Quotes About Uncertainty

Religion consists in a set of things which the average man thinks he believes and wishes he was certain of.

Religion consists of a set of things which the average man thinks he believes and wishes he was certain.

There is risk, known and unknown, in all aspects of life. We often consider the loss of life the only serious risk. Unless we are genuinely aware, we calculate the danger arising from our own physical and emotional states and from external conditions based on incomplete information. If we believe we can manage those risks, we accept them. Whether these choices are born of delusion or reality comes out in the end.

We may train ourselves to be adaptable as possible, to respond appropriately in each situation, but the ideal of controlling the outcome or steering events as they occur must be relinquished. Chaos rules it all.

At one point you think, well, it's funny, I could just be a starving actor... So if somebody were to pull the plug right now, there'd be no room for complaint.

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

It's funny, but... you're sort of a moving target for fortune, and you never know when it will befall you.

Not only do I not know what's going on, I wouldn't know what to do about it if I did.

I know not what tomorrow will bring.

I never know how much of what I say is true.

True, I've been a long time making up my mind, but now I'm giving you a definite answer. I won't say yes, and I won't say no - but I'm giving you a definite maybe.

The margin of error in astrology is plus or minus one hundred percent.

When you are waiting for the bus and someone asks, "Has the bus come yet?". If the bus came would I be standing here?

It is beyond my apprehension.

Without him here, it is impossible to know how fast he will play it, approximately.

Let's start at 35 because I don't know where it is.

I'm a misplaced American, but don't know where I was misplaced

No one knows what's next, but everybody does it.

Motto of the U.S. airline industry - "We're Hoping to Have a Motto Announcement in About an Hour."

Careers are funny things. They begin mysteriously and, just as mysteriously, they can end.

Thinking up jokes is easy. The hard part is trying them out on stage, because you never know if they're funny until you get there. Not one comedian in the world ever really knows.

It's funny the things you think you're scared of until they're upon you, and then you're not.

Do I have a long-term plan? Kind of. I have a general direction, I think. But it's funny what comes down the pike.

I don't think my judgment is that good. I don't know what is funny.