Uncertainty Quotes

906 Uncertainty quotes by 643 unique authors

Regulators have not been able to achieve the level of future clarity required to act pre-emptively. The problem is not lack of regulation but unrealistic… — Alan Greenspan
It is an act of courage to acknowledge our own uncertainty and sit with it for a while. — Harriet Lerner
Americans love their captivity. There's no responsibility. When you're a captive, you don't have to make a decision about anything, though you have no Liberty.… — Eustace Mullins
[Modern science] passed through a long period of uncertainty and inconclusive experiment, but as the instrumental aids to research improved, and the results of observation… — Thomas George Bonney
To start blindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness, and will lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is… — Scott Watson
You see, one thing is, I can live with doubt and uncertainty and not knowing. I have approximate answers and possible beliefs and different degrees… — Richard P. Feynman
To stay with that shakiness-to stay with a broken heart, with a rumbling stomach, with the feeling of hopelessness and wanting to get revenge-that is… — Pema Chodron
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
In a climate of uncertainty and fear, without strong and visionary leadership, people panic. — Patrick Dodson
We make pictures. At the end of the day, we create something potentially significant that did not exist at the beginning of the day. We… — Joe McNally
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

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