Uncertain Quotes

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Science is uncertain.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

…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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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!

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

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

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

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

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

No one but yourself knows whether you are cowardly and cruel, or loyal and devout; others do not see you; they surmise you by uncertain conjectures; they perceive not so much your nature as your art.

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.

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?

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

Because a truly skeptical position would be a very uncertain one.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

Maybe the science is uncertain, maybe we don't have to worry about it. Climate change is the worst, but there's others.

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