Probability Quotes

305 quotes by 254 authors

Probability is not a mere computation of odds on the dice or more complicated variants; it is the acceptance of the lack of certainty in… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Based on the law of probability Everything is possible because The sheer existence of possibility Confirms the existence Of impossibility. — Dejan Stojanovic
There is no reason to regard God as immune from consideration along the spectrum of probabilities. And there is certainly no reason to suppose that,… — Richard Dawkins
The emotionally mature individual should completely accept the fact that we live in a world of probability and chance, where there are not, nor probably… — Albert Ellis
And human instinct is ancient and reliable, utterly mysterious and possibly capable of great genius. I believe that refined, fluent instincts are a person's most… — Augusten Burroughs
Even very low-probability events can, and indeed do, occur. — Gavin Extence
Synchronicity: A meaningful coincidence of two or more events where something other than the probability of chance is involved. — Carl Jung
The greater the loyalty of a group toward the group, the greater is the motivation among the members to achieve the goals of the group,… — Rensis Likert
We may not be able to get certainty, but we can get probability, and half a loaf is better than no bread. — C.S. Lewis
The true logic of this world is in the calculus of probabilities. — James Clerk Maxwell
With caution judge of probability. Things deemed unlikely, e'en impossible, experience oft hath proved to be true. — William Shakespeare
I teach something called The Law of Probabilities, which says the more things you try, the more likely one of them will work. The more… — Jack Canfield
It is, I believe, justifiable to make the generalization that anything an organic chemist can synthesize can be made without him. All he does is… — George Wells Beadle
Fame, we may understand, is no sure test of merit, but only a probability of such; it is an accident, not a property of man. — Thomas Carlyle
A scientist worthy of a lab coat should be able to make original discoveries while wearing a clown suit, or give a lecture in a… — Eliezer Yudkowsky
The United States can pay any debt it has because we can always print money to do that. So there is zero probability of default. — Alan Greenspan
The probability of apocalypse soon cannot be realistically estimated, but it is surely too high for any sane person to contemplate with equanimity. — Noam Chomsky
In all probability, when the 1919 series is over, a diagnosis of it will show that the final result was brought about by some unusual… — Billy Evans
I like the probability of the impossible. — Nicolas Roeg
There may be aliens in our Milky Way galaxy, and there are billions of other galaxies. The probability is almost certain that there is life… — Buzz Aldrin

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