Almost all thinking people agree that you should not have probability 1 (or 0) for any event, other than one demonstrable by logic, like 2 x 2 = 4.

Utility is the emotion pleading to be let into the house of pure reason and thereby enriching it.

Uncertainty is a personal matter; it is not the uncertainty but your uncertainty.

Consider the case of a person who holds a view with probability 1. Then coherence says that it is no use having a debate with them because nothing will change their mind.

Whatever way uncertainty is approached, probability is the only sound way to think about it.

It is dangerous to attach probability zero to anything other than a logical impossibility.

The grand assertion is that you must see the world through probability and that probability is the only guide you need.

In teaching there can be too much emphasis on certainty and a proper appreciation of uncertainty is to be encouraged.

Generally there is Stigler's law of eponymy that says that a scientific notion is never attributed to the right person; in particular, the law is not due to Stigler.

Let's carpe the hell out of this diem.

You can do this by disciplining yourself to be selective in what you read, see, hear, say to yourself and the influence of others.

Life is an amazingly mysterious and interesting game. To win, you have to play with the magical powers of love and kindness.

Women. They're irresistible that's for sure, and they love to remind us that they are the keepers of our desires.

I intend to leave after my death a large fund for the promotion of the peace idea, but I am skeptical as to its results.

There can be no great love without exclusivity.

Some of the freshest, most compelling, and most soulful music I have heard recently. Bob Reynolds is an amazing musician, with something very exciting and original to say.

When I think about myself at 15, I can't relate to myself at all. I thought I knew everything.

Silence in the face of atrocity is not neutrality; silence in the face of atrocity is acquiescence.

All men come into this world alone and leave it alone.