Expectations Quote by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“Although a large branch of game theory is devoted to the study of expected utility, we generally consider each player’s payoffs as a ranking…

— William Spaniel

Expectation works in mysterious ways---and totally unconsciously.

— Michael Crichton

Expectation always persists..

— Anonymous

The payoff of a human venture is, in general, inversely proportional to what it is expected to be.

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Expectations determine outcome, always!

— Deepak Chopra

Expectation is contentment - Gain satiety.

— Emily Dickinson

The best practical advice then is: try to maximize your expected payoff, which is the sum of all payoffs multiplied by probabilities.

— Howard Raiffa

“This difference is key. Thinking in probabilities—this business has a 60 percent chance of success—rather than deterministically—if I do A and B, then C…

— Peter H. Diamandis

I think there's a difference between a gamble and a calculated risk.

— Edmund H. North

Expectation closes the door to what is happening in the moment.

— Robert Fripp

“Bernoulli observed that most people dislike risk (the chance of receiving the lowest possible outcome), and if they are offered a choice between a…

— Daniel Kahneman

It follows that the word probability, in its mathematical acceptance, has reference to the state of our knowledge of the circumstances under which an…

— George Boole