Noreena Hertz Quotes

The thing that's important to know is that you never know. You're always sort of feeling your way.

I might not agree with myself in a year.

In 10 years, I don't really know what I'll be, and I like not having any idea. I like the idea of being so passionate about everything I do and the fact that I might wake up tomorrow and say 'I want to be a chef,' and just pour myself into that.

I really think that living is the process of going from complete certainty to complete ignorance.

As much as I long for a sort of security and consistency sometimes, I do enjoy sort of being busted around. I really don't know what's happening sometimes next week, let alone this year.

The more ambivalent you are and the more uncertain you are, then you can get something that you cannot anticipate.

I thought I never wanted to be on TV. I was dead wrong. I'm almost always dead wrong about the things I think I want, vs. when I just go with the flow, I'm always happy where I end up.

I couldn't tell you what I am going to do next 'cause I have no idea, but I am open to anything.

… a world without certainty can be richer, in all senses of the word, than a world with false convictions.

I just keep looking for things that are interesting and keep calm as possible about it all, not worrying about being in a 'box.'

I have learned to listen and to hone my instincts to be perceptive and be receptive to change, to constantly live in ambiguity.

I have never won big fights just doing one thing, being one-dimensional.

If we will only allow that, as we progress, we remain unsure, we will leave opportunities for alternatives.

The biggest threat to a better life is the desire to keep the future under control - to make the world predictable by reining in creativity and enterprise. Progress as a neat blueprint, with no deviations and no surprise, may work in children's cartoons or utopian novels. But it's just a fantasy.

I just wanna build momentum again. Keeping yourself in work is one thing, keeping yourself in good work's another. But if it doesn't work out, so be it. As the Taoists say, Learn to accept that which you cannot change.

If there's one thing that's certain in business, it's uncertainty.

You must stick to your conviction, but be ready to abandon your assumptions.

Uncertainty is a permanent part of the leadership landscape. It never goes away.

Do I have a long-term plan? Kind of. I have a general direction, I think. But it's funny what comes down the pike.

I have had a pretty hardcore crash course on living out of a suitcase. Some people take consistency in their lives for granted. When you have little to none, you discover it's kind of a nice thing.

I worry that if I enjoy something - like the songs on 'Some Nights' are about wondering about who you are. I'm never quite sure and I'd hate to feel sort of content and get a good sense of who I am because if I know one thing, that's not me. I don't mind not necessarily being happy about it. And that's fine.

I'm at a point where I'm going where the journey leads me. I've set goals but I don't get really hung up if I don't achieve those goals right away or in my time, you know what I mean?

I write about moments, and I don't make blanket statements about anything because no one has all the answers; nobody's come up with a foolproof way to do anything when it comes to emotions.

In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.

The older I've gotten, the more I've learned that I have to open myself up to all opportunities. Maybe I'll get burned and not meet the right people, but I won't know until I do it.