Quotes About Ambiguity

He was like a horse running downhill harnessed to a heavy cart. Whether he was pulling it or being pushed by it he did not know, but rushed along at headlong speed with no time to consider what this movement might lead to.

Alice felt dreadfully puzzled. The Hatter's remark seemed to have no sort of meaning in it, and yet it was certainly English. 'I don't quite understand you,' she said, as politely as she could.

Sometimes things that look safe, turn out nasty, and things that look nasty, turn out safe.

Sino sabes a dónde vas, cualquier camino te llevará allí

Meu nome é Alice, mas...' 'Um nome bem bobo!' Humpty Dumpty a interrompeu com impaciência. 'O que significa?' 'Um nome deve significar alguma coisa?' Alice perguntou ambiguamente 'Claro que deve', Humpty Dumpy respondeu com uma risada curta.

were placed along the course, here and there. There was no 'One, two, three, and away,' but they began running when they liked, and left off when they liked, so that it was not easy to know when the race was over. However, when they had been running half an hour or so, and were quite dry again, the

earls of Mercia and Northumbria, declared for him: and even Stigand, the patriotic archbishop of Canterbury, found it advisable--' 'Found what?' said the Duck. 'Found it,' the Mouse replied rather crossly: 'of course

And here Alice began to get rather sleepy, and went on saying to herself, in a dreamy sort of way, 'Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats?' and sometimes, 'Do bats eat cats?' for, you see, as she couldn't answer either question, it didn't much matter which way she put it.

We're each of us our own chiaroscuro, our own bit of illusion trying to emerge into something solid, something real. We've got to forgive ourselves that. I must remember to forgive myself. Because there's an awful lot of gray to work with. No one can live in the light all the time.

Power changes everything till it is difficult to say who are the heroes and who the villians... And magic itself is neither good nor bad; it is intent that makes it either.

The uncertainty of our future is nothing more than a fog of breath on a windowpane.

Often quiet and agreeable, they at first seem likable yes- men and yes-women. However, dislike sets in later on, as it becomes clear that their "yes" means "no." They may say one thing one day, the opposite another day. In fact, they don't really know what they are doing, nor does anyone around them, which makes them extremely difficult and frustrating to work with. Mark

Some things should stay mysteries," said Metzli. "The moon would not be the same moon, if one side did not remain in the dark.

heaven or hell...She couldn't tell one from the other.

How could memories feel so close and so far away at the same time?

The gym is always open, except when it's closed.

I think in society and especially in movies and media we're fed this idea that there's the one or the right person. I think it brings great ambiguity and confusion for people.

I think the free-enterprise system has been great for society. That doesn't mean it's completely perfect. And also, when people say capitalism, I'm not really sure what they mean.

Confidence without clarity is always a disaster.

The true way goes over a rope which is not stretched at any great height but just above the ground. It seems more designed to make people stumble than to be walked upon.

Things are always different from what they might be.

Conclusion means death. Confusion means possibility.

BATH, n. A kind of mystic ceremony substituted for religious worship, with what spiritual efficacy has not been determined.

Like everything else in life, these questions have no easy answers.