Quotes About Uncertainty

The funny thing is that I'm not a planner. I have no idea what I want to do in the interim of that 50 years, but I tell ya: That's where you'll find me in my last performance.

Great seas," he said. "What do you want?" He held the candle up to her face. "Po, what do you want?" "She did a far better job than I would've done.

What is happening in Detroit is not good so I don't even want to be a part of that, but there is something on the other side that I may want to be a part of so I don't know yet.

For some reason, I like to put myself in situations where I don't even know how I ended up there. I never want to be complacent or comfortable in a role.

As actors we always say that once the person in a scene gets what they want, the scene is over. It's resolved. But life is never resolved - you're always in the process.

I guess I don't know what I want." "I do. I want you." "I know, but—" "Nothing will ever change that. No matter what you hear. No matter what happens.

I'm not sure I ever want to get married.

I'm not sure the public knows what it wants.

When you think you are in love, you don't want to know about the things that could end it.

I wasn't sure which of us was being more selfish—her, for wanting something that no one could promise, or me, for not promising her something that was too painfully impossible to want.

Becoming a father has definitely heightened my discomfort with uncertainty. I want to be able to say, I know what will happen, when, why. But most of the time, we just don't know.

I have no idea,' he tells her, and there is such a spark in his eye when he says it, she can tell having no idea is exactly the way he wants it.

The career isn't guaranteed for as long as you might want to play.

So I don't really have a clear plan, in terms of music, as to where I want to head in the future.

Knowledge is dangerous and men lie and the world changes, whether I want it to or not.

I wonder if that's hurt me at the box office. Maybe audiences these days want to know exactly what to expect when they go into a movie, and my movies are hard to explain in just one way.

Everything new troubles us. Life catches us unawares and obliges us to journey towards the unknown, even when we do not want to, even when we do not need to.

When someone wants something then they should be aware that they are taking a risk. But this is precisely what makes life interesting.

The rain is falling ever harder, and all I can hear is the sound of the water. I'm drenched, but I can't move. I don't want to leave, because I don't know where to go

You're so young... Are you sure that's what you want your life to be, forever and ever? That job? That career? That girlfriend?

Winston, I don't know what I want, but I want you to go out and get it. When I see it, I'll know if it's what I thought I wanted. (Quoting a photography client.)

Perhaps I'm hiding from myself. Perhaps I don't want to be what I'm supposed to be. Or perhaps I don't want to keep living the life I already started to live.

We still can't control the consequences our choices will bring. Not only do we want freedom of choice, but we also want a guarantee that whatever we choose will be exactly as we envisioned it.

What's my greatest fear? I don't know; I have lots of fears. Regret, I don't want to have any regrets; that makes me scared.