Quotes About Chance

He had never regarded other men as anything but puppets of a sort, created to fill up an empty world. He divided them into two classes: those he greeted because some chance had put him in contact with them, and those he did not greet. But both these categories of individuals were equally insignificant in his eyes. (An Old Man)

How strange life is, how fickle! How little is needed for one to be ruined or saved!

How small a thing is needed to make or ruin us!

Sometimes it's better to be lucky than smart.

If heaven ever wishes to grant me a boon, it will be a total effacing of the results of a mere chance which fixed my eye on a certain stray piece of shelf-paper.

If you get into danger, either you perish or you escape.

As it was, she always did whatever occurred to her, which was, admittedly, not difficult for someone in her position, coming from a background where rick of failure was minimal; in fact, you had to work hard to fail in her world.

Therefore, nothing happens in the world by chance. This having been established, it seems to follow that whatever is done in the world is done partly by divine agency and partly by our will.

I could have been 23 next July I gambled on what mattered most, the dice were cast. I lost.

There is a certain fate to the universe and a certain randomness.

It was more about understanding that you could give it your all, give yourself the best chances, but control is an illusion.

You want this so badly—this second chance, this chance at real redemption—that you can't see the truth." "What

The gray has no chance against that smile. It vanishes in a wonderful haze of bright color.

Well now everything dies, baby that's a fact. But maybe everything that dies, someday comes back. — Bruce Springsteen, "Atlantic City

Life, he suspected, hinges too often on chance. We all want to convince ourselves that it is about hard work and education and perseverance, but the truth is, life is much more about the fickle and the random. We don't want to admit it, but we are controlled by luck, by timing, by fate. In her case, the luck, the

It only takes that one play, that one big pass, for a touchdown.

In the Olympics we are facing the toughest opponents in the world so that shows that you do have the chance to beat any team at any given day.

That's the great thing about the Tour. There's always next year and the chance to rectify everything.

I think the key to poker is being steady and giving yourself a chance to win every tournament.

But in a tournament, you can be said in for all your money at any point so you can't make any mistakes so you have to, it's all about where you're sitting at the table.

The ability to perform basic math calculations is certainly an integral part of playing fundamental poker. But in tournament poker, it's equally important to understand that survival often trumps mathematics in coin flip situations.

Check-raising with a drawing hand on the turn is simply a kamikaze gamble. It might work once in a while, but if you consistently attempt it, too often you'll find yourself watching the rest of the tournament from behind the rail.

One tournament can change everything for you. You never know when that tournament might be.

Preparing well for a tournament sometimes is not enough to win it as you also need a lot of luck in order to win.