During the fall of Constantinople, when he said that the ships would pass by land.
“In order to see the boundaries of the probabilities, need to try impossible.”
Mehmed II (1432–1481) Ottoman sultan
When he said that the ships would pass by land <br class="br">Source: Ahmet Akgündüz - Mehmed's tolerance http://www.ahmetakyol.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9849&Itemid=47
Dennis Lindley (1923–2013) British statistician
5. The Rules of Probability. p. 66.
Understanding Uncertainty (2006)
Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980) Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar-- a professor of English literature, a literary critic, and a …
Robert LeFevre (1911–1986) American libertarian businessman
Rampart Institute, (Society for Libertarian Life edition), from 1977 speech, p. 8.
Good Government: Hope or Illusion? (1978)
“We often need to lose sight of our priorities in order to see them.”
John Irving book Trying to Save Piggy Sneed
Source: Trying to Save Piggy Sneed
Bonnie Wright (1991) English actress, model, screenwriter, director and producer
Source: Alexandria Symonds, " Bonnie Wright http://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/bonnie-wright," at interviewmagazine.com, June 21, 2011; In response to the question: "Do you think playing Ginny for so long made you more like her?"
Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) Russian writer
My Religion (1884), as translated in The Human Experience : Contemporary American and Soviet Fiction and Poetry (1989) by the Quaker US/USSR Committee
“It is dangerous to attach probability zero to anything other than a logical impossibility.”
Dennis Lindley (1923–2013) British statistician
5. The Rules of Probability. p. 64.
Understanding Uncertainty (2006)
