One of my missions is to get people to go, "Oh, she's really nice and I really like her, but what were… — Lucy Lawless Copy Share Image
I ran for the presidency, despite hopeless odds, to demonstrate the sheer will and refusal to accept the status quo. The next… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter if that felony happened three weeks ago or thirty-five years ago - for the rest of your life, you've… — Michelle Alexander 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
ll K Hamilton Some days the lion eats you, but some times you shove your arm down it's throat and pull it's… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
I realized that I might not ever make it as a writer, that it might be because I wasn't good enough, or… — Jay McInerney Copy Share Image
One day of praying and six days of fun, the odds against going to heaven are six to one. — Brook Benton Copy Share Image
The odds of me coming into the rocket business, not knowing anything about rockets, not having ever built anything, I mean, I… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
“Burning bridges behind you is understandable. It's the bridges before us that we burn, not realizing we may need to cross, that… — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
I get more inspired by seeing everyday people succeed against the odds than anything else in life. — Suze Orman Copy Share Image
Focus on something that has high value to someone else, be really rigorous in making that assessment, because natural human tendency is… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
A few major opportunities, clearly recognizable as such, will usually come to one who continuously searches and waits, with a curious mind,… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Quit smoking, and observe posted speed limits. This will improve your odds of getting old enough to be wise. — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
Teens like a lot of the same things adults do: smart people doing amazing things against awful odds. — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
Sometimes, a flame can be utterly extinguished. Sometimes, a flame can shrink and waver, but sometimes a flame refuses to go out.… — Karen Hesse Copy Share Image
Statistically, it would be insanity to go into the theatre for money. According to the statistics, you should just stay home. The… — Maureen Stapleton Copy Share Image
Taya has never beaten me in a fair fight one-on-one. Taya has always needed a stipulation or a special guest referee or… — Tessa Blanchard Copy Share Image
There was a time when I was not able to speak properly because of my medical condition. But I managed to fight… — Sangram Singh Copy Share Image
Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds... is not productive. — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
If you want to provide for your family, maybe show business is not a high degree of success. You will need to… — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share Image
Homeschooling will certainly produce some socially awkward adults, but the odds are good they would have been just as quirky had they… — Quinn Cummings Copy Share Image
I know exactly what it is like to fight against the odds and to overcome adversity. — Karen Handel Copy Share Image
Whenever I hear some bigmouth in Washington or the Christian heartland banging on about the evils of sodomy or whatever, I mentally… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
When a candidate for public office faces the voters he does not face men of sense; he faces a mob of men… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
