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Definition of Odds
Odds

Difference in favor of one and against another; excess of one of two things or numbers over the other; inequality; advantage; superiority; hence, excess of chances; probability.

Quarrel; dispute; debate; strife; -- chiefly in the phrase at odds.

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Odds Quotations

If children have the ability to ignore all odds and percentages, then maybe we can all learn from them. When you think about it, what other choice is there but to hope? We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up, or Fight Like Hell.
Lance Armstrong

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

I asked no odds and I give none. A guy got in my way, I run over him.
Enos Slaughter

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

Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.
Orison Swett Marden

Odds Translations

odds in French is dissemblance
odds in German is Ungleichheit, Chancen
odds in Italian is disuguaglianza
odds in Spanish is posibilidades
odds in Swedish is utsikter


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