Quotes about Uncertain

Man's role is uncertain, undefined, and perhaps unnecessary. Votes: 6

The future is no more uncertain than the present. Votes: 6

Live life for the moment, because everything else is uncertain. Votes: 6

If isolation tempers the strong, it is the stumbling-block of the uncertain. Votes: 6

True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information. Votes: 6

Nothing is perfect. Life is messy. Relationships are complex. Outcomes are uncertain. People are irrational. Votes: 6

Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry. Votes: 6

Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour. Votes: 6

The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common life. Votes: 6

There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things. Votes: 6

You know, people talk about this being an uncertain time. You know, all time is uncertain. I mean, it was uncertain back in - in 2007, we just didn't know it was uncertain. It was - uncertain on September 10th, 2001. It was uncertain on October 18th, 1987, you just didn't know it. Votes: 6

There is nothing so uncertain as a sure thing. Votes: 4

The best scheme of Phonetics is a stiff uncertain thing. Votes: 4

Many intelligence reports in war are contradictory; even more are false, and most are uncertain. Votes: 4

We always live in an uncertain world. What is certain is that the United States will go forward over time. Votes: 4

The more ambivalent you are and the more uncertain you are, then you can get something that you cannot anticipate. Votes: 4

Mysterious love, uncertain treasure, hast thou more of pain or pleasure! Endless torments dwell about thee: Yet who would live, and live without thee! Votes: 4

To be a good human being is to have a kind of openness to the world, an ability to trust uncertain things beyond your own control. Votes: 4

The more dubious and uncertain an instrument violence has become in international relations, the more it has gained in reputation and appeal in domestic affairs, specifically in the matter of revolution. Votes: 4

I have always believed that astrophysics should be the extrapolation of laboratory physics, that we must begin from the present universe and work our way backward to progressively more remote and uncertain epochs. Votes: 4

The transition state of manners and language cannot be too often insisted upon: for this affected the process at both ends, giving the artist in fictitious life an uncertain model to copy and unstable materials to work in. Votes: 4

Sometimes a neighbor whom we have disliked a lifetime for his arrogance and conceit lets fall a single commonplace remark that shows us another side, another man, really; a man uncertain, and puzzled, and in the dark like ourselves. Votes: 4

Old politicians, like old actors, revive in the limelight. The vacancy which afflicts them in private momentarily lifts when, oncemore, they feel the eyes of an audience upon them. Their old passion for holding the centre of the stage guides their uncertain footsteps to where the footlights shine, and summons up a wintry smile when the curtain rises. Votes: 4

Uncertain whose the narrowest span,--the clown unread, or half-read gentleman. Votes: 3

Uncertain ways unsafest are, and doubt a greater mischief than despair. Votes: 3

Uncertain justice by a verdict is much better than certain injustice. Votes: 3

Uncertain as I was as I pushed forward. I felt right in my pushing, as if the effort itself meant something. Votes: 3

"Uncertainty" is NOT "I don't know." It is "I can't know." "I am uncertain" does not mean "I could be certain." Votes: 3

I sit in one of the dives On Fifty-second Street Uncertain and afraid As the clever hopes expire Of a low dishonest decade Votes: 3

O woman! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou! Votes: 3

I sit in one of the dives On Fifty-Second Street Uncertain and afraid As the clever hopes expire Of a low dishonest decade Waves of anger and fear Circulate over the bright And darkened lands of the earth, Obsessing our private lives The unmentiona Votes: 3

Live life for the moment because everything else is uncertain! Votes: 2

That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future. Votes: 2

The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet. Votes: 2

The planet's survival has become so uncertain that any effort, any thought that presupposes an assured future amounts to a mad gamble. Votes: 2

Reputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but it is the light by which the world looks for and finds merit. Votes: 2

To be hopeful means to be uncertain about the future, to be tender toward possibilities, to be dedicated to change all the way down to the bottom of your heart. Votes: 2

Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solve in an uncertain environment. Votes: 2

We live in a pretty bleak time. I feel that in the air. Everything is uncertain. Everything feels like its on the precipice of some major transformation, whether we like it or not. Votes: 2

Some scientists believe climate change is the cause of unprecedented melting of the North Pole, and that effects these very uncertain weather patterns. I think we should listen to those scientists and experts. Votes: 2

I am a divorced child, of divided, uncertain background. Within this division I - supposed fruit of their love - no longer exist. It happened nearly forty years ago, yet to me, nothing is sadder than my parents' divorce. Votes: 2

When times are tough and people are frustrated and angry and hurting and uncertain, the politics of constant conflict may be good, but what is good politics does not necessarily work in the real world. What works in the real world is cooperation. Votes: 2

A woman of faith is fearless. There is no ambiguity, no uncertain trump in her life. She can live a principled life because she studies the doctrine and teachings of a perfect teacher, the Master. She is a noble example to all who know her. Votes: 2

