#sure thing

The reason I dislike talking about the creative process is that I do have a creative process that is a winner and it's a sure thing. ↗

— Garth Hudson

#creative #creative process #dislike #i #i do

Chemistry cannot be manufactured or forced, so Wild Flag was not a sure thing, it was a 'maybe,' a 'possibility.' But after a handful of practice sessions, spread out over a period of months, I think we all realized that we could be greater than the sum of our parts. ↗

— Carrie Brownstein

#cannot #chemistry #could #flag #forced

Everyone is looking for the sure thing. They are looking to hedge their bet. They think the way to do that is to go with a proven quantity, a remake of something you have already seen. That is their mindset. ↗

— Leonard Maltin

#bet #everyone #go #hedge #looking

The thinnest I've ever been was after I had my appendix out, during the London run of The Seagull. I went down to 112 pounds and realized my brain doesn't work when I'm that thin, so I can't do my job. That's why, when I came out here, I never had that whole Hollywood pressure thing. ↗

— Carey Mulligan

#appendix #been #brain #came #down

It's a pretty sure thing that the player's bat is what speaks loudest when it's contract time, but there are moments when the glove has the last word. ↗

— Brooks Robinson

#contract #glove #last #loudest #moments

When you're expected to win and you have the press saying that you are going to win the Olympic gold medal, and you're the only sure thing in the Olympics, it can undermine your confidence. ↗

— Scott Hamilton

#expected #going #gold #gold medal #medal

No, I'm not a horse better. Every once in a while somebody will give me a sure thing and of course it's not. ↗

— M. Emmet Walsh

#course #every #give #give me #horse

There is nothing so uncertain as a sure thing. ↗

— Scotty Bowman

#sure #sure thing #thing #uncertain

The only sure thing about luck is that it will change. ↗

— Bret Harte

#change #luck #only #sure #sure thing

There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing. ↗

— Robert Burns

#sure #sure thing #thing #uncertainty