Probabilities Quotes

With the Aussies needing only to avoid defeat in the final two matches to retain the Ashes, punters reckon that they will play safe and that, combined with the likelihood of the weather taking a hand early on in the game, swings the balance of probabilities towards the draw as the most likely outcome. - Graham Sharpe

There is no identifiable exogenous shock looming, but investing is about probabilities and I believe it is prudent to raise more cash, ... At some point I expect a correction of 10-20 percent. - Byron Wien

The true logic of this world is the calculus of probabilities. - James Clerk Maxwell

The probabilities (of) United, the dominant carrier in the West, buying and merging with the third-biggest carrier in the West (America West) are closer to zero than they are to any other number. - Gordon Bethune

The moment of enlightenment is when a person's dreams of possibilities become images of probabilities. - Vic Braden

The blast was probably caused by a gas leakage, but we are looking into all probabilities including a terror act. - Valery Kuznetsov

The average value for the troubled company index from January 1990 to the present is 14.2%. The index value for January means that credit conditions are currently better than 96% of the 15 year historical period covered by the index. The number of companies with default probabilities between 1% and 5% remained unchanged in January at 4.6% of the universe. Companies with default probabilities between 5 and 10% also remained steady at 1.0% of the universe. Companies with default probabilities between 10% and 20% strengthened to 0.7% of the universe from 0.9% in December. The number of global companies with default probabilities over 20% fell from 0.7% to 0.6% of the universe. - Warren Sherman

Sometimes the probabilities are very close to certainties, but they're never really certainties. - Murray Gell-Mann

Religious faith depends on a host of social, psychological and emotional factors that have little or nothing to do with probabilities, evidence and logic. - Michael Shermer