Quotes with knights-odds

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  • Adolf Hitler Generals think war should be waged like the tourneys of the Middle Ages. I have no use for knights; I need revolutionaries.
    Adolf Hitler
    German politician (1889 - 1945)
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  • Arnold Palmer Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.
    Arnold Palmer
    American golf player (1929 - 2016)
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  • Mark Twain A man can seldom - very, very, seldom - fight a winning fight against his training; the odds are too heavy.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Brendan I. Koerner According to Ted Watt's 'The First Labor Day Parade,' the September date was chosen because it coincided with a Knights of Labor conference in New York, thus guaranteeing a sizable turnout for the festivities.
    Brendan I. Koerner
    American author (1974 - )
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  • Thomas B. Macaulay 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
    American essayist and historian (1800 - 1859)
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  • Benjamin Disraeli Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.
    Benjamin Disraeli
    English statesman and writer (1804 - 1881)
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  • Sean O'Casey Here we have bishops, priests, and deacons, a Censorship Board, vigilant librarians, confraternities and sodalities, Duce Maria, Legions of Mary, Knights of this Christian order and Knights of that one, all surrounding the sinner's free will in an embattled circle.
    Sean O'Casey
    Irish Dramatist (1880 - 1964)
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  • Jesse Jackson I am not a perfect servant. I am a public servant doing my best against the odds. As I develop and serve, be patient. God is not finished with me yet.
    Jesse Jackson
    American Clergyman, Civil Rights Leader (1941 - )
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  • Khaled Hosseini I suspect the truth is that we are waiting, all of us, against insurmountable odds, for something extraordinary to happen to us.
    And the Mountains Echoed
    Khaled Hosseini
    Afghan-born American novelist and physician (1965 - )
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  • Arnold Palmer I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.
    Arnold Palmer
    American golf player (1929 - 2016)
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  • Henry Kissinger If we do what is necessary, all the odds are in our favor.
    Henry Kissinger
    American politician (1923 - 2023)
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  • Jay Levinson If you don't believe in your product, of if you're not consistent and regular in the way you promote it, the odds of succeeding go way down. The primary function of the marketing plan is to ensure that you have the resources and the wherewithal to do what it takes to make your product work.
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  • Brett Hoebel If you don't have an emotional connection to why you are trying to accomplish your goals, the odds are you won't reach them or will quit trying.
    Brett Hoebel
    American personal trainer
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  • Tom Stoppard Life is a gamble at terrible odds, if it were a bet, you would not take it.
    Tom Stoppard
    Czech Playwright (1937 - )
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  • Matthew Prior Odds life! must one swear to the truth of a song?
    Matthew Prior
    British diplomat, poet (1664 - 1721)
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  • Bill Bradley Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds. Athletes, in times of difficulty, can be important role models.
    Bill Bradley
    American former professional basketball player and politician (1943 - )
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  • Billy Beane The math works. Over the course of a season, there's some predictability to baseball. When you play 162 games, you eliminate a lot of random outcomes. There's so much data that you can predict: individual players' performances and also the odds that certain strategies will pay off.
    Billy Beane
    American baseball player (1962 - )
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  • Hannah Arendt 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.
    Hannah Arendt
    German-born American political theorist (1906 - 1975)
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  • Benny Hill The odds against there being a bomb on a plane are a million to one, and against two bombs a million times a million to one. Next time you fly, cut the odds and take a bomb.
    Benny Hill
    English comedian, actor and singer (1924 - 1992)
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  • Elizabeth Barrett Browning The world's male chivalry has perished out, but women are knights-errant to the last; and, if Cervantes had been greater still, he had made his Don a Donna.
    Elizabeth Barrett Browning
    English poet (1806 - 1861)
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