Odds Bet

Famous quotes containing the words odds and/or bet:

    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)

    Devil: I’ll tell you what. You want to hedge your bet with me? Make eternity a little less ... hellish?
    Amanda: What did you have in mind?
    Devil: Did you see Rosemary’s Baby?
    Blake Edwards (b. 1922)