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"The very essence of love is uncertainty." »Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Ernest
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"uncertainty will always be part of the taking charge process." »Harold Geneen
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"Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty." »Jacob Bronowski, 1976
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"Adolescence is a time of uncertainty, stuffed with expectations and glazed with rebellion" »Christiaan van der Spuy
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"I believe that uncertainty is rally my spirit's way of whispering, I'm in flux. I can't decide for you. Something is off-balance here." »Oprah Winfrey
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"The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next." »Ursula K. LeGuin
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"The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty not knowing what comes next." »Ursula K. LeGuin
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"Knowledge would be fatal, it is the uncertainty that charms one. A mist makes things beautiful." »Oscar Wilde, The picture of Dorian Gray
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"Through the doors of perception Down the corridors of uncertainty Into the room of self doubt Opens the window of opportunity." »Unknown
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"uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don't let them scare you unduly, for they keep boredom at bay and spark creativity." »R. I. Fitzhenry
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"If America shows weakness and uncertainty, the world will drift toward tragedy. That will not happen on my watch." »George W. Bush
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"The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. uncertainty is the very condition to impel man to unfold his powers." »Erich Fromm
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"If we can recognize that change and uncertainty are basic principles, we can greet the future and the transformation we are undergoing with the understanding that we do not know enough to be pessimistic." »Hazel Henderson
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"The uncompromising attitude is more indicative of an inner uncertainty than a deep conviction. The implacable stand is directed more against the doubt within than the assailant without." »Eric Hoffer
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"For men who had easily endured hardship, danger and difficult uncertainty, leisure and riches, though in some ways desirable, proved burdensome and a source of grief." »Sallust
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"The interval between the decay of the old and the formation and establishment of the new constitutes a period of transition which must always necessarily be one of uncertainty, confusion, error, and wild and fierce fanaticism." »John Calhoun
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"The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation, which depend upon the future. We let go the present, which we have in our power, and look forward to that which depends upon chance, and so relinquish a certainty for an uncertainty." »Seneca
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"As an athlete, when you least expect it, you may find yourself standing on the threshold of an accomplishment so monumental that it strikes fear into your soul. You must stand ready, at any moment, to face the unknown. You must be ready to walk boldly thru the wall of uncertainty." »John "The Penguin" Bingham, The courage to start
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"Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. It ever has been and ever will be pursued until it be obtained, or until liberty be lost in the pursuit. In a society under the forms of which the stronger faction can readily unite and oppress the weaker, anarchy may as truly be said to reign as in a state of nature, where the weaker individual is not secured against the violence of the stronger; and as, in the latter state, even the individuals are prompted, by the uncertainty of their condition, to submit to a government which may protect the weak as well as themselves; so, in the former state, will the more powerful factions or parties be gradually induced, by a like motive to wish for a government which will protect all parties, the weaker as well as the more powerful." »Alexander Hamilton
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"Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. It ever has been and ever will be pursued until it be obtained, or until liberty be lost in the pursuit. In a society under the forms of which the stronger faction can readily unite and oppress the weaker, anarchy may as truly be said to reign as in a state of nature, where the weaker individual is not secured against the violence of the stronger and as, in the latter state, even the individuals are prompted, by the uncertainty of their condition, to submit to a government which may protect the weak as well as themselves so, in the former state, will the more powerful factions or parties be gradually induced, by a like motive to wish for a government which will protect all parties, the weaker as well as the more powerful." »Alexander Hamilton
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