Famous Quotes & Sayings

Christopher Traulsen

I think the odds are good. I would be surprised if he didn't (beat the S&P).

John Wilson

There are no secrets. We know what they like to do, they know what we like to do. We play them three times, and the odds are that we win at least one of those.

Robert Cormier

A writer must take risks, defy the odds, be a bit obsessed and a little mad.

Roger Martin

You need to be uncomfortable and apprehensive: True strategy is about placing bets and making hard choices. The objective is not to eliminate risk but to increase the odds of success.

William J. Clinton

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.

Walter Becker

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

Ursula K. Le Guin

Capitalism’s grow-or-die imperative stands radically at odds with ecology’s imperative of interdependence and limit. The two imperatives can no longer coexist with each other; nor can any society founded on the myth that they can be reconciled hope to survive. Either we will establish an ecological society or society will go under for everyone, irrespective of his or her status.

Robin McKinley

Never assume. Never make plans. Keep doing the press-ups and deep knee bends: you'll need all your strength and flexibility when your life suddenly implodes. Maybe it won't — some people do lead enchanted lives — but odds are that it will. Some time.

Warren Farrell

In brief, our genetic heritage is at odds with our genetic future. For the first time in human history, the qualities it takes to survive as a species are compatible with the qualities it takes to love.

Harley Shaiken

There are some very hard choices and no easy answers. This is a long way from over.

Bill Cowher

Whatever happens, and you kind of deal with the circumstances that you are dealt with. I think, at this point, that is the mindset that we have to have and we will deal with whatever decisions or other choices we have at that time. I am not going to waste any time thinking about that or talking about that.

Porter Goss

There is a leadership problem at the highest levels of the Clinton-Gore administration about focusing on the need for intelligence, making the commitment and the hard choices to put the dollars there.

Lana Stanley

What is encouraging to us is a lot of people seem to recognize that if they don't support the 'mom and pop stores' they will go away and then their only choices will be the 'big boxes' and they know that they won't be happy with those as their only choices.

Tom Wood

I think we showed a little character. We kind of hung in there and that was nice to see. We missed some shots and made some funny choices with what we wanted to do with the basketball, but we managed to win the game.

Gene Kimmelman

I think we are on a slippery slope to something that hopefully will be much better for consumers. Consumers could wind up with more choices and more control over what they spend and what they get.

Richard Wyckoff

The approach is not to limit the choice, but to provide a broader choice. It's appropriate to have choices that are indulgent and others that are better for you.

Richelle Mead

I don’t belong to anyone. I make my own choices." "And you’re with Adrian," said Dimitri. "But I was meant for you.

Richelle Mead

the choices we made today were templates for the future.

Dan Daly

I think we've just got to take a risk and go to the council.

Paul Browne

I think that we are talking about a very, very small risk -- but not zero.

Jorge Cantu

I didn't want to risk it. I'm sure it would have been a risk if I was to keep playing. Let it heal. ...I'll be back.

Source Unknown

He who stays in the valley will never see over the hill.

Robert Collier

Playing safe is probably the most unsafe thing in the world. You cannot stand still. You must go forward.

Richelle Mead

Any life worth living is going to have risks

Richelle Mead

Most good things come with the risk of something bad.

Richard Bach

Before you'll change, something important must be at risk.

Rose McGowan

I love Cate Blanchett: she takes risks, but is still refind.