95 Quotes About Odds

  • Author Jay McInerney
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    I realized that I might not ever make it as a writer, that it might be because I wasn't good enough, or that it might be because the odds were just too long.

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  • Author John Stuart Mill
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    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 it interferes wrongly, and in the wrong place.

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  • Author Kyle Maynard
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    We should never shy away from the challenges that face us out of fear of failure or an unwillingness to battle the odds. We should confront our problems head on and make no excuses.

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  • Author Nathan Myhrvold
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    There's no way I'm going to stand up for bad ingredients. We love seasonal ingredients. It's a false dichotomy to say that modern cooking is at odds with that, but some people want to have a great ingredient and no technique.

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  • Author Roger Martin
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    You need to be uncomfortable and apprehensive: True strategy is about placing bets and making hard choices. The objective is not to eliminate risk but to increase the odds of success.

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  • Author Tom Mann
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    The odds are strong that whatever they do will be pushed until after the election.

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  • Author Bill Nighy
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    I'm always happy when actors get rich, because the odds on it are so long!

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  • Author Joyce Carol Oates
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    ...failure is a human condition, not victory over odds; for each Hellen Keller who triumphs, there are tens of millions who fail, mute and deaf and insensate as vegetables tossed upon a vast garbage pile to rot.

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