“The act, when vacuuming, of running over a string at least a dozen times, reaching over and picking it up, examining it, then putting it back down to give the vacuum one more chance.” GivingRunningChanceHumorousReachingStringsDozenVacuumsExamining Author:Rich Hall
“Things don't happen because they're bad or good, else all eggs would be addled or none at all, and at the most it is but six to the dozen. There's good chances and bad chances, and nobody's luck is pulled only by one string.” HappensWould BeChanceSixLuckEggsStringsDozenGood Chance Book:Felix Holt: The Radical Source: Felix Holt: The Radical
“A man who cannot win fame in big own age will have a very small chance of winning it from posterity. True, there are some half-dozen exceptions to this truth among millions of myriads that attest it; but what man of common sense would invest any large amount of hope in so unpromising a lottery?” MenBigsAgeWinningChanceCommonHalfMillionsAmountFameCommon SenseExceptionDozenPosterityLottery Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton