Odds Quotes · Page 15

The odds against an adoptee ending up as the child of the President of the United States are staggering. But then, so…

— Michael Reagan

The odds of having films made which star women... Everyone still references one movie: 'Bridesmaids!'

— Patricia Clarkson

Nothing is more inspiring than a person with seemingly mediocre talent rising against the odds to become a champion by way of…

— Zig Ziglar

From what I've learned about the history of the Jewish people, their survival against all odds, and the divine protection they've received,…

— Javier Milei

We all want to win against all odds. We all want to be loved. We all wish it was possible to change…

— Kate Forsyth

Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful…

— Benjamin Disraeli

Life for the majority of the population. Is an unlovely struggle against unfair odds. Culminating in a cheap funeral.

— Siegfried Sassoon

The longer you wait to do something you should do now, the greater the odds that you will never actually do it.

— John C. Maxwell

Biologists have determined brookies to be indicators of ecosystem health and have been recently campaigning to get the word out. If brookies…

— Joseph Monninger

You shouldn't have any betting in the locker room at all, whether it's baseball or it's horses. You can't beat the horses.…

— George Steinbrenner

I think Dr Dre really evolved and really is a great role model for young people that have had to survive and…

— Aja Brown

I was raised fundamentalist Christian, and now I'm not that. It was not an act of rebellion or anything. For me, it…

— Chris Thile

In the shadow of the Holocaust and centuries of discrimination, Israel miraculously beat the odds to form a flourishing democracy, in fighting…

— Colin Allred

Man is a competitive creature, and the seeds of conflict are built deep into our genes. We fought each other on the…

— Robert Winston

You can't just count on becoming a syndicated cartoonist. I actually tried to calculate the odds once, and the best I could…

— Stephan Pastis

Homeschooling will certainly produce some socially awkward adults, but the odds are good they would have been just as quirky had they…

— Quinn Cummings

We live by faith; but Faith is not the slave Of text and legend. Reason's voice and God's, Nature's and Duty's, never…

— John Greenleaf Whittier

There are just four kinds of bets. There are good bets, bad bets, bets that you win, and bets that you lose.…

— Larry Hite

Only simple ideas can be held by large groups of people. Commonly held ideas are almost always dumbed down until they are…

— Bill Bonner

At the core of an analytical edge is an ability to systematically distinguish between fundamentals and expectations. Fundamentals are a well thought…

— Michael Mauboussin

“I examined my Liberalism and found it like an addiction to roulette. Here, though the odds are plain, and the certainty of…

— David Mamet

What is literature, and why do I try to write about it? I don’t know. Likewise, I don’t know why I go…

— M. John Harrison

Growing up is all about getting hurt. And then getting over it. You hurt. You recover. You move on. Odds are pretty…

— Jim Butcher

I realize that idealism is out of sync with the cynicism of our age. Skepticism has come to be synonymous with sophistication,…

— Howard Schultz

Growing up, I learned quickly that I lived in an atmosphere where the odds were never in my favor.

— Liv Morgan

Working 16-hour days to ensure that I can pay my bills has been a bulk of my entrepreneurship life. And on days…

— Luvvie Ajayi

If a man's at odds to know his own mind it's because he hasn't got aught but his mind to know it…

— Cormac McCarthy

The odds are stacked heavily against women in politics. They are up against strong, entrenched and largely patriarchal lobbies in political parties.

— Nagma

I have gotten where I am today only because I have persisted against all odds for a long time.

— Rory Block

There is no one who cannot be hated, against whatever odds. Nor anyone who cannot be loved, against all reason.

— Ellis Peters

There was a time when I was not able to speak properly because of my medical condition. But I managed to fight…

— Sangram Singh

That's all baseball is, is numbers; it's run by numbers, averages, percentage and odds. Managers make their decisions based on the numbers.

— Rollie Fingers

May I say that I am delighted that my favorite alpha is feeling better. Why, you'll be running recklessly into danger against…

— Ilona Andrews

Everest for me, and I believe for the world, is the physical and symbolic manifestation of overcoming odds to achieve a dream

— Junko Tabei

Ever since 'Demon's Souls,' I've really been pursuing making games that give players a sense of accomplishment by overcoming tremendous odds.

— Hidetaka Miyazaki

I listen to a mixture of old jazz, contemporary, pop, some world beat stuff and various odds and ends.

— Walter Becker

Teens like a lot of the same things adults do: smart people doing amazing things against awful odds.

— Kim Harrison

My advice to young entrepreneurs is not to accept defeat in the face of odds, and challenge negative forces with hope, self-confidence…

— Dhirubhai Ambani

I didn't get into acting for the money - the odds are really against anybody getting rich as an actor.

— Joe Don Baker

Forgiveness is an embrace, across all barriers, against all odds, in defiance of all that is mean and petty and vindictive and…

— Kent Nerburn