Quotes About Uncertainty

We are merely the stars tennis-balls, struck and bandied which way please them.

I pray in my own way, not regularly, and I wouldn't say structured prayers. What I'm praying to I'm not sure. I'd be a firm agnostic.

But I'm the sort of person who, if certain structures topple, it could all go horribly wrong.

I do struggle with the fact that I don't have all the answers.

Personally, I've struggled with a lot of doubt in myself at times.

We're all confused and have problems and struggles.

I'm not a big fan of introducing a bunch of new mysteries into a story without really knowing where they're going because you just end up struggling at the end to make sense of them and make it all seem like you planned it all along.

Actors are an insecure breed. It's hard to have your career depend upon other people's opinions of what you do.

Actors live dependent on being validated by other people's opinions. I don't understand what it is I do that people want. I don't know what an actor does. I have no credentials. I don't know what I'm doing.

We know from experience that anything can happen in games against strong opponents; nuances can make the difference.

Every fight, I'm fighting blind opponents. I don't know who it's going to be, who I'm fighting, if I'm really fighting them.

Change brings opportunities. On the other hand, change can be confusing.

It's something that I love about this business and that scares me about this business, but in a good way. You just never know what's going to happen. And things change constantly. But there's always opportunities for new work, so you just have to enjoy the job that you're on while you're on it because it doesn't last forever.

In politics, every day is filled with numerous opportunities for serious error. Enjoy it.

Before 'Broad City,' I had a lot of jobs that I knew were not for me, but when you're young and don't know exactly what you're going to do, if an opportunity comes up, you feel like, 'This is an opportunity; I have to try it.'

The minute one utters a certainty, the opposite comes to mind.

My problem with interviews, one day I'll think one thing, and the next day I'll think the exact opposite.

That routine thing is not comforting to me. It's the opposite to that.

I look forward without dogmatic optimism but without dread.

I've never been an optimist.

As discomfiting as it is to both market optimists and policy activists, a certain amount of instability is inherent to the economy.

The night before the Nobel announcement every year, I've gone to bed feeling quite anxious. I was optimistic, and also I knew it might never happen.

I can't be optimistic. I can be hopeful.

I would say I'm cautiously optimistic.