I have recommended in my writings the study of civic virtues, without which there is no redemption. I have written likewise (and repeat my words) that reforms, to be beneficial, must come from above, that those which come from below are irregularly gained and uncertain. Votes: 2

Sustainability is a seemingly laudable goal - it tells us we need to live within our means, whether economic, ecological, or political - but it's insufficient for uncertain times. How can we live within our means when those very means can change, swiftly and unexpectedly, beneath us? Votes: 2

People who ask confidently get more than those who are hesitant and uncertain. When you've figured out what you want to ask for, do it with certainty, boldness and confidence. Don't be shy or feel intimidated by the experience. You may face some unexpected criticism, but be prepared for it with confidence. Votes: 2

Mama grizzlies mate later than other bears. They have two cubs instead of four. They wait four years - about twice as long as other bears - between having cubs. And after they're pregnant, if winter is hard or their health is not good or the food supply is uncertain, they re-absorb the embryo into their body. Votes: 2

Science is uncertain. Votes: 0

You can't blow an uncertain trumpet. Votes: 0

Life is uncertain; death is certain. Votes: 0

Human science is an uncertain guess. Votes: 0

The optimist regards the future as uncertain. Votes: 0

Creative Endeavors are by their nature uncertain. Votes: 0

She was "a woman of uncertain age. Votes: 0

Hangs in the uncertain balance of proud time. Votes: 0

It is not certain that everything is uncertain. Votes: 0

Certain blood was being shed for uncertain reasons. Votes: 0

I'm still uncertain about the language declaration syntax... Votes: 0

There's a non-existent peace in the uncertain quietness Votes: 0

I'm often uncertain of what's expected of a movie. Votes: 0

of all the uncertain things marriage is the uncertainest ... Votes: 0

there is nothing so uncertain and slippery as fact. Votes: 0

The future is uncertain, and therefore I can't predict it. Votes: 0

All creeds are fallible and uncertain evidences of evangelical piety. Votes: 0

The best scheme of Phonetics is a stiff uncertain thing. Votes: 0

The only certainty in life is that it is uncertain. Votes: 0

The future is uncertain but the end is always near. Votes: 0

I think what's known about neurology is still scattered and uncertain Votes: 0

Insight, untested and unsupported, is an uncertain guarantee of the truth. Votes: 0

I am saying that all predictions concerning climate are highly uncertain. Votes: 0

Free man is by necessity insecure, thinking man by necessity uncertain. Votes: 0

I frequently hear our present period described as uncertain, confused, chaotic. Votes: 0

What an uncertain thing, marriage - what an elusive thing, happiness! Votes: 0

Little do you know what a gloriously uncertain thing law is. Votes: 0

The future is uncertain, but that can be a good thing. Votes: 0

I don’t want to throw everything away for something uncertain. Votes: 0

Because a truly skeptical position would be a very uncertain one. Votes: 0

All that lies betwixt the cradle and the grave is uncertain. Votes: 0

Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experiment uncertain, and judgment difficult. Votes: 0

As hope and fear alternate chase Our course through life's uncertain race. Votes: 0

Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd. Votes: 0

How poor is the wisdom of men, and how uncertain their forecast! Votes: 0

Never be too confident or doubtful when everything is uncertain in life. Votes: 0

Life is too uncertain... You must seize happiness where you find it. Votes: 0

Life is uncertain. We can never predict when hard times shall strike. Votes: 0

At a certain age you're always uncertain how other people will take you. Votes: 0

Never be too confident or ndomdoubtful when everything is uncertain in this world. Votes: 0

When the uncertain future becomes the past, the past in turn becomes uncertain. Votes: 0

Let's make sure that there is certainty during uncertain times in our economy. Votes: 0

One certainty we all accept is the condition of being uncertain and insecure. Votes: 0

Deciding whether to trust or credit a person is always an uncertain task. Votes: 0

No severity of punishment deters when detection is uncertain, as it always must be. Votes: 0

... No one "gets away" with evil. Judgment always comes, only the timing is uncertain. Votes: 0

All things are so very uncertain, and that's exactly what makes me feel reassured. Votes: 0

It doesn't feel good when you're put down, and especially for no uncertain reason. Votes: 0

Without prayer, our faith is weakened, our love grows cold, our hope becomes uncertain. Votes: 0

Life is uncertain.Lord grant us gracious courage to face the uncertainty of life. Votes: 0

The tenure of a literary reputation is the most uncertain and fluctuating of all. Votes: 0

If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer Votes: 0

There are few truths in an uncertain world, but here's one; this aint Kentucky! Votes: 0

Let the future remain uncertain, for that is the canvas to receive our desires. Votes: 0

Nothing is more appealing than a handsome man who is also uncertain of himself. Votes: 0

But living in uncertain times does not mean San Franciscans must live in fear. Votes: 0

