Uncertainty Quotes

“We simply did not know what we were doing. For the first year we had no idea of how to do the translation. No one had ever done it before.”

“I don't think any of us know what is going to happen. I am not a pessimist. I am not an optimist. I am a realist, and I will wait and see what happens.”

“The practical difference between the two categories, risk and uncertainty, is that in the former the distribution of the outcome in a group of instances is known... while in the case of uncertainty this is not true.”

“The question of the ultimate foundations and the ultimate meaning of mathematics remains open; we do not know in which direction it will find its final solution.”

“Fear is a big part of it. A lot of it is not knowing what to expect.”

“The future is an opaque mirror. Anyone who tries to look into it sees nothing but the dim outlines of an old and worried face.”

“Don't despair: despair suggests you are in total control and know what is coming. You don't.”

“Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty.”

“It's not so much that we're afraid of change or so in love with the old ways, but it's that place in between that we fear.”

“There is a murky, gray area.”

“Understanding the uncertainties and being able to reason about them is at the heart of intelligence.”

“I've got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen.”

“Uncertainty is the refuge of hope.”

“A horse is a horse, it's a gambling game, and you never know.”

“In life, anything can happen.”

“And we are here as on a darkling plain / Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight, / Where ignorant armies clash by night.”

“Tomorrow is easy, but today is uncharted.”

“There is no certainty, there is only adventure.”

“I hate cameras. They are so much more sure than I am about everything.”

“Never give up. No one knows what's going to happen next.”