“This is the third time; I hope good luck lies in odd numbers. . . . There is divinity in odd numbers, either in nativity, chance or death.”
William Shakespeare
“In an odd way, all the appliances that the advertisers put out there, and said, `Buy this brand-new stove!', `Buy the fridge!' `Make Jell-O!', all that horrible nutrition that came up because of instant pudding, Jell-O, fish sticks, TV dinners, all of that that I had before dismissed as the death of our culture -- I realized that housewives wanted these things, because they wanted time back, ... A washing machine gave them time to do something else. It gave them time to read a book. ... A woman didn't want to cook all day. These things that were sold to Americans were actually a gift, in a very strange way. I really enjoyed having to blow that notion out of my head.”
Jane Anderson
“Maybe the odds were that that one wasn't going down this time. Honestly . . . we talked about this - you don't want to leave a whole lot of things to chance. You've got to find a way. And this basketball team has found a way.”
Wendy Larry
“I think if this were not an odd-numbered year, we would have great difficulties.”
John McCain
“The number of successful airline bankruptcies is fairly nominal, and the odds are really stacked against you. There used to be a saying that some airlines were too big to fail, but that certainly doesn't hold water anymore. There have been large carriers failing in bankruptcy for a while.”
Steve Stapleton
“Five percent is a real psychological number, there's no question about it. I think the odds are increasing that the stock market is due for a bit of a pullback. A close in the 10-year [bond yield] above 5% could be the catalyst for a bit of a short-term correction in equity prices.”
Michael Sheldon
“I've been on the third line my whole career. Our job is to crash and bang and get the odd goal now and then. A lot of times leadership comes from the third-line guys.”
Craig Stahl
