Odds Quotes · Page 9

Science and religion are not at odds. Science is simply too young to understand.

— Dan Brown

God tends to do his best work when the odds appear stacked against him.

— Kevin DeYoung

“You can never know the odds. If you don't play, you'll never win”

— Richard Bedford

Nothing reduces the odds against you like ignoring them.

— Anonymous

“The odds may be good, but the goods may be odd.”

— Jerusha Jones

Two Navy SEALs versus one angry seven-month-old," he mused, "The odds could go either way.

— Suzanne Brockmann

I've always been an underdog. I feel like I beat the odds.

— J. Cole

“You never get one hundred percent odds, Sam. But your cards are fucking aces.”

— Heidi Cullinan

The odds are not in your favor the older you get, especially if you're a woman in this business.

— Patricia Clarkson

Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds. Athletes, in times of difficulty, can be important role models.

— Bill Bradley

Sincerity of conviction and purity of motive will surely gain the day; and even a small minority, armed with these, is surely…

— Swami Vivekananda

Every time you go to the doctor and get a good report, the odds keep staking more in your favour.

— Fran Drescher

People rise out of the ashes because, at some point, they are invested with a belief in the possibility of triumph over…

— Robert Downey, Jr

I like to be against the odds. I'm not afraid to be lonely at the top. With me, it's just the satisfaction…

— Barry Bonds

“I know that the chances for success are slim. [...] But odds are mathematical formulas calculated to give people a reason not…

— Jude Watson

Courage is willingness to take the risk once you know the odds. Optimistic overconfidence means you are taking the risk because you…

— Daniel Kahneman

The parts of the [Civil Right] Movement we recognize so well now were not born from a single decision, but were a…

— Andrew Aydin

Regardless of the obstacles or hurdles that are ahead of you, regardless of the opponent, regardless of the odds, your goal and…

— Grant Hill

One of the ironies of a conference dedicated to all things digital and virtual is that the best ways to connect with…

— Ryan Holmes

I, Daniel Blake' is a powerful and moving film. But it is a political polemic and is particularly unfair on the public…

— James Cleverly

Skyjackers had a pretty abysmal success rate - once you commandeered a plane in American airspace, your odds of a happy ending…

— Brendan I. Koerner

When you consider all the writers who never even had a machine. Who would have given an eyeball for a good typewriter.…

— Sam Shepard

My intent is not to inflame Muslims but to entertain readers of great thrillers. At the end of the day, I want…

— Brad Thor

Owners who buy aggressive dogs for security may be kidding themselves: The chances that the victim of a fatal dog attack will…

— Jon Katz

it is only on posters and in advertisement pages that Americans have those chubby cheeks, expanding smiles, smooth looks, and faces flushed…

— Simone de Beauvoir

Overachievement is aimed at people who want to maximize their potential. And to do that, I insist you throw caution to the…

— John Eliot

On the question of opposition, I think there are - when you want to send a signal if you're on the Democratic…

— E. J. Dionne

Above all, he liked it that everything was one's own fault. There was only oneself to praise or blame. Luck was a…

— Ian Fleming

I consider myself 100 percent a feminist, at odds with the feminist establishment in America. For me the great mission of feminism…

— Camille Paglia

The fact that you couldn't see Alfred Hitchcock's first film The Mountain Eagle, or that you couldn't see so many of F.W.…

— Guy Maddin

For African American children, in particular, the odds are extremely high that they will have a parent or loved one, a relative,…

— Michelle Alexander

“The big man shrugged, "I don't know. You're pretty good with the cards. Tell me what the odds are." [She] shifted her…

— Justin Cronin

I like to think I defied the odds my entire life, definitely my entire athletic career.

— Aljamain Sterling

I've always had a strong desire to prove myself against odds.

— George Blanda

Throw the rules out the window, odds are you'll go that way too.

— Paritoshik Sharma

What would our lives be like without tests, odds against us, adventure, risk?

— Richard Bach

“If you couldn’t beat the odds, you changed the game.”

— Leigh Bardugo

Success requires a persistent misreading of the odds.

— Tom Peters

“The odds are against you. I can even the odds. That’s what I do.”

— Mark Dawson

But even in your world it’s a byword. Men will fight bravely and be heroes, but for last-ditch defense against any odds……

— Diane Duane