#uncertain

She wasn't certain of exactly what they had together; she doubted Owen knew, either; but whatever it was, she desperately wanted to hold on to it. They were only at the beginning of what they could become together; if she could help it, she would do anything that she could to keep it from ending. ↗

— Dorothy Garlock

#uncertainty-of-relationship #relationship

If you aren't in the moment, you are either looking forward to uncertainty, or back to pain and regret. ↗

— Jim Carrey

#either #forward #looking #looking forward #moment

Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating. ↗

— Karl Von Clausewitz

#always #certainty #clarity #fascinating #finds

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

— George Crumb

#confused #described #frequently #hear #i

The real effect of the WTC calamity has been depressed spirits, anxiety, and uncertainty among publishers, and of course those emotions are not restricted to publishers. ↗

— Richard Curtis

#anxiety #been #calamity #course #depressed

Man lives in a world of surmise, of mystery, of uncertainties. ↗

— John Dewey

#man #man lives #mystery #surmise #uncertainties

Investors should be cautiously positioned as the global economy and markets face major uncertainties. The downgrade will be a further headwind to growth and job creation in the U.S. ↗

— Mohamed El-Erian

#creation #downgrade #economy #face #further

We measure our days out in steps of uncertainty not turning to see how far we've come. And peer down the highway from here to eternity and reach out for love on the run. ↗

— Al Stewart

#days #down #eternity #far #here

I Don’t Know whether lust is a human coarseness or a human fineness: I don’t know why death holds a so sweet lure since it would take away my Body: I don’t know that I wouldn’t deny my Christ, if I had one, three times before a given cockcrow: I don’t know on the other hand that I would: I don’t know whether honor is a reality in human beings or a pose: I don’t know that I mayn’t be able to think with my Body when it is in its coffin. ↗

— Mary MacLane

#sex #uncertainty #death

The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. Uncertainty is the very condition to impel man to unfold his powers. ↗

— Erich Fromm

#certainty #condition #his #man #meaning