“As in the game of billiards, the balls are constantly producing effects from mere chance, which the most skillful player could neither execute nor foresee, but which, when they do happen, serve mainly to teach him how much he has still to learn; so it is in the most profound and complicated game of politics and diplomacy. In both cases, we can only regulate our play by what we have seen, rather than by what we have hoped; and by what we have experienced, rather than by what we have expected.” StillsPlayHappensGamesChanceTeachCasesPlayerEffectsBallsMereProfoundComplicatedExpectedDiplomacySkillfulHaving HopeBilliards Author:Charles Caleb Colton
“I don't want any sports anymore, except fighting which is the only sport I really watch - whether it's boxing or UFC. I don't know why. I think maybe it's an aspiration I didn't get the chance to explore more, but I don't think my father expected anything from me, I think it's more what I put on myself.” ThinkingKnowsWantFightingFatherSportsChanceWatchesExpectedAspirationBoxingUfc Author:Channing Tatum
“I have come to believe that large print, thick and heavy paper, and wide margins and oversize leading is indicative of the expected intelligence of the reader. … Compare children's books and books on Web Duhsign or other X-in-21-days books. If the reading level of a specification is below college level, chances are the people behind it are morons and the result morose.” PeopleIfsBelieveChildrenBookReadingChanceLevelsResultsBehindsCollegeReaderPaperHeavyWideExpectedComparePrintThickMarginsChances AreMoronChildren's BooksMoroseSpecifications Author:Erik Naggum
“I expected him to say, 'Hang in there' or something like that. It took me an hour to talk him into giving me another chance!” GivingHoursChanceBaseballExpectedAnother ChanceHang In There Author:Mickey Mantle
“From a rational standpoint, it might be expected that man should be far more willing to express financial confidence in his skills rather than risking his earnings on the mindless meanderings of chance. Experience, however, has strongly indicated the reverse proposition to hold true.” MenShouldMightChanceWillingSkillsFinancialExpectedRationalReverseEarningPropositionsStandpointMindless Author:Richard Arnold Epstein
“When youre doing what you love to do, you become resilient. You create a habit of taking chances on yourself. If you do whats expected of you, and things go poorly, you will look to external sources for what to do next, because that will be your habit. You will be standing there frozen. If you are just filling a role, you will be blindsided.” IfsLooksNextChanceRolesSourceHabitStandingExpectedFrozenFillingTake A ChanceWhat You LoveResilientStanding ThereDoing What You Love Author:Dick Costolo
“Most governments have been based, practically, on the denial of equal rights of menours began, by affirming those rights. They said, some men are too ignorant, and vicious, to share in government. Possibly so, said we; and, by your system, you would always keep them ignorant, and vicious. We proposed to give all a chance; and we expected the weak to grow stronger, the ignorant wiser; and all better, and happier together.” MenGivingHas BeensSaidGovernmentTogetherGrowsChanceRightsShareEqualWeakStrongerExpectedIgnorantDenialWiserThey SaidViciousEqual RightsAffirmingUpward Mobility Author:Abraham Lincoln
“Very little evidence was found that any individual fund was able to do significantly better than that which we expected from mere random chance.” LittlesAbleFoundIndividualChanceEvidenceMereInvestingExpectedFundRandom Chance Author:Michael Jensen
“I have become increasingly convinced that the past records of mutual fund managers are essentially worthless in predicting future success. The few examples of consistently superior performance occur no more frequently than can be expected by chance.” PastChanceRecordsExamplePerformancesInvestingConvincedExpectedSuperiorsManagersFundMutualConsistentlyWorthlessPredictingFuture SuccessMutual FundSuperior Performance Author:Burton Malkiel
“While business advertises, charity is taught to beg. While business motivates with a dollar, charity is told to motivate with guilt. While business takes chances, charity is expected to be cautious. We measure the success of businesses over the long term, but we want our gratification in charity immediately. We are taught that a return on investment should be offered for making consumer goods, but not for making a better world.” WorldWantShouldLongTermChanceTaughtReturnDollarsGuiltCharityInvestmentExpectedConsumersLong TermGoodsTake A ChanceGratificationCautiousBe CautiousReturn On Investment Book:Uncharitable: How Restraints on Nonprofits Undermine Their Potential Source: Uncharitable: How Restraints on Nonprofits Undermine Their Potential