“Rewriting is the essence of writing well: it's where the game is won or lost. The idea is hard to accept. We all have emotional equity in our first draft; we can't believe that it wasn't born perfect. But the odds are close to 100 percent that it wasn't.” WritingFirstsBelieveWellsIdeasHardGamesLostBornPerfectAcceptingEmotionalPercentEssenceOddsEquityRewritingWriting Well Author:William Zinsser
“Historically, the stock market is like a gambling casino with the odds in your favor. Over the long pull, stocks are given something like nine and a half to ten percent compounded per year. The banks have probably given you something in the order of four to five.” YearsLongOrderGivenHalfFiveFourTenPercentInvestingFavorsNineGamblingOddsCasinos Author:Burton Malkiel
“And if ten percent of men are gay and twenty percent of men are Chinese, what are the odds that a men chosen at random spends his free time and mealtime while on his knees.” IfsMenHumorFunnyGayTenPercentTwentiesChosenChineseKneesOddsFree Time Author:Bo Burnham
“We thought that the odds of things working OK were up in the upper 90 percent or we wouldn't have gone. But the - there were some problems cropped up on the flight but was able to take care of those OK and - although they were things that we hadn't really trained that much for. But it was the time of the Cold War and so there were was a lot of pressure on the - to get going and the Russians were claiming that they were - Soviets were claiming they were ahead of us in technology.” WarProblemCareAbleTechnologyGoneColdPercentPressureTake CareFlightOddsCold War Author:John Glenn
“A horrible script 99 percent of the time means a horrible movie. But if you start with a good script, odds are you're going to have a good movie.” IfsMeanPercentScriptsHorribleOddsGood Movie Author:Ricky Schroder
“So Haymitch, what do you think of the games have one hundred percent more competitors than usual?” asks Caesar. Haymitch shrugs. “I don’t see that it makes that much difference. They’ll still be one hundred percent as stupid as usual, so I figure my odds will be roughly the same.” ThinkingStillsAsksGamesDifferencesStupidFiguresPercentHundredUsualOddsCompetitorsHaymitch Author:Suzanne Collins