1. Introduction. p. 1.
Understanding Uncertainty (2006)
The Aquarian Conspiracy (1980), Chapter Four, People Changing
“Crises feed uncertainty. And uncertainty affects behaviour, which feeds the crisis.”
Economics focus: (Nearly) nothing to fear but fear itself (2009) https://www.economist.com/node/13021961/all-comments?page=1,
Source: The Drunkard's Walk, Chapter 7, Measurement And The Law Of Errors, p. 129
“There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.”
Reported as attributed to Burns but unverified in Suzy Platt (ed.), Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations Requested from the Congressional Research Service (Washington, DC : Library of Congress 1989) http://www.bartleby.com/73/172.html
Disputed
Source: Collected Poems of Robert Burns
“Uncertainty is the refuge of hope.”
Amiel's journal; the Journal intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel 1890 (p.368)
Journal Intime (1882), Journal entries
Source: https://archive.org/details/amielsjournaljou00amieiala
Methods of Mathematics Applied to Calculus, Probability, and Statistics (1985)
Letter to Robert Bridges (24 October 1883)
Letters, etc
Context: You do not mean by mystery what a Catholic does. You mean an interesting uncertainty: the uncertainty ceasing, interest ceases also... But a Catholic by mystery means an incomprehensible certainty: without certainty, without formulation there is no interest;... the clearer the formulation the greater the interest.
“The very essence of romance is uncertainty.”
Variant: The very essence of romance is uncertainty.
Source: The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays
