The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to certainty; the new therefore always appears in the guise of a miracle. – Hannah Arendt
What are the odds that a nuclear emergency like the one at Fukushima Dai-ichi could happen in the central or eastern United States? They’d have to be astronomical, right? – Bill Dedman
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
Clive Owen would be a fantastic James Bond. Any man who does it will have to weigh his odds – whether he can get in and get out. – Pierce Brosnan
Disclosure and transparency are the currency of the Internet, and they are at odds with authoritarianism. – Evan Osnos
When we got married, nobody gave it more than two weeks. There were bets all over the country, with astronomical odds against us. – Desi Arnaz
The odds against an adoptee ending up as the child of the President of the United States are staggering. But then, so are the odds against a movie star becoming president. – Michael Reagan
There’s this tendency to think of the individual and the collective are somehow at odds or separate. But I think that’s really false. We’re all both. And when the individual suffers, the collective suffers, and vice versa. – Eula Biss
When people say ‘that’s risky,’ or when the odds are not in my favor, I’m more motivated than ever. – Nash Grier
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
The generation that comes next is always going to rebel against the generation that came before, and they’re always going to be at odds with each other. – Jillionaire
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
Leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them. – Robert Jarvik
It’s like there was the Union, and then there’s the Union Management. In some of the strikes that I covered when I saw the strike starting to break, wasn’t necessarily when Management was giving in, more so than when the strikers were at odds with the Union Management. – Richard Grimes
The Jewish journey started in the land of Israel, and it always strove to return there against all odds and all limitations. – Reuven Rivlin
Necessity has been a priceless spur which has helped men to perform miracles against incredible odds. – Orison Swett Marden
As actors, if you get a pilot on HBO or on USA, your odds are good that it’s going to get picked up. – Tim DeKay
Anybody who is an entrepreneur is a person who essentially has impaired judgment. The odds of success are zilch. – Tom Peters