Robert McNamara Quotes

Uncertainty's not good for anybody.

No one likes uncertainty.

There's so much uncertainty within certain players and the organization.

Uncertainty is everywhere and you cannot escape from it.

I’m concerned about all areas of uncertainty.

The unknown is always scary.

We live in a pretty bleak time. I feel that in the air. Everything is uncertain. Everything feels like its on the precipice of some major transformation, whether we like it or not.

I think right now in the world we're feeling like there's no solid ground beneath our feet, you know?

The unknown is very scary.

When people have recently asked me my profession, I have not dared to reply.

I love the storm and fear the calm.

Uncertainty always creates doubt, and doubt creates fear.

Hope knows not if fear speaks truth, nor fear whether hope be blind as she.

One certainty we all accept is the condition of being uncertain and insecure.

The shadow of fear and uncertainty lies over most of us; for us the future seems far from being as clear and open as we believed it would be.

I am always worried when someone says, 'This is perfect.'

I'm scared of the unknown future.

I'm always afraid someone's going to tap me on the shoulder one day and say, 'Back to North London.'

You aren't sure if you're making the right decision - about anything, ever.

With such riches as I have in life, you're always nervous. Being Irish, you're waiting for something to knock it sideways.

I'm anything but confident.

I look forward to change, but there is a part of me that absolutely dreads it.

I fear the future.

Even when one is doing well, one still worries that things might go badly again in the future. This is an old observation based on human experience.

When there is nothing to fear is the time to begin fearing everything.