Contingency Quotes

The world changed from having the determinism of a clock to having the contingency of a pinball machine.

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.

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 not decide at the critical moment to support France.

It seems to me that everything that happens to us is a disconcerting mix of choice and contingency.

When you see John Boehner crying, believe you me, it's because he cannot control, uh, that wild contingency called the Tea Party.