The arts significantly boost student achievement, reduce discipline problems, and increase the odds students will go on to graduate from college. — Arne Duncan Copy Share Image
Volunteering is an act of heroism on a grand scale. And it matters profoundly. It does more than help people beat the… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
I thought bringing those two [Taylor Sheridan and David Mackenzie] together, odds are you're going to come up with something pretty good. — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
The human will is an amazing thing. Time after time, it has triumphed against unbelievable odds. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
I'll never pay above the odds for something if there's a more cost-effective alternative, so I guess that's where the saver in… — Andy Murray Copy Share Image
Either philosophy reinforces communal beliefs, in which case it is pointless; or else it is at odds with those beliefs, in which… — Georges Canguilhem Copy Share Image
The film 'Harjeeta' is based on the remarkable true story of a underdog, who overcomes his circumstances, fights against all odds and… — Ammy Virk Copy Share Image
Whenever the very rich hold views at odds with those of the entire population, the federal government tends to do the rich's… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
The danger of Iran is if you listen to what the Ayatollah is saying, to what the Mullahs are saying, rational self-preservation… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
What I see everywhere in the world are ordinary people willing to confront despair, power, and incalculable odds in order to restore… — Paul Hawken Copy Share Image
Obama invented himself against all odds and repeated parental abandonment, and he worked hard to regiment his emotions. But now that can… — Maureen Dowd Copy Share Image
I grew up poor in India, and there were days when we struggled to find food and other basic necessities. Our mother… — Naveen Jain Copy Share Image
The cultural wars of the sixties are over. I've reconciled with those who were my critics and opponents years ago. I was… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
Most investors are pretty smart. Yet most investors also remain heavily invested in actively managed stock funds. This is puzzling. The temptation,… — Jonathan Clements Copy Share Image
When I worry about risks, I worry about the biggest ones, particularly those that are difficult to predict - the ones I… — Henry Paulson Copy Share Image
If you take minutes a day to take care of your mouth, the odds are you'll take the next steps needed to… — Gretchen Bleiler Copy Share Image
You'd better discover a more important motive than publication for your work or else you'll go crazy. My sense is that you'll… — Sydney Lea Copy Share Image
There's often a distressing disconnect between the good words we speak and the way we live our lives. In personal relations and… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
The fundamental problem with golf is that every so often, no matter how lacking you may be in the essential virtues required… — Colin Falconer Copy Share Image
It's funny: I always imagined when I was a kid that adults had some kind of inner toolbox full of shiny tools:… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
The issue is Kinkade's ideology, and particularly his nostalgia; his paintings endlessly trumpet a nonexistent past when times were simpler and morality… — Paddy Johnson Copy Share Image
To rest in God's power when your own weaknesses seem to be screaming at you? That's grace! To be confident in who… — Graham Cooke Copy Share Image
You can walk as carefully as you want through a mine field; it is still a mine field. But it's also true… — Dave Sim Copy Share Image
I have a talent for silence and brevity. I can keep silent when it seems best to do so, and when I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Love's a game where the odds are permanently fixed. The house always wins, and anyone stupid enough to sit at the table… — Kathleen Peacock Copy Share Image
Peace will not come out of a clash of arms but out of justice lived and done by unarmed nations in the… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I am in an adolescence in reverse, as mysterious as the first, except that this time I feel it as a decay… — Harold Brodkey Copy Share Image
Not only has the number of government employees multiplied in recent decades, but the rise of government unions further stacks the political… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
“Even though the odds are in my favor, doesn’t mean they’ll end up that way. First rule of cards. And of life.” — Jessica Sorensen Copy Share Image
If you put on your business hat, you can't maintain competitiveness by staying at a competitive disadvantage. I mean, you just can't.… — Heather Bresch Copy Share Image
If you don't have an emotional connection to why you are trying to accomplish your goals, the odds are you won't reach… — Brett Hoebel Copy Share Image
The value of free expression is perceived to be at odds with goals that were considered 'more important,' like inclusiveness, diversity, nondiscrimination,… — Greg Lukianoff Copy Share Image
A word of advice, Will Henry. When a person of the female gender says she wants to show you something, run the… — Rick Yancey Copy Share Image
No one is really going to help you or give you direction. In fact, the odds are against you. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Heaven has given human beings three things to balance the odds of life: hope, sleep, and laughter. — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt faced adversities that, in their times, seemed impregnable. Great presidents overcome great odds. — Ron Fournier Copy Share Image
Courage is rarely reckless or foolish... courage usually involves a highly realistic estimate of the odds that must be faced. — Margaret Truman Daniel Copy Share Image
I felt like a lot of odds were stacked against me to begin with, be it financial, racial, class, gender. — A. J. Odudu Copy Share Image
If we write our dreams and goals down, we dramatically increase our odds of realization. If we share them with others, they… — Kristin Armstrong Copy Share Image
As actors, if you get a pilot on HBO or on USA, your odds are good that it's going to get picked… — Tim DeKay Copy Share Image