Odds/examples

Famous quotes containing the words odds and/or examples:

“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 (1906–1975)

“Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)