Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

You never know how things are going to turn out, however much you plan. But you already know that.

Life is tricky - you never know what's going to happen.

It is not like I have gone crazy, I just don't want to take any chances. You never know what could happen.

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.

I can't predict the future.

Sometimes history takes things into its own hands.

You mustn't take what I say as gospel because no one can second-guess the future.

It's luck that one thing works out and one doesn't, it's sort of happenstance.

Much of what we do in life has a huge component of luck.

The minute you start to strategize too much, the more you start to think you're in control of your own fate. And you're not, really.

The only sure thing about luck is that it will change.

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

The Ball no question makes of Ayes and Noes, But Here or There as strikes the Player goes.

Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces.

The worst possible turn can not be programmed. It is caused by coincidence.

I find that predicting the course of our lives is like predicting the weather. You might be able to predict your future in the short term, but the longer you look ahead, the less likely you are to be correct.

I say the one thing about luck is you can't really count on it.

Nothing is inevitable until it happens.

There's only so much you can control in life.

You can predict all you want, but everybody knows what predictions get you.

Chance, my dear, is the sovereign deity in child-bearing.

Success and failure are equally surprising.

It's really not a good idea to forecast or double guess the fates; you will always be fooled.

Life is a school of probability

No man can tell what the future may bring forth