Quotes About Chance

The house doesn't beat the player. It just gives him the opportunity to beat himself.

No matter what your chosen profession, be prepared for opportunity and be willing to take it—your destiny may depend on it.

It was hit or miss

You don't know why, and I don't know why, but why not?

Nobody is ignorant of the fact that historical events are made up of four factors: necessity, coincidence, spontaneity, freedom. Nevertheless, it is rare to find a historiographical school that does not seek to reduce them to a single factor.

The 'wheel of fortune' is a better analogy for history than the 'evolution of humanity.

Your arrival is fortuitous.

We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question that divides us is whether it is crazy enough to have a chance of being correct.

He who waits for a chance may wait for a long time.

Do not tempt fate by saying never. Never again this, never again that—for you can never be sure of never and that's the only thing you can be sure of.

Everyone has their own path. The choices they've made. How any two people end up in the same place at the same time is a mystery. You get on an elevator with a dozen strangers. You ride a bus, wait in line for the bathroom. It happens every day. To try to predict the places we'll go and the people we'll meet would be pointless.

Everyone has their path. The choices they've made. How any two people end up in the same place at the same time is a mystery. You get on an elevator with a dozen strangers. You ride a bus, wait in line for the bathroom. It happens every day. To try to predict the places we'll go and the people we'll meet would be pointless.

Everyone has their path. The choices they've made. How any two people end up in the same place at the same time is a mystery. You

I made the choice, but it was also fate.

would come along at least once

We make destiny with every turn, every choice.

Free will and determinism are like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you is determinism. The way you play your hand is free will.

People who had children assuming they were creating future friends were rolling the dice.

Play is experimenting with chance.

All the chance events of our lives are materials from which we can make what we like. Whoever is rich in spirit makes much of his life. Every acquaintance, every incident would be for the thoroughly spiritual person—the first element in an endless series—the beginning of an endless novel.

The true adventurer goes forth aimless and uncalculating to meet and greet unknown fate.

Her ?eye yeniden ba?lamak mümkün de?ildi. ?stesem de mümkün de?ildi. Nerede kald???m? unuttu?uma göre, ba?tan ba?lamak için de birtak?m yetenekler gerekliydi; daha talihli do?mu? olmak gerekliydi mesela.

Beklenmedik bir zamanda. Beklenmedik hiçbir ?ey olmaz. Hiçbir zaman beklenmedik bir olayla kar??la?maz insan. Olaylara rastlamak için yolunu sen de?i?tirdin. Kar?? kald?r?ma geçtin.

Bu f?rsat? iyi kullanmal?s?n o?lum Mustafa: Madem ki dört ya??nda damdan dü?ünce ölmedin, ya?amay? hak etti?ini göstermelisin.