Thelwell Cartoons Quotes & Sayings

She gave me a smile I could feel in my hip pocket. — Raymond Chandler

Another mistaken notion connected with the law of large numbers is the idea that an event is more or less likely to occur because it has or has not happened recently. The idea that the odds of an event with a fixed probability increase or decrease depending on recent occurrences of the event is called the gambler's fallacy. For example, if Kerrich landed, say, 44 heads in the first 100 tosses, the coin would not develop a bias towards the tails in order to catch up! That's what is at the root of such ideas as "her luck has run out" and "He is due." That does not happen. For what it's worth, a good streak doesn't jinx you, and a bad one, unfortunately , does not mean better luck is in store. — Leonard Mlodinow

That iPad you just bought. Do you care that it cost a few pence to manufacture? No. It's cost you several hundred pounds because somebody else was willing to pay that much for it. If they weren't ... it wouldn't. — Ian Watson

Know yourself, not a face, in love, a deeper grace. — Frederic M. Perrin

I think the pinnacle of misfortune is to be forced by chance to want things one should loathe. — Seneca.

I got a bike when I was little, a BMX. I called it 'Fido Dido' after the tough little cartoon guy with spiked hair. I thought he was the coolest thing ever. — Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Free will is an illusion. Humans are nothing but moist robots. — Scott Adams

I never wanted to be the lead on a TV drama. It just robs you of your life, really. — Chris Noth

Ancient Hawaiians say: When you're itching for the waves, the only lotion is the ocean. — Josip Broz Tito

Man is the hunter; women are the game; those sleek and shining creatures of the chase. We hunt them for the beauty of their skins; they love us for it, and we ride them down. — Alfred Lord Tennyson