But living in uncertain times does not mean San Franciscans must live in fear Votes: 0

In this uncertain world, the food is disposable. It is the wrappings that are permanent. Votes: 0

She walked about disdainfully, unwilling to be enthusiastic over monuments of uncertain authorship or date. Votes: 0

We live in uncertain times when it comes to the future of life on Earth. Votes: 0

Rumor with her ten thousand tongues is diffusing her uncertain sounds in almost every ear.. Votes: 0

There is unwavering peace today when an uncertain tomorrow is trusted to an unchanging God. Votes: 0

Knowledge breeds doubt, not certainty, And the more we know the more uncertain we become. Votes: 0

The future is uncertain... but this uncertainty is at the very heart of human creativity. Votes: 0

The landscape with its violent, pure colours dazzled and blinded me. I was always uncertain... Votes: 0

Men love you more if they can be made a little uncertain about owning you. Votes: 0

I am beginning to believe that nothing is quite so uncertain as facts. (Edward Curtis) Votes: 0

Other people do not see you at all, but guess at you by uncertain conjectures. Votes: 0

To be uncertain is to be uncomfortable, but to be certain is to be ridiculous. Votes: 0

Penalty shooting is always an uncertain affair because there is a lot of luck involved. Votes: 0

Apparently one of the most uncertain things in the world is the funeral of a religion. Votes: 0

Just be prepared for a long and often uncertain journey. The good stuff doesn't come easy. Votes: 0

It is not certain that everything is certain, neither is it certain that everything is uncertain. Votes: 0

Through first-class education, a generation marches down the long uncertain road of the future with confidence. Votes: 0

What is uncertain is how much further the bubble can expand, and what might pop it. Votes: 0

Human knowledge is dark and uncertain; philosophy is dark, astrology is dark, and geometry is dark." Votes: 0

Human knowledge is dark and uncertain; philosophy is dark, astrology is dark, and geometry is dark. Votes: 0

Since life itself is uncertain, nothing which has life for its basis can boast much stability. Votes: 0

The only thing we can really count on in this uncertain world is human unreliability itself. Votes: 0

Il n'est pas certain que tout soit incertain. (Translation: It is not certain that everything is uncertain.) Votes: 0

Human life is proverbially uncertain; few things are more certain than the solvency of a life-insurance company. Votes: 0

Problems are often stated in vague terms... because it is quite uncertain what the problems really are. Votes: 0

Discovery requires courage and acceptance that we are not in control, and that the future is uncertain. Votes: 0

Discovery requires courage and acceptance that we are not in control, and that the future is uncertain. Votes: 0

Past is dead Future is uncertain; Present is all you have, So eat, drink and live merry. Votes: 0

I like to take things one step at a time, because the entertainment industry is very uncertain. Votes: 0

Nothing, they say is more certain than death, and nothing more uncertain than the time of dying Votes: 0

One must learn to give up momentary, uncertain and destructive pleasure for delayed, restrained, but dependable pleasure. Votes: 0

Men's memories are uncertain and the past that was differs little from the past that was not. Votes: 0

Since death is certain and the time of death is uncertain, what is the most important thing? Votes: 0

Stardom is like making love in a hammock - a happy experience but one of uncertain duration. Votes: 0

The subtle sauce of malice is often indulged in by maidens of uncertain age, over their tea. Votes: 0

It is a shame for the tongue to cast itself upon the uncertain pardon of other's ears Votes: 0

Life is a mystery. Life is uncertain. It makes one feel a bit wobbly to realize that. Votes: 0

Going into my 20s, I was uncertain, trying to figure out what my relationship to acting is. Votes: 0

Everyone's future is, in reality, uncertain and full of unknown treasures from which all may draw unguessed prizes. Votes: 0

It would be foolish, in forming our expectations, to attach great weight to matters which are very uncertain. Votes: 0

There is a stark difference between fear and uncertainty, Sarai. You fear nothing but are uncertain of everything. Votes: 0

I do think that a general liberal arts education is very important, particularly in an uncertain changing world Votes: 0

The rifleman's stalking the sick and the lame, preacherman seeks the same, who'll get there first is uncertain. Votes: 0

I believe the uncertain times are almost upon us, and they are much more uncertain than I imagined. Votes: 0

The unanswerable mysteries... the attitude that all is uncertain... to summarize it - the humility of the intellect. Votes: 0

February is the uncertain month, neither black nor white but all shades between by turns. Nothing is sure. Votes: 0

Self-conscious, uncertain, I'm showered by the dust. But the spirit enters into me and I submit to trust. Votes: 0

Religions often partake of the myth of progress that shields us from the terrors of an uncertain future. Votes: 0

Religion often partakes of the myth of progress that shields us from the terrors of an uncertain future. Votes: 0

Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours. Votes: 0

Every economy is uncertain. Referring to this or any economy as 'uncertain' is an unnecessary and pessimistic redundancy. Votes: 0

I do think that a general liberal arts education is very important, particularly in an uncertain changing world. Votes: 0

Human history is in truth nothing but the history of the slow, uncertain, and surprising fulfillment of the Promise. Votes: 0

Rediscovery in the library may be a more difficult and uncertain process than the first discovery in the laboratory. Votes: 0

History chews up sexually uncertain boys, and spits us out as recycled, generic greeting cards for lonely old men. Votes: 0

Most venture capital funds are too short-termist and exit-driven to deal with the highly uncertain and lengthy innovation process. Votes: 0

What can we take on trust in this uncertain life? Happiness, greatness, pride - nothing is secure, nothing keeps. Votes: 0

The experience of life teaches us that being like someone in love is more real, because everything is uncertain. Votes: 0

Luxury is a word of uncertain signification, and may be taken in a good as in a bad sense Votes: 0

If you're uncertain when life begins, why not give the unborn the benefit of the doubt and oppose abortion? Votes: 0

In the uncertain ebb and flow of time and emotions much of one's life history is etched in the senses. Votes: 0

A ruddy drop of manly blood The surging sea outweighs; The world uncertain comes and goes, The lover rooted stays. Votes: 0

In these uncertain times, I know 100 percent that I can stake my life on the unshakeable, unchanging promises of God! Votes: 0

The car has become an article of dress without which we feel uncertain, unclad, and incomplete in the urban compound. Votes: 0

Words are such uncertain things, they so often sound well but mean the opposite of what one thinks they do. Votes: 0

Every man's life lies within the present; for the past is spent and done with, and the future is uncertain. Votes: 0

All great changes are irksome to the human mind, especially those which are attended with great dangers and uncertain effects. Votes: 0

We must not build on the sands of an uncertain and everchanging science...but upon the rock of inspired Scriptures. Votes: 0

The surest sign that a man has a genuine taste of his own is that he is uncertain of it. Votes: 0

Medicine is a collection of uncertain prescriptions, the results of which, taken collectively, are more fatal than useful to mankind. Votes: 0

I doubt; I am uncertain; I am restless, prone to wander. And yet glimmers of holy keep interrupting my gaze. Votes: 0

A threatened nation can react to uncertain dangers solely through administrative channels, to the truly embarrassing situation of perhaps overreacting. Votes: 0

Our need for certainty in an endeavor as uncertain as raising children makes explicit 'how-to-parent' strategies both seductive and dangerous. Votes: 0

A threatened nation can react to uncertain dangers solely through administrative channels, to the truly embarrassing situation of perhaps overreacting Votes: 0

I am more uncertain than I ever was; I feel only the power of life. And I am senselessly empty. Votes: 0

Lifeless in appearance, sluggish dazed spring approaches They enter the new world naked, cold, uncertain of all save that they enter. Votes: 0

War is very uncertain in its results, and often when affairs look most desperate they suddenly assume a more hopeful state. Votes: 0

There it is, fog, atmospheric moisture still uncertain in destination, not quite weather and not altogether mood, yet partaking of both. Votes: 0

The Christian is a man who can be certain about the ultimate even when he is most uncertain about the immediate. Votes: 0

The global economic outlook remains fragile and uncertain. Global economic imbalances persist and we must address them or risk future instability. Votes: 0

While nothing is more uncertain than a single life, nothing is more certain than the average duration of a thousand lives. Votes: 0

Heretical views arise when the truth is uncertain, and it is only when the truth is uncertain that censorship is invoked. Votes: 0

Life is unresolved, confusing, bewildering, puzzling, ambiguous. You don't really know what's going to happen. The future is uncertain for everybody. Votes: 0

The best way to get thrown out of the columnists' club is to be uncertain about anything whatsoever on this earth. Votes: 0

One of the most difficult things for a writer in this business to accept is the uncertain fate of one's work. Votes: 0

The task that lies before me is daunting and the rewards are uncertain. I should probably let someone else do it. Votes: 0

The BBC has the obligation to think big. And at the moment, that clarion call sounds an uncertain note to me. Votes: 0

There is no detective in England equal to a spinster lady of uncertain age with plenty of time on her hands. Votes: 0

Abroad, the balance of power is shifting. There are new and more terrible weapons--new and uncertain nations--new pressures of population and deprivation. Votes: 0

If you act impetuously, it will be uncertain, and you'll know it. It just won't feel right. It is better to wait. Votes: 0

History constantly reminds us that in an uncertain world there is no visibility of prospects. Future earnings cannot be predicted with accuracy. Votes: 0

I'm not itching to sue Amazon or Wal-Mart... they sell a lot of books. But the future is very uncertain with books. Votes: 0

We all ended up somewhere with our various uncertain lives flapping about us in tatters and our pockets full of foreign coins. Votes: 0

