“This argument [that life is too improbable to have arisen by chance] comes up repeatedly: its latest manifestation is Hoyle's discussion of the likelihood of a wind blowing through a junkyard assembling a Boeing 707 [sic]. What is wrong with it? Essentially, it is that no biologist imagines that complex structures arise in a single step.” Life IsChanceStepsImagineWindArgumentStructureComplexesCome UpAriseDiscussionManifestationImagine ThatImprobableLikelihoodBiologistBoeingAssemblingSingle StepWind BlowingJunkyard Author:John Maynard Smith
“Use the longest leader you can handle. Usually you can handle one much longer than you imagine. Remember that the purpose of the leader is to conceal artificiality. If you believe a leader is at all necessary then you must admit that the longer the leader the better chances you have for success” IfsBelieveUseRememberPurposeChanceLeaderImagineSeaRiversFishesHandleBoatLakesFishingIf You BelieveArtificiality Book:Trout Source: Trout
“It's funny to think of Dave Chappelle's show and how popular it was and he was before YouTube. I would imagine 'Chappelle's Show' would be even more giant if there was a chance to put his stuff online and pass it around.” IfsThinkingShowsWould BeStuffChanceImagineGiantsOnlineYoutubeDave Author:Paul Scheer
“I see a lot of fog and a few lights. I like it when life's hidden. It gives you a chance to imagine nice things, nicer than they are.” GivingLightImaginationChanceNiceImagineFogNice Things Author:Ben Hecht
“When you assess your own life, consider it with the eye of a gardener. Underneath the surface lies rich, fertile soil waiting to nurture the seeds you sow. Even more than you can imagine will grow there if given a chance.” IfsEyeLyingGivenGrowsWaitingChanceRichImagineSurfaceSeedsSoilNurtureGardenerFertileSowingGiven A ChanceSowing SeedsFertile Soil Author:Steve Goodier
“If you're immortal, you can imagine being sad or grieving if a lover leaves you. But if everyone were immortal, then that leaving isn't necessarily forever. There's always a chance that you get them back somewhere down the road - you know, in 5, 10, 20,000 years. So I think that the urgency of the moment gets sapped.” IfsThinkingKnowsYearsMomentsChanceForeverImagineLoversLeavingGrievingImmortalUrgencyDown The RoadBeing SadSomewhere Down The Road Author:Todd May
“I think disease and all the things that we treat are tied to national security in a lot of ways that we maybe don't realize or that the American people don't realize. If other countries have a chance to be stable, then that helps us. If there are ways we can prevent if there are ways we can help other countries defeat diseases, we're about to totally eradicate polio. And can you imagine? That would be so terrific.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayCountryHelpingWould BeRealizingChanceImagineSecurityDiseaseTreatsDefeatHelping OthersStableImagine ThatTiedOther CountriesNational SecurityTerrificPolio Author:Laura Bush
“So you can imagine what happens when a mainland species gets introduced to an island. It would be like introducing Al Capone, Genghis Khan and Rupert Murdoch into the Isle of Wight - the locals wouldn't stand a chance.” HappensWould BeChanceImagineSpeciesLocalsIslandsAlsIntroducingIsleCaponeIsle Of Wight Book:Last Chance To See Source: Last Chance To See
“You can imagine an already unstable mind that's completely entitled and has been given anything they wanted, throughout their whole life, and lived in a bubble with a domineering, in a very quietly manipulating way, mother, that child mentality never gets a chance to mature and discover its own limitations. It just runs rampant.” WayMindChildrenHas BeensWholeRunningWantedMotherGivenChanceImagineWhole LifeLimitationMatureMentalityBubblesEntitledUnstable Author:Finn Wittrock