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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
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think, along with the great joy and excitement of having a child, it seems to be that the common themes are also a lot of doubt and fear and uncertainty about being a parent - and about how you might not live up to those expectations.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am somebody who has always struggled with uncertainty. And, of course, uncertainty is so core to life. I seek out knowledge to help me deal with that. But I'm also aware that knowledge can be really a double-edged sword.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
When faced with an obstacle or uncertainty in your abilities, use it as an opportunity to grow your talents.
- Clarity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was young, the constraints of Chinese society and my personal timid and cautious nature both drove me to seek a means to go against control. Gunpowder has an inherent uncertainty and uncontrollability and is an important means for me to relieve myself of constraint.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
Moses became America's true founding father because he evangelized action; he justified risk. He gave ordinary people the courage to live with uncertainty.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I spent a lot of years trying to outrun or outsmart vulnerability by making things certain and definite, black and white, good and bad. My inability to lean into the discomfort of vulnerability limited the fullness of those important experiences that are wrought with uncertainty: Love, belonging, trust, joy, and creativity to name a few.
- Parenting
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- Nov 07, 2020
The uncertainty of parenting can bring up feelings in us that range from frustration to terror.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that what most artists are trying to do is trying to understand. I think what distinguishes creative people and/or artists from another type of person is perhaps a willingness to go headlong into that uncertainty.
- Anxiety
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- Nov 07, 2020
Obama's economic policies obviously have not worked, and have left the American market place with enormous uncertainty and anxiety.
- He Or She
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think if a poet wanted to lead, he or she would want the message to be unequivocally clear and free of ambiguity. Whereas poetry is actually the home of ambiguity, ambivalence and uncertainty.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
Human spirit is the ability to face the uncertainty of the future with curiosity and optimism. It is the belief that problems can be solved, differences resolved. It is a type of confidence. And it is fragile. It can be blackened by fear and superstition.
- Balance
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- Nov 07, 2020
To minimize market uncertainty and achieve the maximum effect of its policies, the Federal Reserve is committed to providing the public as much information as possible about the uses of its balance sheet, plans regarding future uses of its balance sheet, and the criteria on which the relevant decisions are based.
- Nov 07, 2020
Uncertainty is seen to retard investment independently of considerations of risk or expected return.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even with uncertainty around the future of work in an increasingly automated world, Airbnb will remain a way for women to achieve greater financial independence and social empowerment in the years ahead.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020