Quotes About Uncertainty

Life may not treat you the way you expect, so you may not treat her the way she expect, but whichever the way, be brave and prepared when she comes.

Mas vale equivocarse en la esperanza que acertar en la desesperación

Eure Lippen haben sich gestreift, sind auseinander dann, Als sei euer Anteil am Glück bereits verbraucht und als hättet ihr Angst, vom Glück der anderen schon zu kosten. Ihr wart unschuldig? Wovor hat Unschuld je bewahrt? Selbst der Schöpfer sagt uns, wir sollen zu Festen Lämmer schlachten, Nie aber Wölfe...

Daha m? iyi olurdu, yoksa daha m? kötü? Ä°nsan hala soluk al?p bu soruyu sorabiliyorsa, bu türlüsü pek de fena olmam?? demektir.

Qu'une réalité soit imprécise, insaisissable et frustrante ne veut pas dire qu'elle n'existe pas

Fakat Denia`l? ozanlardan birinin dedi?i gibi yazg? bir bukalemunun derisinden bile daha de?i?kendir.

Umutsuzlukta hakl? ç?kaca??m?za, umutta yan?lal?m.

in the absence of political order, human life is "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.

I treat vegetarianism as a phase that might any second end without warning.

Nobody knows, nobody can ever know, not even in memory, because there are moments in time that are not knowable.

Michael and I both recognized we had problems, we just couldn't agree on the solution. I think what was happening was, I wasn't just talking about the implausible plan to walk away from our house and the kids' schools and Michael's job, no matter how assured we would be of getting these things back. I was wondering, whether we were to go or to stay, what would we do— about us?

He had the feeling that he must make a decision, and though he was used to making many decisions every day, this time he was beset with uncertainty; in fact he had no idea what was being asked of him

I had forgotten that things might change in future and that promise was a debt.

The foreseeability of the world out there varies in systematic ways for systematic reasons.

Knowledge never guarantees perfect decisions, but it does reduce uncertainty, which makes better decisions more likely.

I couldn't ask her anything. There wasn't a single question to which I'd get the answer I wanted.

High standards in a context where there is uncertainty or interdependence (or both) combined with a lack of psychological safety comprise a recipe for suboptimal performance.

Framing the work is not something that leaders do once, and then it's done. Framing is ongoing. Frequently calling attention to levels of uncertainty or interdependence helps people remember that they must be alert and candid to perform well.

Frankly, adopting a humble mindset when faced with the complex, dynamic, uncertain world in which we all work today is simply realism.

Devon? Are you okay?" For the first time, Dom's voice sounds unsure. Devon sats nothing, not one word. She pushes herself up. She slides the papers toward herself. She slowly folds them into quarters. She closes her hand around them. Devon lifts her face to Dom's. Is she "okay"? Will she ever, ever be okay?

I am the kid who sticks her finger in the light socket. I am the person who doesn't check the expiration date on the milk. I am the idiot who has never looked before she leaped. I am the girl who is falling apart, right now.

He wondered how we know that what happens to us isn't good.

Maybe this is not a come-down-from-the-ledge story. But I tell it with the thought that the woman on the ledge will ask herself a question, the question that occurred to that man in Bogota. He wondered how we know that what happens to us isn't good?

When you're in a train and it breaks down, well, there you is. But when you're in a plane and it breaks down, there you AIN'T.