Some people do need to be held to account because some of the conduct is so widely at odds with our values.… — Thomas R. Pickering Copy Share Image
By unwillingly robbing post-conflict nations of their most talented people, we in Europe are improving the odds these states fail, and feed… — Miroslav Lajcak Copy Share Image
As our planet faces seemingly insurmountable odds, we must find new ways to survive and thrive together. — Nikhil Advani Copy Share Image
Giving Papa time to think, as Arty put it, was like pumping random rounds into a fireworks factory. The odds favored dramatic… — Katherine Dunn Copy Share Image
We are never more creative than when we are at odds with the world and there is nothing so artistically destructive as… — Simon Pegg Copy Share Image
All the great countries are at odds with one another over something, and yet if they don't cooperate they're going to blow… — William Friedkin Copy Share Image
... the human soul, beaten down, overwhelmed, faced by complete failure and ruin, can still rise up against unbearable odds and triumph. — Harold Russell Copy Share Image
If you write one story, it may be bad; if you write a hundred, you have the odds in your favor. — Edgar Rice Burroughs Copy Share Image
My intent is not to inflame Muslims but to entertain readers of great thrillers. At the end of the day, I want… — Brad Thor Copy Share Image
When asked if I am pessimistic or optimistic about the future, my answer is always the same: If you look at the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“long odds don’t always make any difference at all. Somebody always makes up that small percentage of people to whom unlikely or… — Gilly Macmillan Copy Share Image
Owners who buy aggressive dogs for security may be kidding themselves: The chances that the victim of a fatal dog attack will… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
Skyjackers had a pretty abysmal success rate - once you commandeered a plane in American airspace, your odds of a happy ending… — Brendan I. Koerner Copy Share Image
I, Daniel Blake' is a powerful and moving film. But it is a political polemic and is particularly unfair on the public… — James Cleverly Copy Share Image
One of the ironies of a conference dedicated to all things digital and virtual is that the best ways to connect with… — Ryan Holmes Copy Share Image
When you consider all the writers who never even had a machine. Who would have given an eyeball for a good typewriter.… — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
New Yorkers love the bigness -- the skyscrapers, the freedom, the lights. But they also love it when they can carve out… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
We have been through, over these years, some difficult times. During the period that I have served as President of the United… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
Disappointment Can do a couple things. It can drop you into a giant sucking sinkhole of depression, a place you have to… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
I think that when you're writing plays, and I think it's also true with novels, it helps to have an ear for… — Tony Kushner Copy Share Image
... the consensus of the scientific community has shifted from skepticism to near-unanimous acceptance of the evidence of an artificial greenhouse effect.… — Gregg Easterbrook Copy Share Image
Doesn't matter what the press says. Doesn't matter what the politicians or the mobs say.Doesn't matter if the whole country decides that… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
In a civilized and cultivated country wild animals only continue to exist at all when preserved by sportsmen. the excellent people who… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Economic growth and environmental protection are not at odds. They're opposite sides of the same coin if you're looking at longer-term prosperity. — Henry Paulson Copy Share Image
For me, a great story is one in which the protagonist faces unimaginable odds; where the stakes are high that failure constitutes… — Michael Boatman Copy Share Image
You will face overwhelming odds; you will be incredibly out numbered. Fear would be your natural inclination . But keep in mind,… — James MacDonald Copy Share Image
But no, had I been successful in my 20s I would have been just fine. But it is nice to defy the… — Patricia Clarkson Copy Share Image
It's undeniable that what we are taught as a culture to believe about disability is at odds with traditional notions of masculinity. — Stella Young Copy Share Image
I act irrationally, I defy the odds, I engage when others would run. I look for trouble, I seek chaos, it is… — Rosie O'Donnell Copy Share Image
“Picture me however you want to picture me. Because odds are that'll be more true than any of the bodies you see… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
Poor children in Baltimore face even worse odds than low-income kids elsewhere, mostly because they remain in impoverished neighborhoods. — Gwen Ifill Copy Share Image
When it comes to finding available men in Minnesota, the odds are good, but the goods are odd. — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
Of course, you would have to be insane to hope your child grows up to be a playwright or poet. Given the… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
Production chains, how consumers can drive change: all these things may seem at odds with fashion, but arguably, they're not. — Lily Cole Copy Share Image
You need to be uncomfortable and apprehensive: True strategy is about placing bets and making hard choices. The objective is not to… — Roger Martin Copy Share Image
You can kill ten of our men for every one we kill of yours. But even at those odds, you will lose… — Ho Chi Minh Copy Share Image
“But think about it: Right from the start the odds are against you. It’s kind of amazing that any of us ever… — Michael Thomas Ford Copy Share Image
I want to lift the audience to the miraculous in human nature. After all, we shouldn't be here, with all the odds… — Paul Taylor Copy Share Image
'I am insecure' means: I can't cope on my own. The odds are overwhelming. I can't resist them on my own. I… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