I've done films about games. What I like with games is that there is this uncertain outcome and the element of chance. Votes: 0

Life is so uncertain: you never know what could happen. One way to deal with that is to keep your pajamas washed. Votes: 0

There is stability in walking an uncertain path, because you never allow yourself to be misled by what you think you know. Votes: 0

You have to have the courage to wait, to say no, ... And thats difficult. This job is very uncertain, and its frightening. Votes: 0

People only give value to a thing if they have, at some point, been uncertain as to whether or not they'll get it. Votes: 0

My unanticipated success as a sportscaster is a perfect example of the importance of saying yes to yourself, even when you are uncertain. Votes: 0

In my life, the only certainty is to be uncertain. I'm an unbeliever who believes in skepticism. I'm only sure about being unsure. Votes: 0

The more uncertain I have felt about myself, the more there has grown up in me a feeling of kinship with all things. Votes: 0

If you're uncertain and a [Donald] Trump skeptic, you think you know what, this administration is going to be better than I expected. Votes: 0

I don't like religion very much. I think it's all about people trying to be very certain about things that are very uncertain. Votes: 0

How often do I lull my seething blood to rest, for you have never seen anything so unsteady, so uncertain, as this heart. Votes: 0

Each of us A cell of awareness Imperfect and incomplete Genetic blends With uncertain ends On a fortune hunt that's far too fleet Votes: 0

It's nice to think that picking uncertain paths may not necessarily alter their destination too drastically, simply the journey undertaken to reach it. Votes: 0

Father, I am seeking: I am hesitant and uncertain, but will you, O God, watch over each step of mine and guide me. Votes: 0

If all creeds are equally true, then since they are contradictory to one another, they are all equally false, or at least equally uncertain. Votes: 0

Morality did not keep well; it required stable conditions; it was costly; it was subject to variations, and the market for it was uncertain. Votes: 0

The Holy Ghost is not a Sceptic, and He has not inscribed in our hearts uncertain opinions, but, rather, affirmations of the strongest sorts. Votes: 0

To follow imperfect, uncertain, or corrupted traditions, in order to avoid erring in our own judgment, is but to exchange one danger for another. Votes: 0

But I have my life, I’m living it. It’s twisted, exhausting, uncertain, and full of guilt, but nonetheless, there’s something there. Votes: 0

A man who has his initials on his pyjamas must be uncertain of himself. Surely you should know who you are at bed time. Votes: 0

It is better to run the risk of being considered indecisive, better to be uncertain and not promise, than to promise and not fulfill. Votes: 0

Though we tremble before uncertain futures may we meet illness, death and adversity with strength may we dance in the face of our fears. Votes: 0

Better a wrong will than a wavering; better a steadfast enemy than an uncertain friend; better a false belief than no belief at all. Votes: 0

Life is always uncertain,'he said with a shrug. 'We cannot let the fear of what might happen stop us living as we choose. Votes: 0

Every true history must force us to remember that the past was once as real as the present and as uncertain as the future. Votes: 0

When you demand the nature of my motives, you reveal the style of your thinking to be callow, captious, superficial, craven, uncertain and impudent. Votes: 0

I do not know that there is a more certain sound than Senator Kennedy. I cannot imagine a more uncertain sound than Senator Kerry. Votes: 0

Though we tremble before uncertain futures may we meet illness, death and adversity with strength may we dance in the face of our fears. Votes: 0

We are self-uncertain creatures, and we may Yea, even when we know not, mix our spites And private hates with our defence of Heaven. Votes: 0

When you embrace the uncertain, life opens up unusual new paths. Seeds sown way back bloom as flowers, in ways one can never fathom. Votes: 0

The contemporary church is so often a weak, ineffectual voice with an uncertain sound. It is so often the arch supporter of the status quo. Votes: 0

Life changes when you least expect it to. The future is uncertain. So, seize this day, seize this moment, and make the most of it. Votes: 0

Sometimes I try my hand at turning out small profundities and uncertain short stories, but I always end up with just one single word: God. Votes: 0

It's unknown the place and uncertain the time where death awaits you; thus you must expect death to find you, every time, at every place. Votes: 0

In order to grow, you must accept new responsibilities, no matter how uncertain you may feel or how unprepared you are to deal with them. Votes: 0

That Mars is inhabited by beings of some sort or other we may consider as certain as it is uncertain what these beings may be. Votes: 0

I'd rather be not the light in your lifeThe bright day might make me obscureI'd rather be the cold darknessFor it remains, unseen, uncertain and unsure Votes: 0

Fiction, maybe art in general, is a tentative, uncertain enterprise; it's not science, it's an exploration, but you never find much in the way of answers. Votes: 0

If he wants meaning-the meaning of his dreams, his secrets, his life-a man must reinhabit his past, however dark, and live for the future, however uncertain. Votes: 0

