Uncertainty Quotes

906 Uncertainty quotes by 643 unique authors

These days it seems the lyric impulse, so seemingly fragile, comes in for a lot of abuse-or simply a lot of mistrust. What's it for,… — Patricia Hampl
Instant success are seldom instant and if you talk to the people behind these successes, you'll find out that they came after months of fear,… — Guy Kawasaki
In this world of uncertainty and woe, one thing remains unchanged: Fresh, canned, pureed, dried, salted, sliced, and served with sugar and cream, or pressed… — Laurie Colwin
We are closed in, and the key is turned / On our uncertainty... — William Butler Yeats
To ensure attaining an objective, one should have alternate objectives. An attack that converges on one point should threaten, and be able to diverge against… — B. H. Liddell Hart
When mortals are alive, they worry about death. When they're full, they worry about hunger. Theirs is the Great Uncertainty. But sages don't consider the… — Bodhidharma
An all encompassing uncertainty on the part of any person is either a sign of utter stupidity or extreme intelligence. Only the not so dumb,… — Derek R. Audette
The upheaval of our world and the upheaval in consciousness is one and the same. Everything becomes relative and therefore doubtful. And while man, hesitant… — Carl Jung
The uncompromising attitude is more indicative of an inner uncertainty than a deep conviction. The implacable stand is directed more against the doubt within than… — Eric Hoffer
Although the outlook is clouded by a number of uncertainties, the central tendencies of the projections .. imply continued good economic performance in the United… — Alan Greenspan
Strokes carry a message whether you will it or not. The stroke is just like the artist at the time he makes it. All the… — Robert Henri
Career is the stringing together of opportunities and jobs. Mix in public opinion and past regrets. Add a dash of future panic and a whole… — Amy Poehler
There's a certain kind of scepticism that can't bear uncertainty. — Rupert Sheldrake
What the Fed is really trying to say is that it doesn't know what it is going to do next. And if the markets abhor… — Scott Anderson
It brings spiritual warfare and suffering for the priest as he identifies with those who suffer, and shares the frustrations, anger, and incomprehensibility of that… — Arthur Middleton
It is not certainty which is creative, but the uncertainty we are pledged to in our works. — Edmond Jabes
Dogmatism spreads its roots in the fertile soil of uncertainty. — Walter Darby Bannard
To some degree we all live with uncertainty. We have no control over the future. Yet we carry on, we persevere, because, I guess, it's… — Karen Thompson Walker
I think the time is coming for struggle and uncertainty. It comes into every serious and beautiful life. I knew all along that it had… — Paula Modersohn-Becker
Uncertainty is a personal matter; it is not the uncertainty but your uncertainty. — Dennis Lindley
In teaching there can be too much emphasis on certainty and a proper appreciation of uncertainty is to be encouraged. — Dennis Lindley
It is not surprising that in talking about uncertainty we should lean heavily on facts, just as the court of law does when interrogating witnesses.… — Dennis Lindley
Whatever way uncertainty is approached, probability is the only sound way to think about it. — Dennis Lindley
What has happened to our ability to dwell in the unknowing, to live inside a question and coexist with the tensions of uncertainty? Where is… — Sue Monk Kidd
The books [and games] that give us the most pleasure combine uncertainty and satisfaction, tension and release. — Peter Turchi

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