Quotes by Odds And how am I to face the odds Of man's bedevilment and God's? I, a stranger and afraid In a world I never made. A. E. Housman odds men world If people don't think the odds are against you, you're doing it wrong. Aaron Levie odds people thinking You never know if you can actually do something against all odds until you actually do it. Abby Wambach against-all-odds odds knows Great determination can overcome most odds. Aesop odds determination overcoming In reality, the likelihood of reaching the pinnacle of capitalist society today is only marginally better than were the chances of being accepted into the French nobility four centuries ago, though at least an aristocratic age was franker, and therefore kinder, about the odds. It did not relentlessly play up the possibilities open to all, and so, in turn, did not cruelly equate an ordinary life with a failed one. Alain de Botton odds play reality When we are young, we think life will be like a supo: one fabric, one weave, one grand design. But in truth, life turns out to be more like the patchwork cloths-bits and pieces, odds and ends-people, places, things we never expected, never wanted, perhaps. Alan Brennert odds people thinking I think all of us certainly believed the statistics which said that probably 88% chance of mission success and maybe 96% chance of survival. And we were willing to take those odds. Alan Shepard survival odds thinking Never before and never since have I seen - and I cannot even imagine, such an amazing rapidity of chess thinking that Capablanca possessed in 1913-14. In blitz games he gave all the St. Petersburg players odds of five minutes to one - and he won. Alexander Alekhine odds player thinking Amateurs look for challenges; professionals look for easy trades. Losers get high from the action; the pros look for the best odds. Alexander Elder odds business challenges No matter what the odds, a man does not pin his last hope for survival on something and then expect that it will fail. Alfred Lansing survival odds men It's imprecise and insufficient, defining the homosexual as a person whose gender expression is at odds with his or her sex. Alison Bechdel odds expression sex Mad; adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence; not conforming to standards of thought, speech, and action derived by the conformants from study of themselves; at odds with the majority; in short, unusual. It is noteworthy that persons are pronounced mad by officials destitute of evidence that they themselves are sane. Ambrose Bierce mad crazy odds I have not survived against all odds. I have not lived to tell. I have not witnessed the extraordinary. This is my story. Amy Krouse Rosenthal extraordinary odds stories Over futile odds, and laughed at by the gods Amy Winehouse odds games love-is It's a different mindset. Coming from where I come from, we always had to defeat the odds. We didn't have what other people had. We had to work twice as hard for everything. To be noticed to be seen. Even back then it drove me to be the best that I can be. I wanted everyone to know I was somebody you had to watch. Andre Berto different odds people The parts of the [Civil Right] Movement we recognize so well now were not born from a single decision, but were a complicated and messy evolution of ideas and spirits, coming together after a long, hard struggle to triumph in moments when the odds seemed the longest. Andrew Aydin odds struggle ideas Ideas that are at odds with the inherited collective wisdom of antiquity are always, on their face suspect. Andrew Thomas odds war ideas I'll never pay above the odds for something if there's a more cost-effective alternative, so I guess that's where the saver in me shines through. Andy Murray alternatives odds shining Actors are trusting souls, and we must go by gut-level instinct, even after our agents and business managers weigh all the odds. Anne Archer actors odds soul Prayer is talking to something or anything with which we seek union, even if we are bitter or insane or broken. (In fact, these are probably the best possible conditions under which to pray.) Prayer is taking a chance that against all odds and past history, we are loved and chosen, and do not have to get it together before we show up. Anne Lamott odds prayer past 1234567891011»