There was a time when meanings were focused and reality could be fixed; when that sort of belief disappeared, things became uncertain and open to interpretation. Votes: 0

This is a confusing and uncertain period, when a thousand wise words can go completely unnoticed, and one thoughtless word can provoke an utterly nonsensical furor. Votes: 0

No man who has not sat in the assemblies of men can know the light, odd and uncertain ways in which decisions are often arrived at. Votes: 0

I see in the act of throwing the dice and of risking the affirmation of some intuitively felt truth, however uncertain, my whole reason for living. Votes: 0

I really have branched out into areas where I'm totally uncertain, which is very exciting for me. I kind of like not knowing what I'm doing. Votes: 0

Not a single man on earth knows from his own experience the how and where of his birth, only from tradition, which is often very uncertain. Votes: 0

It was the heart of any scam or fiddle -- keep the punter uncertain, or, if he is certain, make him certain of the wrong thing. Votes: 0

For as long as one has no further point of reference, apart from the position of the maximum, the wavelength thus remains uncertain by an integral factor. Votes: 0

The marathon is an opportunity for redemption. Opportunity, because the outcome is uncertain. Opportunity, because it is up to you, and only you, to make it happen. Votes: 0

Economics is uncertain because its fundamental subject matter is not money but human action. That's why economics is not the dismal science, it's no science at all. Votes: 0

Any violence which does not spring from a spiritual base, will be wavering and uncertain. It lacks the stability which can only rest in a fanatical outlook. Votes: 0

We see and understand more about our behaviors. We come aware. And aware. And aware. . . Often, we feel uncertain about what to do with all this awareness. Votes: 0

Oh, mercy. If it catches you in the wrong frame of mind, the King James Bible can make you want to drink poison in no uncertain terms. Votes: 0

It has always been the opinion and judgment of wise men that nothing can be so uncertain as fame or power not founded on its own strength. Votes: 0

If you find that your organization can't make the hard decisions that Scrum demands, then high-risk, uncertain projects have very little probability of success in your organization. Votes: 0

Almighty Power, by whose most wise command, helpless, forlorn, uncertain, here I stand, take this faint glimmer of thyself away, or break into my soul with perfect day! Votes: 0

There are many things that are still uncertain and that probably nobody knows, because so many factors determine what form the transformation of consciousness on our planet takes. Votes: 0

Obviously, a rigid, blinkered, absolutist world view is the easiest to keep hold of, whereas the fluid, uncertain, metamorphic picture I've always carried about is rather more vulnerable. Votes: 0

Any humane and reasonable person must conclude that if the ends, however desireable, are uncertain and the means are horrible and certain, these means must not be employed. Votes: 0

…a lady of what is commonly called an uncertain temper --a phrase which being interpreted signifies a temper tolerably certain to make everybody more or less uncomfortable. Votes: 0

Natural hazards, however formidable, are inherently less dangerous and less uncertain than fighting hazards. All conditions are more calculable, all obstacles more surmountable than those of human resistance. Votes: 0

In these troubled, uncertain times, we don't need more command and control; we need better means to engage everyone's intelligence in solving challenges and crises as they arise. Votes: 0

We live in changing times, and many people experience the challenges that come with it. In the face of uncertain futures, no one will know what to expect. Votes: 0

So we face our final hours...and all that was once certain has become uncertain. Except for defeat. That, as always, is the end of all our stories. Votes: 0

Successful entrepreneurs develop products that inspire their passion. They have to. It's that passion that gets them through the long, arduous, uncertain and frightening early days of a start-up. Votes: 0

Morals were too essential to the happiness of man, to be risked on the uncertain combinations of the head. Nature laid their foundation, therefore, in sentiment, not in science. Votes: 0

Even the best-natured people, if uninstructed, are always blind and uncertain. We must take pains to instruct ourselves so that ignorance makes us neither too timid nor too bold. Votes: 0

The Reform Bill has destroyed the ancient conduits and strainers, and brings Public Opinion to act upon the government with the rapid, turbulent, and uncertain violence of a flood! Votes: 0

While all other things are uncertain, evanescent, and ephemeral, virtue alone is fixed with deep roots; it can neither be overthrown by any violence or moved from its place. Votes: 0

Poverty hath slain a thousand, but riches have slain ten thousand. They are very uncertain, they promise that which they cannot perform, neither can they afford a contented mind. Votes: 0

Throughout American history, there have been moments that call on us to meet the challenges of an uncertain world, and pay whatever price is required to secure our freedom. Votes: 0

Teenagers blithely skip off to uncertain futures, while their parents sit weeping curbside in the Volvo, because the adolescent brain isn't yet formed enough to recognize and evaluate risk. Votes: 0

Rowing against the tide is hard and uncertain. To go with the tide and thus take advantage of the workings of the great natural force is safe and easy. Votes: 0

