Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

Nothing is guaranteed.

Nothing is ever certain.

Life to me is defined by uncertainty. Uncertainty is the state in which we live, and there is no way to outfox it.

Men's fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man to prosper for ever.

The future is unpredictable.

One thing I have realised is that there are no certainties. Anything can happen anytime.

Success is unpredictable and fragile.

There is absolutely nothing that can be taken for granted in this world.

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

Even money, which shines so much, spits sometimes.

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

Never think that lack of variability is stability. Don't confuse lack of volatility with stability, ever.

Don't take too much comfort in the fact that you're successful today because tomorrow could bring failure. There's no surety in life.

You mustn't take what I say as gospel because no one can second-guess the future.

There is nothing so uncertain as a sure thing.

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

I knew what show business was, which was why I didn't want in on that action. I saw what happens! You get it, and then you lose it.

There is no such thing as security. There never has been.

Fragility is the quality of things that are vulnerable to volatility.

The only certainty is that nothing is certain.

In this business, you just never know from day to day. It's one reason I held off getting too involved in entertainment. I like being able to plan, I like to know what I'm going to be doing.

I say the one thing about luck is you can't really count on it.

Anything can change in show business; you know how it goes, everything changes from one day to the other.

You can be on top of everything, and the next minute, you're going to be on the bottom.

There is nothing so subject to the inconstancy of fortune as war.