Obviously, I think all the odds were stacked against me from where I'm from. — Austin Reaves Copy Share Image
There isn't a woman player in the world I can't give knight-odds to and still beat. — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
It is better to be at odds with the whole world than, being one, to be at odds with myself, — Socrates Copy Share Image
Reason's voice and God's, Nature's and Duty's, never are at odds. — John Greenleaf Whittier Copy Share Image
Being a member of the labor force and a full-time parent means trying to manage against overwhelming odds in an unresponsive society. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Coming up with a funny joke is like falling in love: It can hit you any time, anywhere. Having said that, the… — Emo Philips Copy Share Image
By turning negatives into positives, losing into a journey to winning, I have been able to overcome the odds that were against… — Bobby Bones 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
I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that… — Arnold Palmer Copy Share Image
I feel like a young adult. In high school I never felt like my professional life and my personal life were at… — Tavi Gevinson Copy Share Image
The desire to see and the desire to ratify what one has seen are desires at odds with one another, if only… — David Berlinski Copy Share Image
If you are at odds with the director, neither one of you is going to get anywhere. You really do have to… — Julianne Moore Copy Share Image
I need your help.” Royce looked up as if his head weighed a hundred pounds, his eyes red, his face ashen. He… — Michael J. Sullivan Copy Share Image
Every generation of humans believed it had all the answers it needed, except for a few mysteries they assumed would be solved… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
She is furious with herself for her own stupidity. Opening herself up like this, voluntarily, to a lifetime of worry and anguish.… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
The strongest of all arguments against the interference of the public with purely personal conduct, is that when it does interfere, the… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Work like hell. I mean you just have to put in 80 to 100 hour weeks every week. [This] improves the odds… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
It's like there was the Union, and then there's the Union Management. In some of the strikes that I covered when I… — Richard Grimes Copy Share Image
Fairytales work on two levels. On a conscious level, they are stories of true love and triumph and overcoming difficult odds and… — Kate Forsyth Copy Share Image
I've always been attracted to characters with insurmountable odds and obstacles, because innately, however inarticulately I've always believed that my dreams and… — Will Smith Copy Share Image
I once read about a meeting of economists who agreed that if their forecasts were 33 1/3 % correct, that was considered… — Gerald M. Loeb Copy Share Image
As the United States continues its slow but steady recovery from the depths of the financial crisis, nobody actually wants a massive… — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share Image
The other way is the multiverse way. That says that maybe the universe we are in is one of a very large… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Overachievement is aimed at people who want to maximize their potential. And to do that, I insist you throw caution to the… — John Eliot Copy Share Image
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 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
Speaking for me, I think the odds of bankrupting Exxon are pretty small, but I think the odds of politically bankrupting them… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image