Certainty Quote by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Probability is not a mere computation of odds on the dice or more complicated variants; it is the acceptance of the lack of certainty…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“We did not evolve by precautionary living, nor by hanging back for lack or certainty.”

— Irv Thomas

The very foundation of science is to keep the door open to doubt. Precisely because we keep questioning everything, especially our own premises, we…

— Carlo Rovelli

“Albert knew that one could never be sure about magic, but a lack of certainty is not a good reason to do nothing.”

— Howard L. Anderson

As a painter today you have to work without that essential platform. But if one does not deceive oneself and accepts this lack of…

— Bridget Riley

Lack of self-confidence is, more often than not, simple laziness. We feel confused and uncertain because we do not know. But instead of making…

— Laurence Boldt

“Mortals live with lack of certainty- except for Death.”

— Lee Monroe

There's something about the lack of certainty with a documentary, which is exhausting if you do three in a row. It's nerve-wracking.

— Kevin Macdonald

If one puts an infinite number of monkeys in front of typewriters, and lets them clap away, there is a certainty that one of…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Criticism, though dignified from the earliest ages by the labours of men eminent for knowledge and sagacity, has not yet attained the certainty and…

— Samuel Johnson

As a businessman, I know that businesses need certainty.

— Bill Foster

[I]f in other sciences we should arrive at certainty without doubt and truth without error, it behooves us to place the foundations of knowledge…

— Roger Bacon