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Probability7 quotes
God is, or He is not. But to which side shall we incline? Reason can decide nothing here. There is an infinite chaos which separates us. A game is being played at the extremity of this infinite distance where heads or tails will turn up. What will you wager?... If you win, you win everything; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation that He is. — Blaise Pascal · 1662One might perhaps say that this very thing is probable, that many things happen to men that are not probable. — AgathonA fool must now and then be right, by chance. — William Cowper · 1782If an army of monkeys were strumming on typewriters they might write all the books in the British Museum. — Arthur Eddington · 1928They've done studies, you know. 60% of the time, it works every time. — Brian Fantana · 2004The theory of probabilities is at bottom only common sense reduced to calculus. — Pierre-Simon Laplace · 1814All 7 quotes →Statistics2 quotes
They've done studies, you know. 60% of the time, it works every time. — Brian Fantana · 2004The theory of probabilities is at bottom only common sense reduced to calculus. — Pierre-Simon Laplace · 1814Being right1 quote
A fool must now and then be right, by chance. — William Cowper · 1782Existence of God1 quote
God is, or He is not. But to which side shall we incline? Reason can decide nothing here. There is an infinite chaos which separates us. A game is being played at the extremity of this infinite distance where heads or tails will turn up. What will you wager?... If you win, you win everything; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation that He is. — Blaise Pascal · 1662Fools1 quote
A fool must now and then be right, by chance. — William Cowper · 1782God1 quote
God is, or He is not. But to which side shall we incline? Reason can decide nothing here. There is an infinite chaos which separates us. A game is being played at the extremity of this infinite distance where heads or tails will turn up. What will you wager?... If you win, you win everything; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation that He is. — Blaise Pascal · 1662Luck1 quote
But there was one other thing that the grownups also knew, and it was this: that however small the chance might be of striking lucky, the chance was there. The chance had to be there. — Roald Dahl · 1964Man and animals1 quote
If an army of monkeys were strumming on typewriters they might write all the books in the British Museum. — Arthur Eddington · 1928Mathematics1 quote
The theory of probabilities is at bottom only common sense reduced to calculus. — Pierre-Simon Laplace · 1814Randomness1 quote
If an army of monkeys were strumming on typewriters they might write all the books in the British Museum. — Arthur Eddington · 1928The human condition1 quote
One might perhaps say that this very thing is probable, that many things happen to men that are not probable. — Agathon