Uncertainty Quotes

"To remain stable is to exist on the brink of collapse" "What we call here a Black Swan is an event with the following three attributes: rarity, extreme impact, and retrospective predictability" "We are prone to overestimate how much we understand about the world and to underestimate the role of chance in events" "The inability to predict outliers implies the inability to predict the course of history" "I call myself a blind man riding on a blind tiger." "The past, like the future, is indefinite and exists only as a spectrum of possibilities." "Despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not" "It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time." "Death is so terribly final while life is full of possibilities" "As a rule, men worry more about what they can’t see than about what they can" "You never know what the future holds, but I hope we’re all doing more" "Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future" "Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most." "Still round the corner there may wait a new road or a secret gate" "I don't think anyone has a clue about what they're doing" "Why you bother me when you know you don't want me?"