“How come "fat chance" and "slim chance" mean the same thing?” MeanChanceFatsSlimDumb Questions Author:Ziggy Marley
“The state of radio is not great. It's like playing the lottery. The chances of hitting are mind boggling slim.” MindStatesChanceRadioHittingLotterySlimMind Boggling Author:Teddy Thompson
“The oyster leads a dreadful but exciting life. Indeed, his chance to live at all is slim, and if he should survive the arrows of his own outrageous fortune and in the two weeks of his carefree youth find a clean smooth place to fix on, the years afterwards are full of stress, passion, and danger.” IfsShouldYearsTwoPassionChanceWeekDangerYouthExcitingStressCleanFortuneSmoothArrowsTwo WeeksOutrageousOystersSlimCarefreeExciting Life Book:Consider the Oyster Source: Consider the Oyster
“When it was first optioned, I was told that the chances of The Basic Eight becoming a film were slim because no one was making teen movies, and then later, I was told that the chances were slim because there were so many teen movies, and then I was later told that the chances were slim because teen films were over. I'm not sure when the magic window of opportunity was, but perhaps it's still on the horizon.” FirstsStillsFilmOpportunityChanceMagicBecomingWindowEightNot SureHorizonSlimWindow Of Opportunity Author:Daniel Handler
“The ultimate evil is the weakness, cowardice, that is one of the constituents of so much human nature. When, rarely, unalloyed nobility does occur, its chances of prevailing are slim. Yet it exists, and its mere existence is reason enough for not wiping the name of mankind off the slate.” HumansDoeReasonEnoughEvilNamesChanceExistenceMankindHuman NatureWeaknessUltimateMereHuman ConditionCowardiceNobilityPrevailingConstituentsSlateSlim Author:John Simon