Coin Toss Quotes

“Chigurh took a twenty-five cent piece from his pocket and flipped it spinning into the bluish glare of the fluorescent lights overhead. He caught it and slapped it onto
the back of his forearm just above the bloody
wrappings.
Call it, he said.
Call it? Yes. For what?
Just call it.
Well I need to know what it is we're callin here.
How would that change anything?
The man looked at Chigurh's eyes for the first time. Blue as lapis. At once glistening and totally opaque. Like wet stones.
You need to call it, Chigurh said. I cant call it for you. It wouldnt be fair. It wouldnt even be right. Just call it.
I didnt put nothin up.
Yes you did. You've been putting it up your whole life. You just didnt know it. You know what the date is on this coin?
No.
It's nineteen fifty-eight. It's been traveling twenty-two years to get here. And now it's here. And I'm here. And I've got my hand over it. And it's either heads or tails. And you have to say. Call it.”
― Cormac McCarthy, No Country for Old Men

“Every OPPORTUNITY as in a coin toss, brings victory or defeat in a 1:1 ratio.”
― Dr. Anhad Kaur Suri

“The more times in a row that the coin lands on heads, your confidence in calling heads will grow, even though the odds have not changed.”
― Coreen T. Sol, CFA