Quotes About Unpredictability

No plan ever survives contact with the enemy.

Sometimes, when it feels as if life has veered irrevocably off track, the track shifts in ways we never could have imagined.

Bodies can show up anywhere.

No matter how great a gift or skill, it's impossible to foresee every outcome.

Here's the hell of it: madness doesn't announce itself. There isn't time to prepare for its coming. It shows up without calling and sits in your kitchen ashing in your plant. You ask how long it plans to stay; it shrugs its shoulders, gets up, and starts digging through the fridge.

Be a mystery, not a demographic. Be someone a computer could never quite know.

Words," said the host, at length, "is worse'n bullets. You never know what they'll hit.

Word's is worse'n bullets. You never know what they'll hit.

We have no right to assume that any physical laws exist, or if they have existed up until now, that they will continue to exist in a similar manner in the future.

When would he learn that women never stayed where you put them?

Anything can happen; this is the very rule of this universe! The best defence against this rule is this: Don't panic!

I like shows that have some level of intelligence to them. When it's not as predictable, when you don't know what's coming at you.

Some of the best experiences are the most unexpected ones.

Even Puck, who could usually be counted on to fart during dinner, was oddly quiet.

some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.

I am certain there is too much certainty in the world.

Living systems are never in equilibrium. They are inherently unstable. They may seem stable, but they're not. Everything is moving and changing. In a sense, everything is on the edge of collapse.

Karl von Clausewitz states that in war, uncertainty, danger, and unpredictability are countered only through such moral forces of courage, self-confidence, esprit, and a sense of duty.96

Volgens mij zijn we een van de variabelen waarmee ze geen rekening hebben gehouden.' 'Variabel en niet in de hand te houden.' - Sophie en Josh, over Isis en Osiris

Things happen in production—bad things that you can't always predict. One

In all, it is important to recognize the complexity and perhaps even unavoidable contradictions that reside within human morality. Its multiple sources and layers can never be applied consistently in all situations, given the messiness and unpredictability of human social life.

Do not ask who I am and do not ask me to remain the same.

paprastai nieko rimta ne?vyksta, bet kartais šis tas ir ?vyksta, ir niekada neb?ni tinkamai tam pasireng?s.

he realised that belief in the notions of reasons and free will, which are the natural foundations of democracy, probably resulted from a confusion between the concepts of freedom and unpredictability. The turbulence of a river flowing around the supporting pillar of a bridge is structurally unpredictable, but no one would think to describe it as being free.