Nontrivial Probability Quotes & Sayings

Love may start out as a good feeling, but to love someone long-term is an act of the will. — Elizabeth George

Lay down the axe; fling by the spade;
Leave in its track the toiling plough;
The rifle and the bayonet-blade
For arms like yours were fitter now;
And let the hands that ply the pen
Quit the light task, and learn to wield
The horseman's crooked brand, and rein
The charger on the battle-field. — William C. Bryant

Except for thinking up reasons I'm allowed to skip the gym, my schedule is almost totally empty. (Today's reason is because I have a cold. Yesterday's was the dogs seemed sad. — Jen Lancaster

I define sacred-living life by the grace of God. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I'll just let my work speak for itself, as every artist should. — Ryan Braun

Ambition can take the place of everything - even sex. — Bruce Forsyth

I find it's too much for me to read endless critiques, even if we're being well-defended, of exactly what we're doing. When someone tells us something we're doing wrong on the boards, we try to respond, we try to be responsive to the fan boards, but yeah, I can't read them. — Adam Savage

I'm not mad at you." He presses the cold cloth against my forehead. "I'm mad at myself. I did this. Well, Easton and I. I brought this on you. I'm Reed the Destroyer." He sounds sad. "Didn't you know that?"

"I don't like that name." He sits next to me, drawing the cloth around and around my face, down my neck and onto my shoulder. It feels heavenly.

"Yeah, and what would you call me instead?" I open my mouth and say, "Mine. — Erin Watt

It is a great pity that every human being does not, at an early stage of his life, have to write a historical work. He would then realize that the human race is in quite a jam about truth. — Rebecca West

Lydia shrugged. "At least we'll have some stories to tell after graduation."
"These aren't the kind of stories I want to tell. — C.K. Walker

Beauty type or hair styles constantly evolve through time. Hence, a woman shouldn't be reduced to the current trends. — Maria Borges

He was now a husband and father, and they had not been in touch in years, yet she could not pretend that he was not a part of her homesickness, or that she did not often think of him, sifting through their past, looking for portents of what she could not name. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie