#uncertain

The power of the lawyer is in the uncertainty of the law. ↗

— Jeremy Bentham

#lawyer #power #uncertainty

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

— Steven Tyler

#especially #feel #feel good #good #put

Sometimes a neighbor whom we have disliked a lifetime for his arrogance and conceit lets fall a single commonplace remark that shows us another side, another man, really; a man uncertain, and puzzled, and in the dark like ourselves. ↗

— Willa Cather

#another man #arrogance #commonplace #conceit #dark

Summers was simply a master explainer, able to deftly boil down the complexities of economic and financial, and to put them in terms the non-expert could understand. He was brilliant at cultivating a sense of control, even as events spun far beyond what could be managed with any certainty. He could will into being the confidence that eluded others, those less self-assured and, maybe sensibly, on humbler terms with the world. ↗

— Ron Suskind

#explanation #humility #uncertainty #education

Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear. ↗

— William Congreve

#almost #certain #comes #fear #impervious

To the indefinite, uncertain mind of the American radical the most contradictory ideas and methods are possible. The result is a sad chaos in the radical movement, a sort of intellectual hash, which has neither taste nor character. ↗

— Emma Goldman

#chaos #character #contradictory #hash #ideas

Religion often partakes of the myth of progress that shields us from the terrors of an uncertain future. ↗

— Frank Herbert

#myth #often #partakes #progress #religion

The fastest way to break the cycle of perfectionism and become a fearless mother is to give up the idea of doing it perfectly - indeed to embrace uncertainty and imperfection. ↗

— Arianna Huffington

#become #break #cycle #doing #embrace

So what do we do? Anything. Something. So long as we just don't sit there. If we screw it up, start over. Try something else. If we wait until we've satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late. ↗

— Lee Iacocca

#else #just #late #long #may

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

— Aldrich Ames

#credit #deciding #person #task #trust