Probability Quotes

305 quotes by 254 authors

If scientific reasoning were limited to the logical processes of arithmetic, we should not get very far in our understanding of the physical world. One… — Vannevar Bush
Information: the negative reciprocal value of probability. — Claude Shannon
One important measurement issue concerns the fat tails problem that I mentioned earlier. VAR is concerned with extreme outcomes. If the tails of the probability… — John Hull
In the U.S.A. or Europe there is no realistic way to estimate the type, magnitude, or probability of the risk, nor any way to narrow… — Jurgen Habermas
In trials of fact, by oral testimony, the proper inquiry is not whether is it possible that the testimony may be false, but whether there… — Simon Greenleaf
The vast majority of large scale change efforts fail. Which means that the probability that you have actually experienced a failure, and your people know… — John P. Kotter
Excess dietary salt is most notorious for increasing blood pressure. Americans have a 90 percent lifetime probability of developing high blood pressure - so even… — Joel Fuhrman
Whether a person feels positive or not is kind of a comment on their personality and of no great interest. You can find positive signs… — Avram Noam Chomsky
Given any particular problem, the number of incorrect solutions is infinitely larger than the number of correct solutions; thus the probability of arriving at a… — Richard Sloma
Romance is the fiction that owes no allegiance to the God of things as they are. In the novel the writer's thought is tethered to… — Ambrose Bierce
When you state what you want or believe, say it out loud. It's a message to both you and others about what is possible. Increase… — Ritu Ghatourey
The probability of meeting someone you know increases a hundredfold when you're with someone you're not supposed to be seen with. — Superman
The fact that we don't keep repeating tests in the same arena is not because the probability of the hypothesis showing its falsity in other… — Robert Nozick
I can not deny that all may be swept away. Broken by it, I, too, may be; bow to it I never will. The probability… — Abraham Lincoln
Rather, it is meant to say that expressed arguments are never won, that only the first several minutes of any discussion can be counted on… — Jo Coudert
Never expect two things from others life- Their Appreciation and Time. Probability stands tall and high to find someone who -Neither understands Appreciation of Time… — Anuj Somany
Honor, justice and humanity call upon us to hold and to transmit to our posterity, that liberty, which we received from our ancestors. It is… — John Dickinson
Life is a game that only has two outcomes. The probability that you win is half and the probability that you lose is half. So… — Patric Bensen
In this galaxy theres a mathematical probability of three million Earth-type planets. And in the universe, three million million galaxies like this. And in all… — Star Trek
When the people say 'NO' and probability to win seem extremely 'LOW', that's the right time for one to muster courage to lift himself up… — Anuj Somany

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