Quotes About Chance

Human life, its growth, its hopes, fears, loves, et cetera, are the results of accidents.

— Bertrand Russell

He that leaveth nothing to chance will do few things ill, but he will do very few things.

— George Savile

There is danger in reckless change, but greater danger in blind conservatism.

— Henry Glasgow

God does not play dice with the universe.

— Albert Einstein

We must believe in luck.  For how else can we explain the success of those we don’t like?

— Jean Cocteau

Today even our clocks are not made of clockwork — so why should our world be?  With the advent of quantum mechanics, the clockwork world has become a cosmic lottery.  Fundamental events, such as the decay of a radioactive atom, are held to be determined by chance, not law.

— Ian Stewart