#certainty

Uncertainty is the refuge of hope. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

#refuge #uncertainty

Scientific views end in awe and mystery, lost at the edge in uncertainty, but they appear to be so deep and so impressive that the theory that it is all arranged as a stage for God to watch man's struggle for good and evil seems inadequate. ↗

— Richard P. Feynman

#arranged #awe #deep #edge #end

Inquiry is fatal to certainty. ↗

— Will Durant

#fatal #inquiry

So when they don't have certainty, they go the other way. In Ohio, we have given them certainty and things have been improved. But if we can get a Romney presidency, they are going to get much better. ↗

— John Kasich

#better #certainty #get #given #go

The areas of consensus shift unbelievably fast; the bubbles of certainty are constantly exploding. ↗

— Rem Koolhaas

#bubbles #certainty #consensus #constantly #exploding

Why do people resist [engines, bridges, and cities] so? They are symbols and products of the imagination, which is the force that ensures justice and historical momentum in an imperfect world, because without imagination we would not have the wherewithal to challenge certainty, and we could never rise above ourselves. ↗

— Mark Helprin

#cities #imagination #justice #mankind #imagination

I never imagined it wouldn't work out for me. I had that absolute certainty in myself that has seen me through, I think, and my parents were absolutely behind me all the way. ↗

— Ewan McGregor

#absolutely #behind #certainty #had #i

A bird in hand is a certainty. But a bird in the bush may sing. ↗

— Bret Harte

#bush #certainty #hand #may #sing

Life isn’t meant to be lived perfectly…but merely to be LIVED. Boldly, wildly, beautifully, uncertainly, imperfectly, magically LIVED. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#boldness #calling #destiny #faith #imperfection

I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next. Delicious Ambiguity. ↗

— Gilda Radner

#life #stories #uncertainty #unpredictability #change