best quotations about
Uncertainty |
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Quotations
 | Uncertainty that comes from knowledge (knowing what you don't know) is different from uncertainty coming from ignorance. — Isaac Asimov, 1920-1992, American Sci-Fi writer 20 likes |
 | Would you bet your paycheck on a weather forecast for tomorrow? If not, then why should this country bet billions on global warming predictions that have even less foundation? — Thomas Sowell, 1930 -, American political thinker 17 likes |
 | For my part, I know nothing with any certainty but the sight of the stars makes me dream. — Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890, Dutch painter 8 likes |
 | Tolerance grows only when faith loses certainty; certainty is murderous. — Will Durant, 1885-1981, American historian & philosopher 6 likes |
 | We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty! — Douglas Adams, 1952-2001, British Sci-Fi writer 6 likes |
 | I am not sure of anything, I know nothing... can you imagine that I don't even know the date of my own death? — Jorge Luis Borges, 1899-1986, Argentine writer 4 likes |
 | If any part of your uncertainty, is a conflict between your heart and your mind - follow your mind. — Ayn Rand, 1905-1982, American writer & philosopher 4 likes |
 | The uncompromising attitude is more indicative of an inner uncertainty than of deep conviction. The implacable stand is directed more against the doubt within than the assailant without. — Eric Hoffer, 1902-1983, American writer & philosopher 3 likes |
 | If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. — Francis Bacon, 1561-1626, English philosopher 2 likes |
 | Although our logic seeks clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty exciting. — Carl von Clausewitz, 1780-1831, Prussian military theorist 1 likes |
 | I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong. |
| Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality. |
 | Certainty generally is illusion, and repose is not the destiny of man. |
 | When we are not sure, we are alive. |
 | The surest sign that a man has a genuine taste of his own is that he is uncertain of it. |
 | Economics is not an exact science. — John Kenneth Galbraith, 1908-2006, American-Canadian economist |
| I believe the greatest error in economics is in seeing the economy as a stable, immutable structure. — John Kenneth Galbraith, 1908-2006, American-Canadian economist |
 | One thing you can rely on is that there will always be uncertainty. — Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-, British cartoonist & epigrammatist |
 | In the high country of the mind one has to become adjusted to the thinner air of uncertainty. |
 | I go to seek a Great Perhaps. — François Rabelais, 1484-1553, French writer (Hia last words) |
 | The uncertainty is the climate of the soul. |
Funny Quotes
| Not only don't I know what tomorrow will bring, I'm still not entirely certain what yesterday brought. — Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-, British cartoonist & epigrammatist |
Ancient Greek
 | Sometimes the day is a step mother, sometimes a mother. Άλλοτε μηρτυιή πέλει ημέρη, άλλοτε μήτηρ. — Hesiod, 7th cent. BC, Ancient Greek poet ‐ Works and Days -825 7 likes |
 | Glory is nice but uncertain. Δόξα σεμνόν μεν αλλ’ αβέβαιον. — Plutarch, 47-120 AD, Ancient Greek historian 3 likes |
 | The electorate is the most unstable and unpredictable thing. Ως ο μεν δήμος εστιν ασταθμητότατον πράγμα των πάντων και ασυνθετώτατον. — Demosthenes, 384-322 BC, Ancient Athenian & statesman orator 2 likes |
Proverbs
 | Never leave the certain for the uncertain. 3 likes |
