You know, I THINK I did originally have some SORT of idea of maybe a Where Eagles Dare kind of mission against impossible odds, but it really sort of DIED before I had a chance to really go anywhere with it, and then just doing the BOOK was out of the question.

I've ALWAYS had a STRONG DESIRE to PROVE myself against ODDS.

You shouldn't have any betting in the locker room at all, whether it's BASEBALL or it's horses. You can't beat the horses. You can't beat any KIND of GAMBLING because they have the ODDS.

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.

It doesn't matter if that felony happened THREE WEEKS ago or thirty-five years ago - for the rest of your life, you've got to check that box, knowing FULL well the ODDS are sky-high your application is going straight to the trash.

The involuntary CHARACTER of psychiatric TREATMENT is at ODDS with the SPIRIT and ethics of medicine itself.

The story of Noah is self-contradictory, uncorroborated by INDEPENDENT historical evidence, and is generally at ODDS with EVERYTHING we KNOW about our planet's geology, BIOLOGY, and species diversity.

Scientists attach great importance to the human CAPACITY for spoken LANGUAGE. But we also have a PARALLEL track of nonverbal communication, which may reveal more than our CAREFULLY CHOSEN words, and sometimes be at odds with them.

I BEAT the ODDS, and I beat the odds so MANY TIMES.

Playing Hamidabai was an eyeopener to how MUCH we've lost in the evolution of our CULTURE and society. In many ways, she mirrors my PERSONAL LIFE journey, as a woman fighting to stay TRUE to her passion despite all odds.

If you are a GENIUS, you'll MAKE your own rules, but if not - and the ODDS are against it - GO to your desk no matter what your mood, face the icy challenge of the paper - write.

I'm TRYING to look at my blessings and how amazingly well against all ODDS things have TURNED out for me.

If you want to PROVIDE for your family, maybe SHOW BUSINESS is not a high degree of success. You will need to keep your day JOB until you make it, and know it's an odds thing just like the NFL. I personally wouldn't recommend anybody to go into this business.

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.