God does not play dice with the universe…

• God does not play dice with the universe.  Albert Einstein 
• You believe in the God who plays dice, and I in complete law and order in a world that objectively exists, and which I, in a wildly speculative way, am trying to capture. … Even the great initial success of the quantum theory does not make me believe in the fundamental dice-game, although I am well aware that our younger colleagues interpret this as a consequence of senility. No doubt the day will come when we will see whose instinctive attitude was the correct one.  Albert Einstein
• Not only does God play dice with the world He does not let us see what He has rolled. Stanislaw Lem
• God moves in extremely mysterious, not to say, circuitous ways. God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of His own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of any of the other players, ie., everybody, to being involved in an obscure and complex version of poker in a pitch-dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a Dealer who won’t tell you the rules, and who smiles all the time.  Terry Pratchett
• I shall never believe that God plays dice with the world. Albert Einstein
• God may not play dice with the universe, but something strange is going on with the prime numbers. Paul Erdos
• You are the only person I know who has the same attitude towards physics as I have: belief in the comprehension of reality through something basically simple and unified… It seems hard to sneak a look at God’s cards. But that He plays dice and uses ‘telepathic’ methods… is something that I cannot believe for a single moment.  Albert Einstein
• Quantum mechanics is certainly imposing. But an inner voice tells me that this is not yet the real thing. The theory says a lot, but does not bring us any closer to the secrets of the “Old One.” I, at any rate, am convinced that He is not playing at dice.  Albert Einstein

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…or maybe God does?

• God’s dice always have a lucky roll.  Sophocles
• So Einstein was wrong when he said, “God does not play dice.” Consideration of black holes suggests, not only that God does play dice, but that he sometimes confuses us by throwing them where they can’t be seen. Stephen Hawking
• It’s not whether God plays dice; it’s how God plays dice.  David Gilmour
• All the evidence shows that God was actually quite a gambler, and the universe is a great casino, where dice are thrown, and roulette wheels spin on every occasion. Stephen Hawking
• Not only does God play dice with the world He does not let us see what He has rolled.  Stanislaw Lem
• Most gods throw dice, but Fate plays chess, and you don’t find out til too late that he’s been playing with two queens all along.  Terry Pratchett
• If God has made the world a perfect mechanism, He has at least conceded so much to our imperfect intellect that in order to predict little parts of it, we need not solve innumerable differential equations, but can use dice with fair success.  Max Born
• He seemed to be talking about my fears, my insecurity, and my unwillingness to see what was wonderful because tomorrow it might disappear and I might suffer. The gods throw the dice, and they don’t ask whether we want to be in the game or not.  Paulo Coelho
• Gods play games with the fates of men. But first they have to get all the pieces on the board and look all over the place for the dice.  Terry Pratchett
• Contrary to what our brains are telling us, there’s no mystical force that imbues a winner with a streak of luck, nor is there a cosmic sense of justice that ensures that a loser’s luck will turn around. The universe doesn’t care one whit whether you’ve been winning or losing; each roll of the dice is just like every other.  Charles Seife
• If God has made the world a perfect mechanism, He has at least conceded so much to our imperfect intellect that in order to predict little parts of it, we need not solve innumerable differential equations, but can use dice with fair success.  Max Born

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If God does play dice with the universe, are the dice loaded?

• Not only does God play dice with the universe, He’s using loaded dice.  John Ford
• The dice of God are always loaded.  Ralph Waldo Emerson
• God’s dice always have a lucky roll.  Sophocles
• I love the fact that it starts from there, and you don’t know where it’s gonna go. Wait long enough – love will find you. Everything’s a surprise. When you think you’ve got it all figured out… as Emerson said, the dice of God are always loaded.  Hector Elizondo

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On a lighter note

• Einstein: ‘God does not play dice.’ Einstein: ‘God is not malicious.’ Bohr:  ‘Einstein, stop telling God what to do!’  Leo Hartong
• God may not play dice but he enjoys a good round of Trivial Pursuit every now and again. Federico Fellini

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