Quotes About Ambiguity

Asking me why I did or didn't do anything is generally pointless. How do I know? And asking me what I'll do in the future is even less rewarding.

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

I won't say 'See you tomorrow' because that would be like predicting the future, and I'm pretty sure I can't do that.

The past, present, and future, were all equally in gloom.

You learn to build your roads on today because tomorrow's ground is too uncertain for plans and futures have a way of falling down in mid-flight.

People ask what my goal is. I don't have a goal.

There is a goal but no way; what we call the way is mere wavering.

Washington is a place where politicians don't know which way is up and taxes don't know which way is down.

It takes only one drink to get me drunk. The trouble is, I can't remember if it's the thirteenth or the fourteenth.

The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody's guess

This is the first age that's ever paid much attention to the future, which is a little ironic since we may not have one.

I have always felt that a woman has the right to treat the subject of her age with ambiguity until, perhaps, she passes into the realm of over ninety. Then it is better she be candid with herself and with the world.

Actually, it only takes one drink to get me loaded. Trouble is, I can't remember if it's the thirteenth or fourteenth.

Doing nothing is very hard to do...you never know when you're finished.

Employee of the month is a good example of how somebody can be both a winner and a loser at the same time.

There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors.

There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.

The uncertainty of certain feelings is the best way to break them.

It wasn't playing both sides of the fence – it was betting against yourself but still playing to win – and it encapsulated everything absurd and paradoxical that I loved about the French.

Artwork is not synonymous to intention. It is peculiar that although almost everybody says artworks don't give answers, they seem to be sure that a good work asks questions. It sounds like the other side of the same coin to me.

Sure good is good, but good is something that nobody know. Good is a ghost. You can't get pocket money from good. Jamaica better off bad, because that type of bad work.

He was not a dark man, but not light either. His color was a nebulous thing, so like his voice, which was too low to be weak but too reedy to be commanding. In a town that preferred things black or white, grayness such as his was not welcome.

People who believe they can succeed see opportunities where others see threats. They're not afraid of uncertainty or ambiguity. They embrace it. They want to take greater risks and achieve greater returns. Given the choice, they will always bet on themselves.

I don't necessarily agree with everything I say.