At Odds Quotes

Because she was seventeen, and still alive, against thousands of years' worth of odds.Because she knew enough to fear what the future would bring.

Production chains, how consumers can drive change: all these things may seem at odds with fashion, but arguably, they're not.

I think you have to have a little bit of a screw loose to think that you can [become an actor] because the odds are so against you. I was just crazy enough to think I could do it.

By using novels, I show ordinary kids confronting and overcoming great odds.

Sculpture may be almost anything: a monument, a statue, an old coin, a bas-relief, a portrait bust, a lifelong struggle against heavy odds.

It's a great challenge to come from little New Zealand and beat the odds in Hollywood.

Statistically, it would be insanity to go into the theatre for money. According to the statistics, you should just stay home. The odds are just incredible.

They say it is impossible but I've overcome the odds before.

For me, a great story is one in which the protagonist faces unimaginable odds; where the stakes are high that failure constitutes a disaster.

There is a great tradition of independent filmmaking in the U.S. that I absolutely respect. There's some wonderful stuff that comes out in this country against all the odds.

Hope was based on the unknown, and I liked knowing things. Like that I was going to fail. Failure had better odds.

As our planet faces seemingly insurmountable odds, we must find new ways to survive and thrive together.

Never sue the police. The odds are in their favour.

I don't take a lot of notice of odds.

The odds are so stacked against you to have a music career in a place where there's virtually no music industry. So I always attribute it to God.

There are no unbeatable odds, there are no believable gods.

If you criticize a fine genius, the odds are that you are out of your reckoning, and, instead of the poet, are censuring your owncaricature of him.

A word of advice, Will Henry. When a person of the female gender says she wants to show you something, run the other way. The odds are it is not something you wish to see.

A horrible script 99 percent of the time means a horrible movie. But if you start with a good script, odds are you're going to have a good movie.

Celebrity seems totally at odds with authentic community and honest, real sorts of relationships.

Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt faced adversities that, in their times, seemed impregnable. Great presidents overcome great odds.

You can increase the odds of spotting the weak points in your approach if you really think about the end-to-end business model you plan to follow - how you plan to create, capture, and deliver value.

Ain't nothing better, we beat the odds together.

Sometimes I think Ben is right, that the fantasy world is better because reality sucks...but then I look at Nikki and I believe that we can beat the odds.

Two Navy SEALs versus one angry seven-month-old," he mused, "The odds could go either way.

One slip. One slip in thousands. The odds had been entirely in her favor. But it hadn't mattered.

I feel like a young adult. In high school I never felt like my professional life and my personal life were at odds, because Rookie felt like the bridge.

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 but might let go again at any moment.

Some people do need to be held to account because some of the conduct is so widely at odds with our values. But making an example out of a few people would be a disservice.

As actors, if you get a pilot on HBO or on USA, your odds are good that it's going to get picked up.

Donald Trump became seen as a credible businessperson with a real track record, even though that was at odds with reality.

As project chief you are creating a narrative, a story, a good yarn. If you look at the process-journey that way, you and your gang will ... dramatically up the odds of a WOW outcome!

I knew Lee Harvey Oswald, and I knew Jack Kennedy. The odds against that-one person knowing all four of those men-must be astounding.

Volunteering is an act of heroism on a grand scale. And it matters profoundly. It does more than help people beat the odds; it changes the odds.

GLOUCESTER: I do not know that Englishman alive With whom my soul is any jot at odds, More than the infant that is born to-night: I thank my God for my humility.

The odds of not meeting in this life are so great that every meeting is like a miracle. It's a wonder that we don't make love to every single person we meet.

The odds will always favor the man with a plan

The odds seemed pretty long from where I was standing, certainly, but then again, I reminded myself, the history of science was in many ways an almanac of highly unlikely victories.

IF YOU DON'T GO AFTER WHAT YOU WANT

Stay hungry on the path you trod to overcome all odds though fate & the gods seem to pepper your plate with a barrage of sabotage.

Only someone who isn’t a fool stands a chance of not being bothered by being deemed a fool by a fool.

During your struggle society is not a bunch of flowers, it is a bunch of cactus.

Any impossibility turned into a possibility is magic.

Spirituality is keeping the spirit up against all odds and obstacles of life.

You will have to defy the odds, for you to be extraordinary.

You will have to defy the odds, for you to become extraordinary.

Why don't I just go against all reason, ignore past experiences and fall in love with you?

It's never the differences between people that surprise us. It's the things that, against all odds, we have in common.

Some of the greatest masterpieces of art are created against the odds of reality.from the book: stuff i think about

The door is always open for you. You just need to open your mind and walk into the heaven of love.