Uncertainty Quotes

906 Uncertainty quotes by 643 unique authors

We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty! — Douglas Adams
Even when you think you have your life all mapped out, things happen that shape your destiny in ways you might never have imagined. — Deepak Chopra
So the Dark did a simple thing. They showed the maker of the sword his own uncertainty and fear. Fear of having done the wrong… — Susan Cooper
The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience. — Frank Herbert
A good piece of fiction, in my view, does not offer solutions. Good stories deal with our moral struggles, our uncertainties, our dreams, our blunders,… — Tim O'Brien
In the high country of the mind one has to become adjusted to the thinner air of uncertainty... — Robert M. Pirsig
Zizi was young and often confused about how to live his life, �and when he made a choice he clung to it with fierce resolve,… — Candace Bushnell
Worry is the secret weapon perpetrated upon us by the dark forces of the world that lurk in the shape of fear, uncertainty, confusion, and… — Vera Nazarian
Wish you could turn off the questions, turn off the voices, turn off all sound. Yearn to close out the ugliness, close out the filthiness,… — Ellen Hopkins
Cooking requires confident guesswork and improvisation-- experimentation and substitution, dealing with failure and uncertainty in a creative way — Paul Theroux
I can give you my loneliness, my darkness, the hunger of my heart, I am trying to bribe you with uncertainty, with danger, with defeat. — Jorge Luis Borges
Love is anticipation and memory, uncertainty and longing. It’s unreasonable, of course. Nothing begins with so much excitement and hope and pleasure as love, except… — John Dufresne
Myths, whether in written or visual form, serve a vital role of asking unanswerable questions and providing unquestionable answers. Most of us, most of the… — Michael Shermer
People will choose unhappiness over uncertainty. — Tim Ferriss
Doubt requires more courage than conviction does, and more energy; because conviction is a resting place and doubt is infinite – it is a passionate… — John Patrick Shanley
I will be the answer at the end of the line. I will be there for you. Why take the time? In the burning of… — Sarah McLachlan
To live is to have worries and uncertainties. Keep them inside, and they will destroy you for certain--leaving behind a person so callused that emotion… — Brandon Sanderson
it struck me what quality went to form a Man of Achievement, especially in Literature, and which Shakespeare possessed so enormously - I mean Negative… — John Keats
Knowledge would be fatal. It is the uncertainty that charms one. A mist makes things wonderful. — Oscar Wilde
We lie under the network of arching shells and live in a suspense of uncertainty. If a shot comes, we can duck, that is all;… — Erich Maria Remarque
They were close enough that he could feel the hurried beat of her heart. He could feel Charlotte's indecision in every word she didn't say… — Lauren Willig
Let go," he advised me, and I loosened my grip on his hands. "No, not of me," he said, smiling. "You can hold on to… — Charlaine Harris
If the Universe came to an end every time there was some uncertainty about what had happened in it, it would never have got beyond… — Douglas Adams
I can live with doubt and uncertainty and not knowing. I think it is much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers… — Richard P. Feynman
I felt the first soft glow of intoxication that makes the blood warmer and spreads an illusion of adventure over uncertainty. — Erich Maria Remarque

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