I'm a pessimist about probabilities; I'm an optimist about possibilities. — Lewis Mumford Copy Share Image
“Statistics, likelihoods, and probabilities mean everything to men, nothing to God.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
We can never achieve absolute truth but we can live hopefully by a system of calculated probabilities. — Agnes Meyer Driscoll Copy Share Image
History cannot be reduced to a set of statistics and probabilities. — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
“Probabilities—the surest screen a wise man can place between himself and the truth.” — George Eliot Copy Share Image
“Stop living the life with possibilities and probabilities, live the life with certainties.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
Our beliefs are not just estimates of probabilities. They are also the instruments that guide our actions. — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
“A brick can be used to represent the zero probability of this book being any good.” — Amy Riekhof Copy Share Image
The true Logic for this world is the Calculus of Probabilities, which takes account of the magnitude of the probability. — James Clerk Maxwell Copy Share Image
Although we deal with probabilities and expectations, the actual results can deviate substantially from such expectations, particularly on a short-term basis. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
“That story had at its core a discussion of my fundamental view that nothing in life is certain and that, consequently, all… — Robert E. Rubin Copy Share Image
“The rest of the universe is like the coin. The events of the past appear to cause the present, but every time… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
He who has heard the same thing told by 12,000 eye-witnesses has only 12,000 probabilities, which are equal to one strong probability,… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
The theory of probabilities is basically only common sense reduced to a calculus. It makes one estimate accurately what right-minded people feel… — Pierre-Simon Laplace Copy Share Image
There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and… — Jack Vance Copy Share Image
“Symbolists don’t like probabilities and tell jokes like “How many Bayesians does it take to change a lightbulb? They’re not sure. Come… — Pedro Domingos Copy Share Image
I am fully assured, that no general method for the solution of questions in the theory of probabilities can be established which… — George Boole Copy Share Image
If an event can be produced by a number n of different causes, the probabilities of the existence of these causes, given… — Pierre-Simon Laplace Copy Share Image
We know the laws of trial and error, of large numbers and probabilities. We know that these laws are part of the… — Albert Claude Copy Share Image
It has been pointed out already that no knowledge of probabilities, less in degree than certainty, helps us to know what conclusions… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
I teach something called The Law of Probabilities, which says the more things you try, the more likely one of them will… — Jack Canfield Copy Share Image
“All human affairs rest upon probabilities, and the same thing is true everywhere. If man were immortal he could be perfectly sure… — Charles Sanders Peirce Copy Share Image
Does the logic connect? What are the range of probably outcomes? You want to figure out what those probabilities are and ideally… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
“If the universe was scientific and just left to itself, then we’d have statistical probabilities to rely on. But once people are… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“The anti-precog has to be present when the precog is in the process of deciding, not after. The anti-precog makes all futures… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
As for a future life, every man must judge for himself between conflicting vague probabilities. — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
The more people you contact, the higher your sales will be because of the law of probabilities. — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
The true logic of this world is the calculus of probabilities. — James Clerk Maxwell Copy Share Image
We balance probabilities and choose the most likely. It is the scientific use of the imagination. — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
