Uncertainty quotes
Welcome to our collection of quotes on Uncertainty. In life, uncertainty is an ever-present reality that often challenges us and forces us to navigate through unfamiliar territories. It is a feeling that can evoke both fear and excitement, as it brings with it a sense of unpredictability and the unknown.
This page is dedicated to exploring the various facets of uncertainty and the different ways individuals have grappled with it. Here, you will find a curated selection of quotes that touch upon the complexities, anxieties, and opportunities that uncertainty presents.
Uncertainty can be found in every aspect of our lives – from relationships and careers to personal growth and decision-making. It is a reminder that life is not always neat and straightforward, but rather a journey filled with unexpected twists and turns. As you peruse these quotes, you may find solace in knowing that you are not alone in navigating the maze of uncertainty. Many great minds have wrestled with these same feelings and have shared their wisdom and insights.
Whether you are seeking guidance, inspiration, or simply a different perspective, we hope that these quotes will provide you with encouragement and help you embrace the uncertainties that life presents. So, take a moment to reflect, ponder, and perhaps even find comfort in the words you discover here. After all, uncertainty is not solely a source of unease; it can also be a catalyst for growth, resilience, and new beginnings.
Kathryn Stockett
— NovelistI wash my hands, wonder how an awful day could turn even worse. It seems like at some point you'd just run out of awful.
Joyce Carol Oates
— AuthorThere is no PAST anybody can get to, to alter things or even to know what those things were but there is definitely a future, we are already in it.
Jorge Luis Borges
— WriterI can give you my loneliness, my darkness, the hunger of my heart, I am trying to bribe you with uncertainty, with danger, with defeat.
Sofia Vergara
— ActressI didn't want to be an actress. I wanted to be a dentist, but you never know what life will bring you.
Sarah Vowell
— AuthorBut I have never had the privilege of unhappiness in Happy Valley. California is about the good life. So a bad life there seems so much worse than a bad life anywhere else. Quality is an obsession there—good food, good wine, good movies, music, weather, cars. Those sound like the right things to shoot for, but the never-ending quality quest is a lot of pressure when you’re uncertain and disorganized and, not least, broker than broke. Some afternoons a person just wants to rent Die Hard, close the curtains, and have Cheerios for lunch.
Tommy Smothers
— ComedianWhen you don't know what you're talking about, it's hard to know when you're finished.
Antonio Machado
— PoetAll uncertainty is fruitfull ... so long as it is accompanied by the wish to understand
James Fitzjames Stephen
— Eminent Lawyer, Judge & Thoughtful WriterEach must act as he thinks best; and if he is wrong, so much the worse for him. We stand on a mountain pass in the midst of whirling snow and blinding mist through which we get glimpses now and then of paths which may be deceptive. If we stand still we shall be frozen to death. If we take the wrong road we shall be dashed to pieces. We do not certainly know whether there is any right one. What must we do? Be strong and of a good courage. Act for the best, hope for the best, and take what comes. . . . If death ends all, we cannot meet death better.
Glenn Reynolds
— Law professorThat's the thing about conspiracy theories: in a comforting sort of way, they give rise to the feeling that someone, somewhere, knows what's going on.
E. B. White
— Versatile Writer & Author of Beloved ClassicsI don't understand it, and I don't like what I don't understand.
Russell Hoban
— Versatile Author & Creative StorytellerExplorers have to be ready to die lost.
Stan Lee
— Comic Book Icon & Creator of Marvel HeroesI don't know where the hell I'll be in 5 years. Maybe I'll be producing movies maybe I'll be on a corner selling apples. I don't know, but I'm having a hell of a lot of fun.
Len Wiseman
— Talented Filmmaker of "Underworld"I would love to travel to the future to plot out some things so there's no more guess work.
M. F. K. Fisher
— Pioneering Food WriterDictionaries are always fun, but not always reassuring.
Ricky Martin
— MusicianWhat will happen from now on? It doesn't matter. I can only focus on what's happening to me in this moment.
Timothy Leary
— American psychologist and authorMy favorite three words in the English language are: ’I don’t know’, because every time I say them, I learn something new.
Will Ferrell
— American actor, comedian, producer, and writerI don't really think in absolutes.
Craig Stone
— English footballerI wonder if I'm being paranoid. I tell myself I'm not, and then ask myself how I can be so sure? I don't know the answer, so I go back to wondering if I am.
AB de Villiers
— South African AthleteThe fear of failing... not quite the fear of failing, but the uncertainty of whether you are going to perform or not, is there every single game I have played in my life. It will always be there.
Joyce Carol Oates
— Author... such speculation is like staring into the hot white sun. you know the sun is there but you can't see a thing.
Jorge Luis Borges
— WriterNothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as if the sand were stone.
Antonio Machado
— PoetWanderer, your footsteps are the road, and nothing more; wanderer, there is no road, the road is made by walking. By walking one makes the road, and upon glancing behind one sees the path that never will be trod again. Wanderer, there is no road-- Only wakes upon the sea. Caminante, son tus huellas el camino, y nada más; caminante, no hay camino, se hace camino al andar. Al andar se hace camino, y al volver la vista atrás se ve la senda que nunca se ha de volver a pisar. Caminante, no hay camino, sino estelas en la mar.
E. B. White
— Versatile Writer & Author of Beloved ClassicsThere is a period near the beginning of every man's life when he has little to cling to except his unmanageable dream, little to support him except good health, and nowhere to go but all over the place.
Ricky Martin
— MusicianAnything can change in show business, you know how it goes, everything changes from one day to the other.
Will Ferrell
— American actor, comedian, producer, and writerI know the nature of comedy, and you never know what will happen with the next movie or whether people will find it funny.
Joyce Carol Oates
— AuthorThere is an hour, a minute - you will remember it forever - when you know instinctively on the basis of the most inconsequential evidence, that something is wrong. You don't know - can't know - that it is the first of a series of "wrongful" events that will culminate in the utter devastation of your life as you have known it.
Jorge Luis Borges
— WriterI am not sure of anything, I know nothing . . . can you imagine that I don't even know the date of my own death?
Antonio Machado
— PoetAt the very smallest wheel of our reasoning it is possible for a handful of questions to break the bank of our answers.
Jorge Luis Borges
— WriterIf space is infinite, we may be at any point in space. If time is infinite, we may be at any point in time.
Joyce Carol Oates
— AuthorIt must happen to everyone. The last time you make love, you can't know it will be the last.
Jorge Luis Borges
— WriterWe have a very precise image - an image at times shameless - of what we have lost, but we are ignorant of what may follow or replace it.
Joyce Carol Oates
— AuthorI do what I want to do. It was a brash statement of(her)girlhood. Now she was an adult, the boast seemed quaint. For rarely do you know what you want. Even after you've done it you can't say clearly if that was what you'd wanted or just something that happened to you, like weather.
Jorge Luis Borges
— WriterIt seemed incredible that this day, a day without warnings or omens, might be that of my implacable death.
Jorge Luis Borges
— WriterThat is what always happens: we never know whether we are victors or whether we are defeated.
Jorge Luis Borges
— WriterI have no way of knowing whether the events that I am about to narrate are effects or causes.
Jorge Luis Borges
— WriterI hardly know what I'm going to write - an article, a story, a poem in free verse - or in some regular form. I only know that when I have the first sentence. And when the first sentence makes a kind of pattern, then I find out the kind of rhythm I'm looking for.