Coincidences are a true paradox... on the one hand they seem to be the source of our greatest irrationalities--seeing causal connections when science tells us they aren't there. On the other hand, some of our greatest feats of scientific discovery depend on coincidences.


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It doesn't pay to be good at something unless you are the absolute best at it.
JOSH LIEB
Insanity is just what we call stupidity when it doesn't make sense.
JOSH LIEB
Important days don't look like anything special when they start. Invariably, the sun rises and peopl...
JOSH LIEB
The time to pray is not when we are in a tight spot but just as soon as we get out of it.
JOSH BILLINGS
It's interesting, on your second day of existence, to realize that your father is going to blame all...
JOSH LIEB
The language that we use now impacts on the ability to vote, it impacts on the marketplace; instead ...
JOSH HOMME
One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit n...
JOSH BILLINGS
I've teamed up with PetSmart Charities to celebrate the five million homeless pets who've fo...
JOSH DUHAMEL
The reflexive allergy to L.A. that a lot of New Yorkers have, I feel like it's kind of nonsense.
JOSH RADNOR
After a brief period in which I had let many a Southern Californian convince me that it was all '...
JOSH RADNOR
Everyone feels a sense of ownership in creating a Lynn Shelton movie. Lynn chooses amazing people - ...
JOSH PAIS
Working with amazing people, you continue to learn and develop yourself, as an actor and as a person...
JOSH HUTCHERSON
My grandfather was one of the most amazing Baptist ministers in history, he was unbelievable. He was...
JOSH HENDERSON
I've always considered myself a workaholic... The way I work, I have to turn myself upside down ...
JOSH HOMME
When I was on 'All My Children,' we did a thing for 'Seventeen Magazine' where a gir...
JOSH DUHAMEL
There are some people so addicted to exaggeration that they can't tell the truth without lying.
JOSH BILLINGS
Everybody was trying to put me in action movies and heroic roles, and I wanted to find more complex ...
JOSH HARTNETT
At a certain point, even if the one alpha male is dominant, at a certain point there's a younger...
JOSH LUCAS
I secretly enjoy being alone - hiking alone, skiing alone, walking along the beach alone, going to m...
JOSH ZUCKERMAN
No matter how devastating our struggles, disappointments, and troubles are, they are only temporary....
JOSH MCDOWELL
You hear about quality time a lot but I really think that quantity time with a person is really what...
JOSH TURNER
Anyone with sincere religious beliefs cannot say that all religions are true. That is so illogical i...
JOSH MCDOWELL
I like both athletic girls and girly girls. It depends on their personality. I like girls who can go...
JOSH HUTCHERSON
The holidays are a way to get away from the pain of the year, creating something people can laugh at...
JOSH GORDON
I think one of the coolest things you can do is disappear for a while, because it gives you the chan...
JOSH HOMME
After I set out to refute Christianity intellectually and couldn't, I came to the conclusion the...
JOSH MCDOWELL
Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail.
JOSH BILLINGS
Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be ruined.
JOSH BILLINGS
There are two kinds of fools: those who can't change their opinions and those who won't.
JOSH BILLINGS
There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together.
JOSH BILLINGS
Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he has got.
JOSH BILLINGS
Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense.
JOSH BILLINGS
Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to h...
JOSH BILLINGS
Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.
JOSH BILLINGS
If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it, as the old woman did her lost specta...
JOSH BILLINGS
Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one place.
JOSH BILLINGS
One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.
JOSH BILLINGS