Odds Quotes

563 Odds quotes by 470 unique authors

I'm trying to look at my blessings and how amazingly well against all odds things have turned out for me. — James Taylor
To fail is a natural consequence of trying, To succeed takes time and prolonged effort in the face of unfriendly odds. To think it will… — David Viscott
When you choose to be an actor, you are going against the odds. — Olivia Wilde
Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds... is not productive. — E. O. Wilson
Man is a competitive creature, and the seeds of conflict are built deep into our genes. We fought each other on the savannah and only… — Robert Winston
Israel fights back, which is very much at odds with the Jewish instinct to discuss and deconstruct everything until action itself seems senseless. — Elizabeth Wurtzel
I think that not only do saints make poor role models, they are incapable in one sense of identifying radically with those of us who… — Michael Eric Dyson
In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it. — Barack Obama
For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can't readily accept the God formula,… — Charles Bukowski
There is just this for consolation: an hour here or there, when our lives seem, against all odds and expectations, to burst open and give… — Michael Cunningham
Science and religion are not at odds. Science is simply too young to understand. — Dan Brown
It is known that there are an infinite number of worlds, simply because there is an infinite amount of space for them to be in.… — Douglas Adams
What kills a person at twenty-five? Leukemia. An accident. But George knows the better odds are that someone who passes at that age dies of… — Scott Turow
The crown o' the earth doth melt. My lord! O, wither'd is the garland of the war, The soldier's pole is fall'n: young boys and… — William Shakespeare
When she spoke again it was in the thin, careful and above all brave voice of someone who has pulled themselves together despite overwhelming odds… — Terry Pratchett
The strongest of all arguments against the interference of the public with purely personal conduct, is that when it does interfere, the odds are that… — John Stuart Mill
It often occurs to me that if, against all odds, there is a judgmental God and heaven, it will come to pass that when the… — E. O. Wilson
All things are at odds when God sets a thinker loose on the planet — Edith Hamilton
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 with. — Cormac McCarthy
And why does it make you sad to see how everything hangs by such thin and whimsical threads? Because you’re a dreamer, an incredible dreamer,… — Eldridge Cleaver
One has only to set a loved human being against the fact that we are all in peril all the time to get back a… — May Sarton
One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds. — Mahatma Gandhi
The odds of going to the store for a loaf of bread and coming out with only a loaf of bread are three billion to… — Erma Bombeck
Giving anyone anything takes courage, since so many presents backfire. A gift conspicuously at odds with your tastes serves only to betray that the benefactor… — Lionel Shriver
It is harrowing for me to try to teach 20-year-old students, who earnestly want to improve their writing. The best I can think to tell… — Barbara Kingsolver

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