George C. Wolfe Quotes

I hate turbulence in life, but also on planes.

Many events in our lives are the result of things beyond our control. While it is comforting to think, 'I'm in charge,' in truth, most changes effected by individuals are very limited in scope.

We put fate in other people's hands there at Talladega. You have 42 other racers and sometimes it doesn't work out for you.

Sometimes things don't happen in the way you want it to. But that's sport.

God not only plays dice, he throws them in the corner where you can't see them.

Someone described Providence as the baptismal name of chance; no doubt some pious person will retort that chance is the nickname of Providence.

This is the central illusion in life: that randomness is a risk, that it is a bad thing.

You don't push the button that says "Now I will write something that resonates in time." You don't know. It's what happens after a play is finished.

Life's single lesson: that there is more accident to it than a man can ever admit to in a lifetime and stay sane.

Once you get to a certain level, anybody can beat anybody else on any given day.

Everything can happen in the playoffs.

Be a football to Time and Chance, the more kicks, the better, so that you inspect the whole game and know its utmost law.

Facts are all accidents. They all might have been different. They all may become different. They all may collapse altogether.

Random questions are the least random of all questions.

So much of life is happenstance. It makes me laugh when I go to a bookstore and see all those titles about controlling your life. You're lucky if you can control your bladder.

In short, they were gambling on their luck, and luck is not to be coerced.

Fate laughs at probabilities.

The man who is in the highest state of prosperity, and who thinks his fortune is most secure, knows not if it will remain unchanged till the evening.

In a world that operates largely at random, coincidences are to be expected, but any one of them must always be mistrusted.

Bad things can happen to anyone at any time, whether you follow the rules or not.

... a fellow can't predict what he will pick up in the form of influence.

A reasonable probability is the only certainty.

At the end of the day, when two combatants get into the ring and/or cage, it's anybody's game, especially in MMA.

If there weren't luck involved, I would win every time.

Story seems to say that everything happens for a reason and I want to say, No, it doesn’t.