Quotes About Chance

and I wondered whether he might have stayed alive had he gone to New York instead.

But, to tell you my private mind, Signor Giovanni, he should receive little credit for such instances of success - they being probably the work of chance - but should be held strictly accountable for his failures, which may justly be considered his own work.

We never know what choices will lead to defining moments in our lives. A glance to the left instead of right could define who we meet and who passes us by. Our life path can be determined by a single phone call we make, or neglect to make.

Statistically speaking, there's a better chance that some part of me will go on to greatness somewhere in the world. I'd rather be partly great than entirely useless.

Maybe we're standing like coins on the edge? Allie considered this. Meaning? Meaning, we might be able to shake things up a little, and find a way to come up heads. Or tails, suggested Allie. What are you talking about? said Lief. Life and death.

Luck, however, is too dumb to remain consistent

I was never going to amount to much anyway, but now, statistically speaking, there's a better chance that some part of me will go on to greatness somewhere in the world. I'd rather be partly great than entirely useless.

The harder you scrutinize randomness, Faraday declared, the more coincidence seems like a design.

But we People of Chance do believe in people of second chance.

The harder you scrutinize randomness, the more coincidence seems like design.

Reall. How much of a chance? Thirty-nine percent. What about the other 61 percent? My algorithms show that you have a 61 percent chance of permanently dying the near future, without having any effect of note. I don't feel comforted. You should. A 39 percent chance of changing the world is exponentially greater than most people can ever hope to have.

Dans la vie, on voit ce qui peut être accompli, on pèse le pour et le contre et ensuite on saisit l'opportunité. — Henry

He should have just gone on with his unremarkable life — because then, maybe, just maybe, he might have had the chance to do something remarkable with it in time.

I was never going to amount to much anyway, but now, statistically speaking, there's a better chance that some part of me will go on to greatness somewhere in the world. I'd rather be partly great than entirely useless.

But fate is a freak when it comes to messing with your future in ways you don't see coming.

Minutes, blithesome mortal, are bits of ore That you must not release without extracting the gold!  Remember, Time is a greedy player Who wins without cheating, every round! It's the law. The daylight wanes; the night deepens; remember! The abyss thirsts always; the water-clock runs low.  Soon will sound the hour when divine Chance, When august Virtue, your still virgin wife, When even Repentance (the very last of inns!), When all will say: Die, old coward! it is too late!

al mandadero del barrio y estará dispuesto a jugar a los naipes con él». Estas palabras me hicieron pensar en Maquiavelo jugando a los dados con los campesinos.

I was young I was so young it hurt like a knife inside because there was no alternative except to hide as long as possible--- not in self-pity but with dismay at my limited chance: trying to connect.

there's no chance at all: we are all trapped by a singular fate.

All a guy needed was a chance. Somebody was alway controlling who got a chance and who didn't.

Was I the only person who was distracted by this future without a chance?

theres no chance at all: we are all trapped by a singular fate. nobody ever finds the one.

a life can change in a tenth of a second. or sometimes it can take 70 years.

sometimes you die sometimes you don't.