Uncertainty Quotes

906 Uncertainty quotes by 643 unique authors

Live the full life of the mind, exhilarated by new ideas, intoxicated by the Romance of the unusual. — Ernest Hemingway
I really don't see anything romantic in proposing. It is very romantic to be in love. But there is nothing romantic about a definite proposal.… — Oscar Wilde
The bittersweetness of uncertainty: To win or to lose. — Markus Zusak
Folklore is the perfect second skin. From under its hide, we can see all the shimmering, shadowy uncertainties of the world. — Jane Yolen
The uncertainty of our future is nothing more than a fog of breath on a windowpane. — Libba Bray
Happiness," said he, "must be something solid and permanent, without fear and without uncertainty. — Samuel Johnson
Each of us chooses the tone for telling his or her own story. I would like to choose the durable clarity of a platinum print,… — Isabel Allende
That is one thing I am sure of amid my many uncertainties regarding the literary vocation: deep inside, a writer feels that writing is the… — Mario Vargas Llosa
The problem with certainty is that it is static; it can do little but endlessly reassert itself. Uncertainty, by contrast, is full of unknowns, possibilities,… — Stephen Batchelor
The possible redemption from the predicament of irreversibility──of being unable to undo what one has done──is the faculty of forgiving. The remedy for unpredictability, for… — Hannah Arendt
Life is like molten glass. It flows, it's flexible, it can be molded and shaped and...what do you say? Ah, yes. It holds vast potential.… — Maria V. Snyder
Our scientific advances will be merely obscene unless they help the large part of our world's population emerge from miserable uncertainty and debilitating terror. — Michael Moorcock
Learning not to crumple before these uncertainties fuels my resolve to print myself upon the texture of each day fully rather than forever. — Audre Lorde
Alyosha's heart could not bear uncertainty, for the nature of his love was always active. He could not love passively; once he loved, he immediately… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
I looked around. As flock leader, everyone was expecting me to make a decision. Jeb's presence here would bring uncertainty, chaos, probably danger. It would… — James Patterson
Embrace relational uncertainty. It's called romance. Embrace spiritual uncertainty. It's called mystery. Embrace occupational uncertainty. It's called destiny. Embrace emotional uncertainty. It's called joy. Embrace… — Mark Batterson
Until I know this sure uncertainty, I'll entertain the offered fallacy. — William Shakespeare
The mistake is thinking that there can be an antidote to the uncertainty. — David Levithan
The difference between theism and nontheism is not whether one does or does not believe in God. . . Theism is a deep-seated conviction that… — Pema Chodron
How very paltry and limited the normal human intellect is, and how little lucidity there is in the human consciousness, may be judged from the… — Arthur Schopenhauer
I can't take not knowing what the next day will bring- the uncertainty is sawing me in two. The room is dark. A flickering candle… — Pittacus Lore
The world is not a solid continent of facts sprinkled by a few lakes of uncertainties, but a vast ocean of uncertainties speckled by a… — Bruno Latour
My life would never contain a convenient, pain-saving plan when it could stretch a problem out into an endless agony of uncertainty and torture. — James Patterson
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 MALE JOURNEY t some point in time, a man needs to embark on a risky -journey. It's a necessary adventure that takes him into… — Richard Rohr

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