Quotes About Uncertainty

Only fools are positive.

es impresionante el poco consenso que existe sobre la orientación de los cambios en nuestro mundo y las previsibles amenazas, por no hablar de la escasez de ideas realistas acerca de cómo hacerles frente.

The perception that the world around you is changing in ways you cannot predict or control feels deeply threatening to a sizable subset of any population.

In the twenty-first century, power is easier to get, harder to use—and easier to lose.

if the future of power lies in disruption and interference, not management and consolidation, can we expect ever to know stability again?

A quienes me preguntan la razón de mis viajes les contesto que sé bien de qué huyo pero ignoro lo que busco

Going back to Walter's house had been like visiting a cemetery where there were no tidy tombstones recording beginnings and endings but only question marks over the graves.

Do you think we've got control of everything here, because this place is small and simple and we're in charge of it? It's so obvious we're in control, I guess we may have forgotten we're not in control. And I wonder if those people on the Earth, because it was so clear they weren't in control, forgot that they were.

Kadang keadaan ternyata tidak seburuk yang disangka. Kadang-kadang hal buruk yang disangka akan datang malah tidak datang sama sekali. Kalian hanya harus menunggu dan melihat keadaan.

An hour and forty-five minutes before Nazneen's life began-began as it would proceed for quite some time, that is to say uncertainly-her mother, Rupban, felt an iron fist squeeze her belly.

I had half a feeling that he might suddenly savage me in a bear hug under glass arcade. When he was disgruntled, you never knew how he would vent it.

She didn't call. That was good. If she called, she'd have a chance to cancel.

The world wasn't safe today. The truth was, this world was never safe. (19)

She just waited. Rosie had no choice. She'd have to do it on her own. She'd do anything for Amy, even hear whatever she was about to hear, on her own. The consultant was in his office. It was as untidy as always. He didn't smile. It wasn't a bad sign. He

Hope is a perilous thing, Quinn.

tenía diecinueve años y me sentía como una anciana cuya vida ya había pasado. Entonces me di cuenta de que uno es joven mientras hace planes para el futuro y ese futuro es un misterio que le atrae, pero al que también teme. Cuando eso deja de ocurrir, es viejo.

I was certain t find the familiar sting of salt, but what I needed to know was what kind: kitchen, sweat, tears or the sea.

Nothing is absolute any longer, Mr. Panofsky. There is a choice of beliefs and a choice of truths to go with them. If you choose not to choose then there is no truth at all. There are only points of view.…" "Still, that is no answer." "What if there are no answers? Or if the answers offered are not suitable – what then? Perhaps there are only more questions.

One final thought. In the years leading up to my trial, whenever I was caught in bumper-to-bumper traffic on the highway leading to my cottage, creeping along behind a battered, rust eaten pick-up truck with a sticker on its rear bumper that read JESUS SAVES, I used to think don't count on it, buster. Now I am no longer sure.

Feet, she thought. Sea legs. When you pass the last spit of land and commit to the ocean, you are taking a step into the infinite and might set your foot down anywhere.

I walk on the surface of a shifting bog. I have to grab for whatever I can find that is solid.

Tomorrow will be better." But what if it's not?" I asked. Then you say it again tomorrow. Because it might be. You never know, right? At some point, tomorrow will be better.

I've experienced increased insecurity because of my increased vulnerability to illness.

Everything that hasn't happened is nonsense. But when it does happen, it is better to be prepared. I like to discount the future until I see the sun rise on a new day.