...make a distinction between positive contingencies, and…

“Results are often negative. We learn what something is not - and that is as important as a positive discovery to the man who…

— Daniel Keyes

And so, in case we have contingencies and things that we cannot accomplish within the duration of the space walk, we have a buffer,…

— Umberto Guidoni

That's all teaching is; arranging contingencies which bring changes in behavior.

— B. F. Skinner

“I can conceive that after what occurred in New York it might be distressing for you to encounter Miss Stoker, sir. But I fancy…

— P.G. Wodehouse

The cause, then, philosophically speaking, is the sum total of the conditions, positive and negative, taken together; the whole of the contingencies of every…

— John Stuart Mill

“If life were free of contingencies, then we could live by a few rules written in stone that would apply to all our decisions.…

— Jay Heinrichs

“But to anyone reasonable, my life will seem more or less normal-under-the-microscope, full of contingencies and incongruities none of us escapes and which do…

— Richard Ford

When actions are followed by events that are not causally related to the prior acts, people often erroneously perceive contingencies that do not, in…

— Albert Bandura

“assessing risk factors and allowing for contingencies. But how often do they?”

— Robin Odell

Outward objects cannot take hold of the soul, nor force their passage into her, nor set any of her wheels going. No, the impression…

— Marcus Aurelius

O to be self-balanced for contingencies, to confront night, storms, hunger, ridicule, accidents, rebuffs, as the trees and animals do.

— Walt Whitman

People think of politicians having true power, but that's less and less true. After all, they are often constrained or being edged into a…

— Bernard Arnault

“To protect your interests in your transactions when making an offer you’ll often use at least one—and maybe several—contingencies.”

— Anonymous

We plan for all contingencies, and we'll be ready for it, for any contingencies.

— Lloyd Austin

From our limited vantage point, our lives are marked by an endless series of contingencies. We frequently find ourselves, instead of acting as we…

— Jerry Bridges