“Playing against someone like Roger Federer is not easy. I had my chance today, but I guess I made a lot of errors. But I have no complaints.” MadeTodayEasyChanceErrorsComplaintsRogerFederer Author:Gael Monfils
“I usually get involved in the interviews about the animators and the filmmaking in general, because I had a chance. I got to know, not only Marc Davis, but Frank Thomas, Artie Johnson, Ward Kimball, all these great animators, and just ask them all these questions about how they did certain things, what their trials and errors were, the ups and downs.” KnowsCertainAsksChanceInvolvedErrorsTrialsInterviewsFrankFilmmakingGet InvolvedJohnsonUps & DownsTrial And ErrorAnimator Author:Andreas Deja
“There are parents out there screaming as if their kid is going to be in the big leagues someday. C'mon. I chew them out if I see that. Maybe they've got their own idea how to do things, but it's wrong. Just be with the kids. Let 'em make errors. Give them all a chance. It's not about winning. It's spirit, togetherness.” IfsGivingIdeasBigsKidsSpiritWinningParentChanceErrorsLeagueEmsSomedayTogetherness Author:Tommy Lasorda
“Luck, if it mean nothing more than an event of which the cause is not apparent, is a term that may be employed without error; but if it means, as it generally does, an event which has no cause at all, a mere chance, it is a bad word, a heathen term; drop it from your vocabulary; trust nothing to luck, nor expect anything from it; avoid all practical use or dependence upon this or its kindred words, fate, chance, fortune.” IfsMayMeanDoeUseCausesTermChanceFateEventsLuckErrorsFortuneMerePracticalsDependenceVocabularyEmployedKindredHeathenBad Word Book:The young man's friend and guide through life to immortality Source: The young man's friend and guide through life to immortality
“Better risk loss of truth than chance of error--that is your faith-vetoer's exact position. He is actively playing his stake as much as the believer is; he is backing the field against the religious hypothesis, just as the believer is backing the religious hypothesis against the field.” FaithReligiousChanceLossRiskFieldsPositionErrorsBelieverStakesHypothesis Book:James and Dewey on Belief and Experience Source: James and Dewey on Belief and Experience
“There are minds constructed like the eyes of certain insects, which discern, with admirable distinctness, the most delicate lineaments and finest veins of the leaf which bears them, but are totally unable to take in the ensemble of the plant or shrub. When error has effected an entrance into such minds, it remains there impregnable, because no general view assists them in throwing off the chance impression of the moment.” MindMomentsEyeCertainChanceViewsBearsRemainsPlantErrorsImpressionThrowingDelicateFinestLeafsVeinsInsectsAdmirableEntrancesEnsembleShrubs Author:Sophie Swetchine
“One of the cool things about ski racing is there is never a perfect run so it's hard to be satisfied in that sense, you can always go that extra step, i don't think any of us have the realistic goal of having the perfect run. Ski racing is the most variable sport out there, conditions change run-to-run, we only get one chance at it and the margin for error is tiny.” ThinkingHardRunningSportsGoalChangeChancePerfectStepsConditionsErrorsTinySatisfiedExtrasRealisticRacingMarginsVariablesSkisCool ThingsOne ChanceRealistic GoalsSki Racing Author:Ted Ligety