I'm not a good flyer. Because I do it so much, I think the odds of something going wrong are not in my favour.
I know of no higher fortitude than stubborness in the face of overwhelming odds.
Founders are often great storytellers because they're in the business of constantly selling a dream against all odds.
Life is a gamble, at terrible odds - if it was a bet you wouldn't take it.
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.
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.
The odds of me coming into the rocket business, not knowing anything about rockets, not having ever built anything, I mean, I would have to be insane if I thought the odds were in my favor.
Run the Jewels, our role is this: We can provide some music and some swagger in the face of doom and in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds.
Having won re-election convincingly and against the economic odds, President Obama quickly made good on his promise of maintaining taxes as they are for the middle class while raising them on the wealthiest Americans.
Necessity has been a priceless spur which has helped men to perform miracles against incredible odds.
Any cut to Pell Grants means low-income must take out additional loans or work longer hours - risk factors that increase their odds of dropping out of school.
By unwillingly robbing post-conflict nations of their most talented people, we in Europe are improving the odds these states fail, and feed the vicious circle of future conflicts.
At 18, I could have not been here. I could have been another statistic. All the odds were in favour of my just going to prison at that age. I had no visions of being a superstar.
Shimon Peres was the greatest living example of an unshakable belief in the pursuit of peace against all odds.
Leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them.
