- Ignorance
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- Nov 07, 2020
Uncertainty Quotes
Living with what isn't settled.
These quotes explore uncertainty from a scientific angle - measurement limits and indeterminate values - alongside broader worry about institutions holding steady. It shares ground with Fear quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
The fastest way to break the cycle of perfectionism and become a fearless mother is to give up the idea of doing it perfectly - indeed to embrace uncertainty and imperfection.
- Emotional
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most of what one feels compelled to write stems from a deep emotional uncertainty.
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been through heartbreak and uncertainty and giddy crushes and everything. We all have.
- Leadership
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- Nov 07, 2020
Uncertainty is a permanent part of the leadership landscape. It never goes away.
- Need
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- Nov 07, 2020
Uncertainty is not an indication of poor leadership; it underscores the need for leadership.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
There will be very few occasions when you are absolutely certain about anything. You will consistently be called upon to make decisions with limited information. That being the case, your goal should not be to eliminate uncertainty. Instead, you must develop the art of being clear in the face of uncertainty.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everything that relates to Pennywise and Bob Gray is very cryptic, and it's like that for a reason. Probably the success of that character as a monster, as a villain is because of that crypticness and uncertainty that people have towards him.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
People who are great at making decisions in the face of uncertainty have great judgment.
- Failure
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- Nov 07, 2020
No one suggested Lehman deserved to be saved. But the argument has been made that the crisis might have been less severe if it had been saved, because Lehman's failure created remarkable uncertainty in the market as investors became confused about the role of the government and whether it was picking winners and losers.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
I struggled to find an agency in London because no one knew whether they should put me in the men's board or the women's board. There was a lot of uncertainty about my commercial viability.
- Friends
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- Nov 07, 2020
Neither we nor our European friends need prolonged uncertainty, and not everything needs to be negotiated before Article 50 is triggered and the exit process is concluded.
- Nov 07, 2020
Uncertainty is the worst of all evils until the moment when reality makes us regret uncertainty.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
In times of uncertainty - whether it's economic, psychological, emotional, or philosophical - people often say that the only thing we can truly control is our attitudes. If that's true, then I'm going to spend today walking my 14-year-old dog on a free beach and treasuring the fact that she's still alive.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
What a sound money system does is to stabilize all the elements in it, and reduces the uncertainty that people confront. And the one thing all human beings do when they are confronted with uncertainty is pull back, withdraw, disengage, and that means economic activity, which is really dealing with people, just goes straight down.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020