Harry Norman Turtledove Quotes

A pinch of probability is worth a pound of perhaps.

Sometimes the probabilities are very close to certainties, but they're never really certainties.

I can't predict the future.

We don't know what's around the corner.

You never know what's going to happen in the future.

Nobody knows what will happen in the future.

Nobody can see into the future. Nobody knows what going to go on.

I've never been able to predict the future of anything.

Probability is expectation founded upon partial knowledge. A perfect acquaintance with all the circumstances affecting the occurrence of an event would change expectation into certainty, and leave nether room nor demand for a theory of probabilities.

There never has been security. No man has ever known what he would meet around the next corner; if life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.

No man can tell what the future may bring forth

You never know what is going to happen in your life.

Nobody knows the future.

I'm not willing to put a percentage on the chances but I will no longer rule it out.

Personally I give us . . . one chance of three.

Anything can happen, but it usually doesn't.

You never know what you're going to get as a receiver.

All imaginable futures are not equally possible.

We can't control what the ratings will be. It's like, if you're going to go skiing, do you hope you'll have a good day of skiing? Yes. Do you hope you won't break your leg? Yes.

You never know what can happen. I feel like I have a pretty good chance, but you never know.

You know, there are no guarantees on prognosis.

I think people have all faced decisions at times where you never know.

I know not if the dark or bright shall be by lot; if that wherein my hopes delight be best or not.

It's hard to speculate what tomorrow may bring.

Nobody gets any guarantees.