Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Shaw observes that all possible events eventually occur to everyone given enough time.
- In plain terms
- Eventually everything happens to everyone.
- What can you take from it?
- Time ensures all possible events happen to someone.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What do you think will happen eventually?
- How do you prepare for the unpredictable?
Another view
Some events are statistically impossible regardless of time.
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