Short putts are missed because it is not physically possible to make the little ball travel over uncertain ground for three or four feet with any degree of regularity. Votes: 0

The form of a work of art, which gives speech to their thoughts and is, therefore, their mode of talking, is always somewhat uncertain, like all kinds of speech. Votes: 0

If God wants something done, can it be done? I am personally convinced that no goal God has for my life is impossible, uncertain, nor can it be blocked. Votes: 0

In todays uncertain economy, the safest solution to be wealthy, be in total control and enjoy freedom for you and your family is to have multiple streams of income. Votes: 0

Nothing is so fickle and uncertain as popularity. It is here today and gone tomorrow. It is a sandy foundation, and sure to fail those who build upon it. Votes: 0

When I go out of the house for a walk, uncertain as yet whither I will bend my steps, [I] submit myself to my instinct to decide for me. Votes: 0

I was deeply uncertain of who I was and who I wanted to be. I really thought I wanted to be a much cooler guy than what I was. Votes: 0

Americans treat history like a cookbook. Whenever they are uncertain what to do next, they turn to history and look up the proper recipe, invariably designated "the lesson of history. Votes: 0

Evil is uncertain in the same degree as good, and for the reason that we ought not to hope too securely, we ought not to fear with to much dejection. Votes: 0

Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and certain: and it is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel. Votes: 0

The poets whom I knew then were all men and all seemed dauntingly sure of themselves - although I am sure that really they were as uncertain as I was. Votes: 0

Happiness belongs to those who are sufficient unto themselves. For all external sources of happiness and pleasure are, by their very nature, highly uncertain, precarious, ephemeral and subject to chance. Votes: 0

People who ask confidently get more than those who are hesitant and uncertain. When you've figured out what you want to ask for, do it with certainty, boldness and confidence. Votes: 0

I want to be able to control things and that's very difficult to do if you're not 100% in a particular language. It makes you uncertain and it makes you nervous. Votes: 0

When you break it all down, my punk rock is my dad's blues. It's music from the underground, and it's real, and it's written for the downtrodden in uncertain times. Votes: 0

Atheism, I began to realize, rested on a less-than-satisfactory evidential basis. The arguments that had once seemed bold, decisive, and conclusive increasingly turned out to be circular, tentative, and uncertain. Votes: 0

A long-established occupation may form the very foundations of the moral life, that the art with which a man has solaced his toil may be the salvation of his uncertain temperament. Votes: 0

When you have an asteroid threatening Earth, it's uncertain where it's going to hit until the last minute; the decision to take action has to be coordinated by the international community. Votes: 0

Heralds don't sing about men who lived in orthodoxy or played it safe, they sing about men who lived an uncertain future and took enough risks to make your head spin. Votes: 0

Imagination is all about new possibilities, eventualities that don't exist, counterfactuals, a recombination of elements in new ways. It is about the untested. And the untested is uncertain. It is frightening-even Votes: 0

Our words were a shaky ladder; all I could do was climb, uncertain if I was about to surmount a glorious peak or fall and smash myself on the rocks below. Votes: 0

Oh, how this spring of love resembleth, The uncertain glory of an April day, Which now shows all beauty of the Sun, And by and by a cloud takes all away Votes: 0

Nothing so uncertain as general reputation. A man injures me from humor, passion, or interest; hates me because he has injured me; and speaks ill of me because he hates me. Votes: 0

Rather than a universe of static certainty, at the most fundamental level of matter, the world and its relationships were uncertain and unpredictable, a state of pure potential of infinite possibility. Votes: 0

The utility, or intrinsic value of gold as a commodity is now considerably less than in the past; its monetary status has become extraordinarily ambiguous; and its future is highly uncertain. Votes: 0

It was still quite light out of doors, but inside with the curtains drawn and the smouldering fire sending out a dim, uncertain glow, the room was full of deep shadows. Votes: 0

The nation seems to slouch onward into its uncertain future like some huge inarticulate beast, too much attainted by wounds and ailments to be robust, but too strong and resourceful to succumb. Votes: 0

A few feathery flakes are scattered widely through the air, and hover downward with uncertain flight, now almost alighting on the earth, now whirled again aloft into remote regions of the atmosphere. Votes: 0

The paths people choose in life can lead to the creation or destruction of people, places, things, and relationships. The future is uncertain, but what is certain is there will be change. Votes: 0

Life is always uncertain, and common prudence dictates to every man the necessity of settling his temporal concerns, while it is in his power, and while the mind is calm and undisturbed. Votes: 0

What is certain in death is somewhat softened by what is uncertain; it is an indefiniteness in the time, which holds a certain relation to the infinite, and what is called eternity. Votes: 0

Man, I hated not being able to figure someone out. And from the slightly uncertain look he gave me as we all went to class, I suspected he felt the same way. Votes: 0

