#odds

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

If I could offer but one helpful hint to young Hoosiers hoping to better their odds for success in life, I would simply note the importance of thoughtful reading. ↗

— Richard Lugar

#could #helpful #hint #hoosiers #hoping

And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods? ↗

— Thomas B. Macaulay

#better #die #facing #fathers #fearful

When I meet large women who walk with confidence and are articulate and really have an understanding of how they walk in this world, I love them so deeply for being able to overcome such unbelievable odds. ↗

— Camryn Manheim

#articulate #being #confidence #deeply #how

Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

#accomplish #against #courage #encountered #maintained

Incumbent White House parties have won 10 of the last 18 presidential elections; the odds are tight, but they favor Obama in 2012. And so gloomy Democrats, check your despair; gleeful Republicans, watch the hubris. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#democrats #despair #elections #favor #gloomy

I want to lift the audience to the miraculous in human nature. After all, we shouldn't be here, with all the odds against us in nature. It's kind of unusual and wonderful! ↗

— Paul Taylor

#against #audience #here #human #human nature