- 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
- Jealousy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I write what I like to read, and I enjoy love triangles in YA and adult fiction - not to mention in other media like TV, opera, theatre, and even in video games! I relish when dark and compelling characters compete for our protagonist's heart. The doubts, the uncertainty - the jealousy! - can be breathtaking.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Investors don't like uncertainty.
- Fall
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- Nov 07, 2020
When there's uncertainty they always think there's another shoe to fall. There is no other shoe to fall.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hundreds of investors ask me questions each year about the dilemmas they confront. Their worst problem? Uncertainty. They are traumatized and become emotional or confused to the state of inaction. Even worse, they try to solve a short-term problem in a way that hurts them financially in the long run.
- Knowledge
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- Nov 07, 2020
That economic decisions are made without certain knowledge of the consequences is pretty self-evident. But, although many economists were aware of this elementary fact, there was no systematic analysis of economic uncertainty until about 1950.
- Pain
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm in the camp that needs to discover and take risks, sometimes it's with the promise of something special and new, sometimes it's to stay awake, either way it's much more stressful with all the uncertainty but worth the pain in the end.
- Middle Class
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- Nov 07, 2020
Uncertainty and fears of social decline and exclusion have reached the middle class in many societies.
- Courage
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are biological creatures. We are born, we live, we die. There is no transcendent purpose to existence. At best we are creatures of reason, and by using reason we can cure ourselves of emotional excess. Purged of both hope and fear, we find courage in the face of helplessness, insignificance and uncertainty.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
In an ecology of love, people can relate in trust and face the future without fear. They do not need to play it safe. They can take uncertainty in their stride.
- Gold
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- Nov 07, 2020
In these times of uncertainty for paper-based currency, I feel more secure in holding gold.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020