„… you are an Englishman, and have subsequently drawn the greatest prize in the lottery of life.“
said by Rhodes to Lord Grey. [Lewis, Michell, The Life and Times of the Right Honourable Cecil John Rhodes 1853-1902, Volume 2, 178, New York and London, Mitchell Kennerly, 1910, http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t5m90j14v?urlappend=%3Bseq=194]
Often quoted in variant forms such as "To be born English is to win first prize in the lottery of life".
Cecil Rhodes1
Gründer des Staates Rhodesien 1853 - 1902Ähnliche Zitate
— Machado de Assis Brazilian writer 1839 - 1908
A vida...é uma enorme loteria; os prêmios são poucos, os malogrados inúmeros, e com os suspiros de uma geração é que se amassam as esperanças de outra. Isto é a vida.
"Teoria do medalhão" (1881), first collected in Papéis avulses (1882); Jack Schmitt and Lorie Ishimatsu (trans.) The Devil's Church, and Other Stories (London: Grafton, 1987) p. 113.
— Thomas Robert Malthus British political economist 1766 - 1834
Quelle: An Essay on The Principle of Population (First Edition 1798, unrevised), Chapter X, paragraph 29, lines 12-15
„Writing is all a lottery -- I have been a loser by the works of the greatest men of the age.“
— Tobias Smollett, buch The Expedition of Humphry Clinker
The Expedition of Humphry Clinker (1771).
— Richard Arnold Epstein American physicist 1927
Quelle: The Theory of Gambling and Statistical Logic (Revised Edition) 1977, Chapter Four, Coins, Wheels, And Oddments, p. 119
„Some places have already quit lotteries.“
— Shirley Jackson, buch The Lottery
Mrs. Adams said.
"Nothing but trouble in that," Old Man Warner said stoutly. "Pack of young fools."
The Lottery (1948)
„What is the greatest surprise you have found about life?“
— Billy Graham American Christian evangelist 1918 - 2018
a university student asked me several years ago.
"Its brevity" I replied without hesitation. … Time moves so quickly, and no matter who we are or what we have done, the time will come when our lives will be over. As Jesus said, "As long as it is day, we must do the work of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work" (John 9:4). … Life is short, and every day is a gift from God.
Just As I Am : The Autobiography of Billy Graham (1997), co-written with Cliff Barrows
— Richard Bach American spiritual writer 1936
Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977)
Variante: All the people, all the events in your life are put there for a reason. What you choose to do with them is up to you
— David Beasley 113th Governor of South Carolina 1957
Quelle: As quoted in Kate Hudson on being a World Food Programme ambassador, CBS News, (22 November 2020)
— Nicolas Chamfort French writer 1741 - 1794
On se fâche souvent contre les Gens de Lettres qui se retirent du monde. On veut qu'ils prennent intérêt à la Société dont ils ne tirent presque point d'avantage. On veut les forcer d'assister éternellement aux tirages d'une loterie où ils n'ont point de billet.
Maximes et Pensées (Van Bever, Paris :1923), #447
Reflections
— Robert Haugen American economist 1942 - 2013
Quelle: The Inefficient Stock Market - What Pays Off And Why (1999), Chapter 3, Estimating Portfolio Risk and Expected Return with Ad Hoc Factor Models, p. 29
„Insight is the booby prize of life.“
— David H. Levy Canadian astronomer 1948
Tools of Critical Thinking: Metathoughts for Psychology (1997)
— Gertrude B. Elion American biochemist and pharmacologist 1918 - 1999
Gertrude Elion https://www.famousscientists.org/gertrude-b-elion/
— Leonard Mlodinow, buch The Drunkard's Walk
Quelle: The Drunkard's Walk, Chapter 4, Tracking The Pathways To Success, p. 65
„Life ends with the previous thought
It is resurrected with the subsequent One“
— Frederick Franck Dutch painter 1909 - 2006
Quelle: Echoes from the Bottomless Well (1985), p. 143
— Ronnie Coleman American bodybuilder 1964
On his reaction being named the top professional bodybuilder in the world — reported in Nancy Kruh (October 3, 1999) "Ronnie Coleman- Nobody messes with this Arlington cop, a.k.a. Mr. Olympia", The Dallas Morning News, p. 1E.
„Lotteries are a tax on ignorance.“
— Adam Smith Scottish moral philosopher and political economist 1723 - 1790
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,581090,00.html
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