Quotes About Uncertainty

I've never done acid, finding it hard to go willingly to a place that could be frightening, hellish, and totally beyond my control. A place much like high school.

All economists should be locked up until they admit that they don't know what they're talking about.

Wholeheartedness. There are many tenets of Wholeheartedness, but at its very core is vulnerability and worthiness; facing uncertainty, exposure, and emotional risks, and knowing that I am enough.

Any time I got in emotional turmoil, I felt sick all the time, like at any minute I would die.

Certitude is seized by some minds, not because there is any philosophical justification for it, but because such minds have an emotional need for certitude.

There are some things in this world you rely on, like a sure bet. And when they let you down, shifting from where you've carefully placed them, it shakes your faith, right where you stand.

When people are afraid, they make emotional decisions.

He has the strangest expression on his face- the emotional equivalent of 404 PAGE NOT FOUND.

When civilization stands at the edge of a cliff, a step forward doesn't make much sense.

We have a definite but unknown quantity of experience at our disposal. As soon as the hourglass is turned, the sand will begin to run out and once it starts, it cannot stop until it's all gone.

It's kinda like being on a roller coaster. If you don't get on the ride, you won't experience the adventure.

Markets are fundamentally volatile. No way around it. Your problem is not in the math. There is no math to get you out of having to experience uncertainty.

If the experience of science teaches anything, it's that the world is very strange and surprising. The many revolutions in science have certainly shown that.

Of course one never knows in draft if it's going to turn out, even with my age and experience.

To me, nothing is more vibrant than having the power to do something but not having the experience of knowing what's right and what's wrong.

Change often involves loss, so change can be a risky experience.

Experience teaches us, but we scarcely know what.

A new experience can be extremely pleasurable, or extremely irritating, or somewhere in between, and you never know until you try it out.

Based on past experience, I hope not.

Regardless of whether you believe in the Singularity, you will most likely experience the benefits of it. But we don't really know.

...his wartime experience had taught him to trust his instincts, even though he'd never been sure where they'd come from.

It was never a big leap from "unfamiliar" to "suspected

Nothing is as changeable as our own life.

The main cause of failure is the inability to deal with self-doubt.