Famous quotes containing the words odd number, odd and/or number:
“This is the third time; I hope good luck lies in odd numbers.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Nothing odd will do long. Tristram Shandy did not last.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)
“No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition. It reduces their supporters to that tractable number which can be managed by the joint influences of fruition and hope. It offers vengeance to the discontented, and distinction to the ambitious; and employs the energies of aspiring spirits, who otherwise may prove traitors in a division or assassins in a debate.”
—Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881)