Quotes About Uncertainty

Though men determine, the gods do dispose: and oft times many things fall out between the cup and the lip.

The unknown is what it is. And to be frightened of it is what sends everybody scurrying around chasing dreams, illusions, wars, peace, love, hate, all that. Unknown is what it is. Accept that it's unknown, and it's plain sailing.

She is neither fish, nor flesh, nor good red herring.

The angry people are those people who are most afraid.

My life seems to have become suddenly hollow, and I do not know what is hanging over me. I cannot even put the shadow that has fallen on me into words. At least into written words. I would give a great deal for a friend's voice.

There is but one good throw upon the dice, which is to throw them away.

Few begin with anything like a clear view of what they want to do, and the fortune they seek may come in a very different form from that which they have kept in view.

Often greater risk is involved in postponement than in making a wrong decision.

It is no longer clear which way is up even if one wants to rise.

I'm always making a comeback but nobody ever tells me where I've been.

Hell is indefinite.

One of the forms of psychological heroism is the willingness to tolerate anxiety and uncertainty in the pursuit of our values - whether these values be work goals, the love of another human being, the raising of a family or personal growth.

As actors, you live in doubt; that's one of the truths of the particular job.

You never know the plan. You never know what's going to happen. We are not even promised tomorrow. I just try to focus on one day at a time.

You will have to experiment and try things out for yourself and you will not be sure of what you are doing. That's all right, you are feeling your way into the thing.

I should try to get some sleep as one doesn't know what tomorrow may bring.

I've never regretted anything I've done, even the things that I've failed at. I've often regretted not trying something really big, because you'll never know.

Forecasting our futures is built into our psyches because we will soon have to manage that future. We have no choice. No matter how often we fail, we can never stop trying.

I'm just trying to keep things simple, and just be a little more offhand and not get so deep into things. Enjoy what you got right now, because who knows what's going to happen tomorrow.

Often, as teens, we think we know everything, but actually we're just trying to figure life out, and we don't know much at all.

Risk is trying to control something you are powerless over.

Far too interesting are times when you wake up to find that the tube line you take to work has been blown up and people you know might be dead. Not interesting enough are times when too much stuff about county cricket makes it on to the news pages.

Barack Obama knows that to create an economy built to last, we need to focus on middle-class families. Families who stay up on Sunday nights pacing the floor, like my dad did, while their children, tucked in bed, dream big dreams. Families who aren't sure what Monday morning will bring, but who believe our nation's best days are still ahead.

I believe that not everything we humans encounter in our lives can be neatly and convincingly tucked away inside the orderly cabinetry of science.