Quotes About Uncertainty

It is precisely because the unknowns are so great and dangerous that we require some manner of faith to choose our path and to give us courage.

true, they abandon faith in everything else they have learned. Deprived of the customary supports that cultural values had given them, they flounder in a morass of anxiety and apathy.

I must confess I get lost with all these shades of grey.

In 1997 I began working as an assistant professor at Caltech, and I realized that I didn't really know what I was doing.

The world seems to work in predictable ways, and you think you see the pattern. But that's fatal. Because it's only a pattern until you meet the first event that doesn't fit. And by then it's too late. By then, all the tricks you've learned to deal with the world -- well, they just don't work anymore.

And send not to ask for whom the fucking bell tolls, because you're not going to like the answer.

To be uncertain is to be uncomfortable, but to be certain is to be ridiculous." —Chinese proverb

No plan survives contact with the enemy." —Field Marshal Helmuth Graf von Moltke

The cone of uncertainty shows that during the feasibility phase of a project a schedule estimate is typically as far off as 60% to 160%. That is, a project expected to take 20 weeks could take anywhere from 12 to 32 weeks. After the requirements are written, the estimate might still be off +/- 15% in either direction. So an estimate of 20 weeks means work that takes 17 to 23 weeks. Figure 1.1. The cone of uncertainty narrows as the project progresses.

Most of the time you don't know how close a dream is to coming true, until after it has.

Sometimes, when you're feeling you're lowest, the real you is summoned~And you understand, maybe for the first time ever, how grand you are, because you discover that vulnerable doesn't mean powerless, scared doesn't mean lacking in beauty, and uncertainty doesn't mean that you're lost~These realizations alone will set you on a journey that you will take you far beyond what you used to think of as extraordinary.~There is always a bright side, The Universe

It's funny how life can be sometimes, just when you think you know how everything is, it sneaks out a surprise that really tears the rug right out from beneath your feet.

Verily, my life is falling apart and there's not a damn thing I can do about it.

None of us knew how to come back from this moment. This was where the script ended and we all had to improvise.

The only permanent thing is impermanence. This was what I came up understand right then, right there, with the sun on my cheeks and the champagne on my lips. The notion that you could actually know what you want for the rest of your life is illogical and unreasonable. The best you can do is figure out what you want for lunch.

Many of us are living contradictions. I've done some empirical probing in my own life and have determined this to be true. We want God to speak to us, but we're petrified he'll call us to something uncomfortable, or difficult, or worse . . . something uncool.

Thanks, Neil," Emma said. "So, what do you want to do next?" she asked DeMarco. "Find out what Stephanie Taliaferro Hernandez has on Quinn." "And how do you propose to do that?" "I have no idea.

no matter how many books you read, there is something in this world that you never ever ever ever ever fucking understand.

He put the x-ray up on the light screen: The tumor was a large white circle in the middle of the picture. It looked like a headlight coming straight at me, full-speed ahead.

If you don't take the shot...you'll never know whether it would have gone in or not.

You gotta be prepared for something, pal. No matter how much you think you're doing the right thing, life can still take a wrong turn on you.

a gradual leaking away of all conviction

The only safe thing is to take a chance. Play safe and you are dead. Taking risks is the essence of good work, and the difference between safe and bold can only be defined by yourself since no one else knows for what you are hoping when you embark on anything.

I know I'm going to blow one day. My life is doomed the way it is. I have no future.