Quotes About Uncertainty

But absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

the absence of evidence is not evidence of absence'.

each man braces his fear against his love. What you love may change. But if you love still, your fear remains

Until the tide goes out you don't know who's swimming naked. —WARREN BUFFETT

There are many things which cannot be imagined," the Chinese say, "but there is nothing which may not happen.

History is littered with the wars which everybody knew would never happen," said British politician Enoch Powell.

Many of us are afraid of risk and prefer the bland, the predictable, and the repetitive. This explains the overwhelming sense of boredom that is a defining characteristic of our age.

Teetering on life's balance, between the long past and the unknown yet less infinite future, knowing it's only going to tip in one direction, and more quickly than you ever expected — that sense of vertigo, fear, excitement, and uncertainty, is middle age.

There were no violins or warning bells... no sense that my little life was about to change. But we never know, do we? Life turns on a dime.

I'm not sure if I've had too much coffee, or if it's had me.

[I]s there anyone so foolish, even though he is young, as to feel absolutely sure that he will be alive when evening comes?

Do not plant your dreams in the field of indecision, where nothing ever grows but the weeds of "what-if."

Yes, that's the worst of it. It's a desperately vexatious thing that, after all one's reflections and quiet determinations, we should be ruled by moods that one can't calculate on beforehand.

Fear knocked at the door, faith opened it and lo, there was no one there.

A palace of doubt is senseless, The chambers have no light.

Fear is untrust of the process of life.

Fear is advance panic of unexpected life.

Rake leaves or move? I can't decide.

No cabía predecir lo que había de suceder, porque, con todo lo dotado de vida, las cosas ocurrían siempre, por una razón u otra, de modo distinto.

All the world is topsy-turvy, and it has been topsy-turvy ever since the plague.

That man from Sulphur Creek had spoken the truth when telling how cold it sometimes got in the country. And he had laughed at him at the time! That showed one must not be too sure of things.

Estaban vivos a medias, o quizá menos.

C'è un proverbio che afferma che la verità viene sempre a galla. Sono arrivata a dubitare di tale proverbio. Sono trascorsi diciannove anni e nonostante tutti i nostri incessanti sforzi, non siamo riusciti a trovare l'uomo che realmente lanciò la bomba.

Quanto a me, non mi preoccupo mai di sapere se abbia ragione o no. Questo non ha importanza alcuna: l'uomo non può mai giungere all'ultima verità.