Quotes About Uncertainty

In this distinctive world, elusive quantities flash at the edge of conventional logic.

Sie hat nie herausgefunden, ob der Jäger sie verraten hat oder sie sich selbst.

I generally wade in blind and trust to fate and instinct to see me through.

The nicest thing about not planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise and is not preceded by a period of worry and depression.' John Harvey Jones

The art of war lies in calculating the odds very closely to begin with, and then in adding exactly, almost mathematically, the factor of chance. Chance

You may not know what the outcome will be, but you have to try to give yourself a future, no matter how long it takes. You have to hold on to hope.

Failure to converge. Confidence limits exceeded. Further predictions unreliable.

Even God can't plan for everything. Too many variables.

you may be doing everything for the wrong reasons and you may be pissing yourself when you do it, but at least you haven't given up.

The brain's habit of literalizing metaphors—the tendency to regard people as having "warmer" personalities when you happen to be holding a mug of coffee, the Bicamerals' use of hand-washing to mitigate feelings of guilt and uncertainty—is also an established neurological fact.

The abyss is a desert; no one can afford the luxury of waiting for better odds.

TO HIMSELF EVERYONE IS IMMORTAL; HE MAY KNOW THAT HE IS GOING TO DIE, BUT HE CAN NEVER KNOW THAT HE IS DEAD. —

He felt like some overgrown pupa plagued by second thoughts, trying to climb back into its husk.

If we're so unfit, why haven't we gone extinct? Why? Because natural selection takes time, and luck plays a role. The game isn't over. The game is never over; and so, neither can there be any winners. There are only those who haven't yet lost.

I could be the only sentient being in the universe. If I'm even that much. Because I don't know if there is such a thing as a reliable narrator.

Maybe your empathy's just a comforting lie, you ever think of that? Maybe you think you know how the other person feels but you're only feeling yourself, maybe you're even worse than me. Or maybe we're all just guessing.

And what is the cause hereof, but only our own lightness & daintiness: for we seem to be good for nothing else, but to be tossed hither & thither like a Tennise bal, being creatures of very short life, of infinite carefulness, & yet ignorant unto what shore to sail with our ship

Zengin bir hayal içinde meçhul, daima malumun en korkunç rakibidir.

Denizde, dalgalar aras?nda bo?ulaca??n? anlad?ktan sonra hiç bir hareket yapmayarak kendilerini suya sal?verenler ve felâketi bir an evvel isteyenler gibi kendimi b?rakm??t?m. Bir ?ey ümit etmemenin rahatl???ndan ba?ka bar?nacak ruhi bir kö?em kalmam??t?. Art?k hiçbir ?ey tahmin edemiyor, hiçbir ?ey beklemiyordum.

?stikbale hükmetme?e kalkmayal?m. Yar?n madem ki do?mam??t?r, yoktur. Hiç üzerinde bütün tahminlerimizin k?ymeti de hiçtir.

Zekan?n en sivri noktas? ?üphe ve tereddüttür.

Ve içimde geri dönmek korkusu var. Hiçbir ?ey hat?rlamak istemiyorum. Elimi cebime sokarken, bana iki gün evvelini hat?rlatacak bir kâ??t parças?na, bir ?eye rastlamaktan bile korkuyorum.

Pressure is something you feel when you don't know what the hell you're doing.

It was like my life hung on the chapters of a novel - and each scene ended in a cliffhanger.