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Quotes on Probability

prob•a•bil•i•ty n.
1 : the quality or state of being probable
2 : something (as an event or circumstance) that is probable
3 a (1) : the ratio of the number of outcomes in an exhaustive set of equally likely outcomes that produce a given event to the total number of possible outcomes (2) : the chance that a given event will occur b : a branch of mathematics concerned with the study of probabilities
4 : a logical relation between statements such that evidence confirming one confirms the other to some degree
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

"The probable is what usually happens." — Aristotle.

"It is a truth very certain that when it is not in our power to determine what is true we ought to follow what is most probable." — Descartes

"A pinch of probability is worth a pound of perhaps." -James Thurber, Lanterns and Lances

"The possibility that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just." – Abraham Lincoln

"When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this. You haven't." – Thomas Edison

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