Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

It is the job of the historian to say what is likely, and of faith to say what is possible.

You believe in God or statistics or the way your narrative differs from other people.

Nothing is impossible. Some things are just less likely than others.

A thousand probabilities don't make one fact.

God is just a statistics.

When asked what he meant by a miracle: Oh, anything with a probability of less than 20%.

Probability is the very guide of life.

Very possible! Possible, indeed. Maybe even probable, which, as you know if you study your arithmetic,can happen more often than possible. In other words, probable is more possible than possible. - Bubo

Such an event is probable in Agathon's sense of the word: 'it is probable,' he says, 'that many things should happen contrary to probability.'

It is scientific only to say what is more likely and what less likely, and not to be proving all the time the possible and impossible.

Probability is not about the odds, but about the belief in the existence of an alternative outcome, cause, or motive.

Even though there are no ways of knowing for sure, there are ways of knowing for pretty sure.

Statistics were magic like this: they could tell you with near-certainty that a thing would occur, without a hint of when or where.

The probable is what usually happens.

History cannot be reduced to a set of statistics and probabilities.

Everybody believes in chance.

When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also admit that some things are much more nearly certain than others.

By the laws of statistics we could probably approximate just how unlikely it is that it would happen. But people forget especially those who ought to know better, such as yourself that while the laws of statistics tell you how unlikely a particular coincidence is, they state just as firmly that coincidences do happen.

When a coincidence seems amazing, that's because the human mind isn’t wired to naturally comprehend probability & statistics.

Infinity converts the possible into the inevitable.

Anything can happen, but it usually doesn't.

Predictions are preposterous. What usually happens is that people tell you that what they'd like to see happen instead of what they really think will happen. There are so many variations and possibilities that there's no way to ever really know for certain.

Tho' there be no such Thing as Chance in the World; our Ignorance of the real Ccause of any Event has the same Influence on the Understanding, and begets a like Species of Belief or Opinion.

I failed math twice, never fully grasping probability theory. I mean, first off, who cares if you pick a black ball or a white ball out of the bag? And second, if you’re bent over about the color, don’t leave it to chance. Look in the damn bag and pick the color you want.

When you stir up the passion, your faith will allow God to do amazing things. If you want to remain passionate, you cannot let what once was a miracle become ordinary.