I have known uncertainty: a state unknown to the Greeks.
It is very natural for young men to be vehement, acrimonious and severe. For as they seldom comprehend at once all the consequences of a position, or perceive the difficulties by which cooler and more experienced reasoners are restrained from confidence, they form their conclusions with great precipitance. Seeing nothing that can darken or embarrass the question, they expect to find their own opinion universally prevalent, and are inclined to impute uncertainty and hesitation to want of honesty, rather than of knowledge.
The real effect of the WTC calamity has been depressed spirits, anxiety, and uncertainty among publishers, and of course those emotions are not restricted to publishers.
Faith doesn't reduce uncertainty. Faith embraces uncertainty.
Or maybe you’re merely uncomfortable with uncertainty. Like the rest of the human race.
Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear.
All that's left now is purely poetic work, putting more life into individual places, as I've made so sure of the fundamental mood and dimension of expression that it won't leave me groping around in uncertainty any more.
We need to practice acting in spite of fear, in spite of doubt, in spite of worry, in spite of uncertainty, in spite of inconvenience, in spite of discomfort, and even to practice acting when we're not in the mood to act.
We animals live life in all its glorious uncertainty. Why do politicians think they can control events?
There's a lot of uncertainty that's not clear in my mind.
She'd preferred the uncertainty, if only because it allowed her to remember him the way he used to be. Sometimes, though, she wondered what he felt when he thought of that year they spent together, or if he ever marveled at what they'd shared, or even whether he thought of her at all.
When I do it [writing] by myself, there's a lot more terror and uncertainty.
Madness is not a consequence of uncertainty but of certainty.
We crave explanations for most everything, but innovation and progress happen when we allow ourselves to embrace uncertainty.
To live with the conscious knowledge of the shadow of uncertainty, with the knowledge that disaster or tragedy could strike at any time; to be afraid and to know and acknowledge your fear, and still to live creatively and with unstinting love: that is to live with grace.
When the mind is in a state of uncertainty the smallest impulse directs it to either side.
Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability.
Trust in my wisdom. I do not make mistakes. Love my uncertainty for it is not a mistake. It is my intent and will. Remember -- nothing happens without my will. Be still. Do not ask to understand. Do not want to understand.
Uncertainty is a permanent part of the leadership landscape. It never goes away.
The power of the lawyer is in the uncertainty of the law.