Unstable Conditions Quotes

The only certainty is uncertainty

The constant flux and caprice of mental events do not admit of the establishment of stable experimental conditions.

Imagine a world where nothing is stable. In the West, we have three moving elements -- Air, Fire, Water -- but at least we can depend on the fourth.

If you don't like Scottish weather, wait 30 minutes, and it is likely to change.

One thing you can rely on is that there will always be uncertainty.

We are living in a world that is beyond controllability.

We live in a crazy world. You don't know what's going to happen.

Without question, conditions in the Haiti are worse since Aristide's removal, and continue to deteriorate.

Markets shouldn't be moving in a straight line.

In large organizations there are discrete functions. I do this; you do that. I swim in my lane; you swim in your lane. That can be very effective for certain processes and in certain stable conditions. But it doesn't work in unstable conditions.

Just sit tight. Reinforcements should be here soon. Hopefully nothing happens before-" Lightning crackled overhead. The wind picked up with a vengeance. Worksheets flew into the Grand Canyon, and the entire bridge shuddered. Kids screamed, stumbling and grabbing the rails. "I had to say something," Hedge grumbled. He bellowed into his megaphone: "Everyone inside! The cow says moo! Off the skywalk!" "I thought you said this thing was stable!" Jason shouted over the wind. "Under normal circumstances," Hedge agreed, "which these aren't.

That's how it always is in the entertainment industry, your feet are always treading Jello.

As discomfiting as it is to both market optimists and policy activists, a certain amount of instability is inherent to the economy.

Business is not a science; it is not susceptible to experiments that can be controlled and replicated. Everything in business is too unpredictable for that - every business, employee, product, market is different and keeps changing.

I like when the ice gets thin, the going gets rough, the guests get edgy.

Sudden resolutions, like the sudden rise of mercury in a barometer, indicate little else than the variability of the weather.