#odds

I listen to a mixture of old jazz, contemporary, pop, some world beat stuff and various odds and ends. ↗

— Walter Becker

#contemporary #ends #i #jazz #listen

Think of success as a game of chance in which you have control over the odds. As you begin to master concepts in personal achievement, you are increasing your odds of achieving success. ↗

— Bo Bennett

#achieving #begin #chance #concepts #control

I'm going to be the nominee. It's very hard not to look at the recent polls and think that the odds are very high I'm going to be the nominee. ↗

— Newt Gingrich

#hard #high #i #look #nominee

If we do what is necessary, all the odds are in our favor. ↗

— Charles Buxton

#necessary #odds #our

But no, had I been successful in my 20s I would have been just fine. But it is nice to defy the odds. ↗

— Patricia Clarkson

#defy #fine #had #i #just

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

— Ron Fournier

#faced #great #impregnable #jefferson #lincoln

Sometimes the odds are against you-the director doesn't know what the hell he's doing, or something falls apart in the production, or you're working with an actor who's just unbearable. ↗

— Jessica Lange

#against #apart #director #doing #falls

Instead of an attic with a few test tubes, bits of wire and odds and ends, the attack on the atomic nucleus has required the development and construction of great instruments on an engineering scale. ↗

— Ernest Lawrence

#attack #attic #bits #construction #development

There will be no misgiving, no shrinking back, no calculation of overpowering odds, no terror of possible consequences, if you frankly accept the gift which God offers you tomorrow. ↗

— Joseph Barber Lightfoot

#back #calculation #consequences #frankly #gift

I'm trying to look at my blessings and how amazingly well against all odds things have turned out for me. ↗

— James Taylor

#amazingly #blessings #how #i #look