be. We don't know what our tax rates are going to be. We don't… — Jim Renacci
In an economy where the only certainty is uncertainty, the one sure source of lasting competitive advantage is knowledge. — Ikujiro Nonaka
Drama is anticipation mingled with uncertainty. — Andrew Stanton
I still don't like the word agnostic. It's too fancy. I'm simply not a believer. But, as simple as this notion is, it confuses some… — Alan Alda
Fear comes from uncertainty; we can eliminate the fear within us when we know ourselves better. As the great Sun Tzu said: “When you know… — Bruce Lee
Decisions are the endless uncertainties of life that we'll not know if they're right until the very end, so do the best you can and… — Lily Collins
I used to be scared of uncertainty; now I get a high out of it. — Jensen Ackles
If you don't think you want to go on a train and read the paper every day and work from nine to six at night,… — Ron Silver

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