Quotes About Uncertainty

Beware of searching for the answer to your question, man could not endure life if he was aware of the hour of his death.

Žmogus negal?t? pakelti gyvenimo, jei žinot? savo mirties valand?.

Buras? ne fabrikas? beyefendi? - Vallahi iyice bilemiyorum ama, galiba... makinelere filan bak?l?rsa, bir makine fabrikas? olacak.

A scientist may not be sure of the answer, but he's often sure he can find one. And that's a condition which is clearly not enjoyed by philosophy.

Something about the Judge Raymond Randolph murder case. Something was wrong. He could feel it deep in his bones, like a sliver buried under the skin.

Without the cops or the feds, the two of them were on their own. And Jack had no idea what they were up against. All he knew was that he now had the assumed future president's daughter's life in his hands.

Everything was going to be all right, she told herself. Every woman got wedding jitters, right? Every woman felt a little nauseated at the thought of her first love on her wedding day. Every woman saw herself lying face down, dead in a pond.

Just tell me she's alive.

He sighed deeply, pain in his eyes. "What is it you're running from? Is it me?

Where are you taking me?" Abby asked from the passenger seat of the pickup.

Not everyone is glad I'm back. As for what I'm looking for?" He shook his head. "I guess I'll know when I find it.

Last night, he'd had hell getting to sleep after what he'd discovered in Ginny's jewelry box. He hated to think what the note or the hidden locket meant. A part of him still wished he'd just put both back in the jewelry box where he'd found them.

In the most intellectual city of the ancient world, in its most intellectual age, Socrates, its most intellectual inhabitant, discouraged the study of physics because they engendered uncertainty, and did not augment human happiness. The kind of knowledge which is most connected with human progress now was that least connected with it then.

I think it's almost impossible for any expert to predict for the rapid changes we see in the Middle East. They are rapid and they will continue for quite a while.

Living through times of rapid change can be exhilarating, but it also can be very difficult.

I always envisioned myself being a rapper and being in the game and having success, but you never know what it feels like or how you're going to be when you're there.

It's very rare in life to be sure about something - particularly when it's an issue.

We are living in one of those rare moments in history when things may come apart and be put back together again in ways that will determine the future for decades or more, despite the endless innovations of technology.

It's very rare when we are in control of everything. Sure, I can learn my lines, I can know my character really well, but there are so many factors going on throughout the day.

It's rare that you're sure you're right in life. I'm finding that.

People spend their entire lives trying to construct something to grab onto: a family, a home, a business. Rarely does anyone seem to manage to get much ground under their feet.

Sometimes you walk out of an audition and you kind of know you nailed it and you're probably going to book it, but you very rarely are told in the room by the people who are hiring you.

I rarely know too much about anything I'm getting involved in.

Part of writing a novel is being willing to leap into the blackness. You have very little idea, really, of what's going to happen. You have a broad sense, maybe, but it's this rash leap.