Quotes About Chance

Herzen declared that there were "no solutions": history, like nature, was an improvisation, subject to the play of chance.

We charm by coincidence rather than design.

It seemed impossible, from within love at least, that this could have been anything but fate. It would have taken a steady mind to contemplate without superstition the enormous probability of a meeting that had turned out to alter our lives. Someone at (30,000 feet) must have been pulling strings in the sky.

There is dangerous innocence in the expectation of a life formed on the basis of probability.

It was all a big joke. I could see that now. There was no rhyme or reason to whether we lived or died. One day it might be the man next to you at roll call who is torn apart by dogs. The next day it might be you who is shot through the head. You could play the game perfectly and still lose, so why bother playing at all?

and a thousand other stories waiting to unfold, dependent on the births of children, the movement of people in the streets, the songs of birds at certain moments, the precise position of chairs, the wind.

Dan, I'm not a Republic serial villain. Do you seriously think I'd explain my master-stroke if there remained the slightest chance of you affecting its outcome? I did it thirty-five minutes ago.

There is no coincidence. Only the illusion of coincidence.

If things were no longer going on the way they should be, didn't that mean anything could happen?

Russian Roulette should not, under any circumstances, be copied. It is extremely dangerous.

Come with me, Elliot. I have wanted to ask you for weeks, but I have waited, out of fear and doubt and the belief that it's nothing but my own selfishness that wants you with me. I wrestled with this, and chance after chance passed me by. I can't afford to lose this one. Please accept. This time, please accept. And please believe that no matter what, I am, ever, Your Kai

Take it from me, Fate doesn't care most of the time.

You never know when your number is called, just don't get caught holding a bag of regrets.

From kindergarten to graduation, I went to public schools, and I know that they are a key to being sure that every child has a chance to succeed and to rise in the world.

Serendipity (n.) finding something good without looking for it

la lógica no existe, Miyuki, no hay lógica, no hay dioses, todo lo hace la casualidad, y lo hace bien.

We just happened to be in the same moment at the same time and all the coincidences seemed to collide.

Fate's book, but my italics.

Sure, luck means a lot in football. Not having a good quarterback is bad luck.

Keller has long believed that you have to be lucky to be good, but not good to be lucky.

Crime 101: There's a word for a man who believes in coincidence: the defendant.

Fish that don't open their mouths don't get caught.

I feel more alive now than I ever have in my life. I have a chance to live, as I've dreamed.

Life is fragile. We're not guaranteed a tomorrow so give it everything you've got.