Contingency Quotes
Chance, planning, and the unknown
One contingency quote describes the world shifting from clock-like determinism to something closer to a pinball machine, a Changed way of seeing chance itself.
New terms used like, 'overseas contingency operation' instead of the word 'war' - that reflects a worldview that is out of touch with the enemy that we face. We can't spin our way out of this threat.
The world changed from having the determinism of a clock to having the contingency of a pinball machine.
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That nature does not care, one way or the other, is the true abyss. That only man cares, in his finitude facing nothing but death, alone with his contingency and the objective meaninglessness of his projecting meanings, is a truly...
A wise man, when he writes a book, sets forth his arguments fully and clearly; an enlightened ruler, when he makes his laws, sees to it that every contingency is provided for in detail.
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When you see John Boehner crying, believe you me, it's because he cannot control, uh, that wild contingency called the Tea Party.
I knew it to be very doubtful whether the Cabinet, Parliament, and the country would take this view on the outbreak of war, and through the whole of this week I had in view the probable contingency that we should...
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Another advises that a wise ruler plans laws so that every contingency is covered, a lesson worth pairing with any good Book on strategy.
