Quotes About Uncertainty

I don't know what effect these men will have on the enemy but by God they frighten me.

I don't know whether war is an interlude during peace, or peace an interlude during war.

Getting married is like putting one's hand in a bag containing 99 serpents and one eel.

One should never know too precisely whom one has married

I wonder which is worse-the death, not knowing what comes after, or the wedding, when you think you know, but you're wrong.

Having once embarked on your marital voyage, it is impossible not to be aware that you make no way and the sea is not within sight; that in fact, you are exploring an enclosed basin.

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.

To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge.

Basic research is what I am doing when I don't know what I am doing.

As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.

The hour of departure has arrived and we go our ways; I to die, and you to live. Which is better? Only God knows.

A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.

I don't know what my path is yet. I'm just walking on it.

Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.

You can never know everything, and part of what you know is always wrong. A portion of wisdom lies in knowing that. A portion of courage lies in going on anyway.

What's in store for me in the direction I don't take?

Life is boring. People are vengeful. Good things always end. We do so many things and we don't know why, and if we do find out why, it's decades later and knowing why doesn't matter any more.

How poor is the wisdom of men, and how uncertain their forecast!

It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.

Only the fools are certain and assured.

Worry is a down payment on a problem you may never have

Its important to be comfortable with uncertainty.

The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire.

Quien sabe? Not me. The older I get the less I sabe, the less wisdom, maturity and caution I have.