Life is short. Life is uncertain. But we know that we have today. And we have each other. I believe that for each of us, there is a place on the frontlines. Votes: 0

The question that faces the strategic decision maker is not what his organisation should do tomorrow. It is, what do we have to do today to be ready for an uncertain tomorrow? Votes: 0

It's unclear how air strikes on our part can succeed unless the Iraqi army is willing to fight, and that's uncertain given the fact that several Iraqi army divisions have melted away. Votes: 0

In Maureen Owen's perfectly titled Erosion's Pull, words and lines map, unmap, and revamp our everyday postcontemporary geographies: ironies and ambiguities, surrealistic conundrums, kaleidoscopic comedies, puzzlements, certain and uncertain loves and losses. Votes: 0

Faculty X is a sense of reality of other places and other times, and it is the possession of it—fragmentary and uncertain though it is—that distinguishes man from all other animals. Votes: 0

When you first fall in love, it's supposed to be awful. Awful, uncertain, scary, wonderful, confusing, all at once. That's how you know it's real. You have to care deeply. Passionately. That hurts. Votes: 0

In this uncertain space between birth and death, especially here at the end of the world in Moonlight Bay, we need hope as surely as we need food and water, love and friendship. Votes: 0

The most intense curiosity and excitement prevailed, and though the weather was uncertain, enormous masses of densely packed people lined the road, shouting and waving hats and handkerchiefs as we flew by them. Votes: 0

How will it be when one of us alone Goes on that strange last journey of the soul? That certain search for an uncertain goal, That voyage on which no comradeship is known?... Votes: 0

Not a single right is indestructible: a new might can at any time abolish it, hence, man possesses not a single permanent right. God is Might (and He is shifty, malicious, and uncertain). Votes: 0

The Christian needs another Christian who speaks God's word to him. He needs him again and again when he becomes uncertain and discouraged, for by himself he cannot help himself without belying the truth. Votes: 0

Your future is uncertain, and I can tell you nothing that can help you. You are singular and dangerous, and so it is that you are sought by both the Dark and the Light. Votes: 0

I'm part of the mushball middle. I consider 'confused' the majority position because, thankfully, most people would rather be uncertain some of the time than 100% positive all the time - even when they're wrong. Votes: 0

His mother's favorite, he possessed the self-confidence that told him he would achieve something worth while in life, and the ambition to do so, though for long the direction this would take remained uncertain. Votes: 0

Determined will is the beginning of all magical operations. It is because men do not perfectly imagine and believe the result, that the (occult) arts are so uncertain, while they might be perfectly certain. Votes: 0

Being in charge of your work life doesn't mean you always move with assurance and sublime self-confidence; it means you keep moving, continuing on your own path, even when you feel shaky and uncertain. Votes: 0

Then the memory of the Darkling's kiss blew through me and rattled my concentration, scattering my thoughts like leaves and making my heart swoop and dive like a bird borne aloft by uncertain currents." Votes: 0

Be patient with all that is uncertain in your heart...do not search for answers, which will not be given: you will not be able to live them, and its importat to live everything. Votes: 0

I just want to go back to rockin', but I'm uncertain as to what to actually do ... The truth is, I never stopped thinking about rock 'n' roll for a second that I'm on holiday. Votes: 0

Well, it's still a bit uncertain, but I will do the consulting, and I'll see how I can contribute. But I'm sure whatever I do will involve the space program. That's where my passion is. Votes: 0

The culture of drink endures because it offers so many rewards: confidence for the shy, clarity for the uncertain, solace to the wounded and lonely, and above all, the elusive promises of friendship and love. Votes: 0

I personally believe this: We have only today; yesterday's gone and tomorrow is uncertain. That's why they call it the present. And sobriety really is a gift... for those who are willing to receive it. Votes: 0

I believe in the American theatre. I believe in its power to inform about the human condition, its power to heal ... its power to uncover the truths we wrestle from uncertain and sometimes unyielding realities. Votes: 0

Creativity asks you to enter realms with uncertain outcomes. People want to create a safe life for themselves so they try to live without fear and they end up killing their creativity in the process. Votes: 0

Laws fixed, certain, and uniform, are said to be the distinguishing traits of civilized from savage communities. In these last, seldom are any laws, unless it be the arbitrary and uncertain will of the strongest. Votes: 0

I kiss him as the train slides into unlit, uncertain land. I kiss him for as long as I want, for longer than I should, given that my brother sits three feet away from me. Votes: 0

For me and my family personally, September 11 was a reminder that life is fleeting, impermanent, and uncertain. Therefore, we must make use of every moment and nurture it with affection, tenderness, beauty, creativity, and laughter. Votes: 0

If we are to remain mission focused, as we must be if we are to be relevant in an uncertain age, the abandoning those things that do not further the mission is a leadership imperative. Votes: 0