Quotes About Uncertainty

How to make God laugh. Tell him your future plans.

Suddenly, one day, out of nowhere, an enormous abyss opened up beneath our feet and I was staring into a face I didn't recognize.

El hombre inconsistente ¿Quién sabe? ¿Vivirá todavía a finales de de la semana que viene? Bueno, si vive, allí estaré, y si no. ¿Qué más da? Resulta cruel dicho así, pero ¿no es cruel también la vida?

People are afraid to face how great a part of life is dependent on luck. It's scary to think so much is out of one's control. There are moments in a match when the ball hits the top of the net and for a split second it can either go forward or fall back. With a little luck it goes forward and you win. Or maybe it doesn't and you lose.

Lately I've been tempted to leave my profession and do something else and that desire scares me. And what would you do? Anything. I don't know, write, read, maybe just study, take lessons, find out what I really want, who I really am. Maybe I'm a dilettante, is it that bad?

The man who said 'I'd rather be lucky than good' saw deeply into life. People are afraid to face how great a part of life is dependent on luck. It's scary to think so much is out of one's control. There are moments in a match when the ball hits the top of the net and for a split second it can either go forward or fall back. With a little luck it goes forward and you win. Or maybe it doesn't and you lose.

What if I've been wrong all these years? he thought. What if the infinite universe does not have a personal grudge against me?

The truth is you never know when you have to rely on Aristotle or Confucius when faced with choosing to hit a lamppost or running over a man coming from Zabar's with fresh bagels.

Una vez más, la nada parecía destino hospitalario para un demoledor de sus propias certezas. La nada era una prórroga, una tregua, una hipoteca.

La cuerda floja crea un hábito que ni el matrimonio arregla.

Porque hasta cuando sabes que no puedes confiar en nadie te topas con que tienes que confiar.

Cuántas veces se supone que deberías confiar? ¿En qué personas? ¿Cuántas, de cada cien, traen un puñal guardado? Cada vez que confías en alguien estás tirando dados. Puedes saber cuáles son tus probabilidades con los dados, pero no con la gente. Tiras no sabes cuántos dados, con sepa La Chingada cuántas caras.

We believe what we see. So did Columbus. What do you do when you're in the dark?

We are all born like Catholics . . . in limbo, without religion.

El hecho de escoger la duda como filosofía de vida es como elegir la inmovilidad como forma de transporte.

Kita tentunya juga diperbolehkan merasa ragu. Tapi kita mesti jalan terus. Memilih keraguan sebagai falsafah hidup sama halnya memilih kemandekan sebagai sarana transportasi.

Surely we are also permitted doubt. But we must move on. To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.

I'll be honest about it. It is not atheists who get stuck in my craw, but agnostics. Doubt is useful for a while.

Scegliere il dubbio come filosofia di vita equivale ad eleggere l'immobilità a proprio mezzo di trasporto.

I gave up trying to find out. Any knowledge I might gain was useless. I had no means of controlling where I was going - no rudder, no sails, no motor, some oars, but insufficient brawn.

There are many ways in which life's little candle can be snuffed out. A cold wind pursues us all.

Things floated in the water but none that brought me hope. I could see no other lifeboats.

To the dumb question "Why me?" the cosmos barely bothers to return the reply: why not?

The future we face in the Pacific may be dangerous, but I suspect it will be anything but dull.