Sentences with phrase «thoughts of winning the lottery»

When it comes to envisioning our dream home it's often paired with thoughts of winning the lottery!

Not exact matches

A lot of people think that winning the lottery is their ticket to success, but I've got bad news for you.

Unfortunately, in the United States a majority of the population think the only way you can actually get rich is by winning the lottery.

I think the causal link between working hard and being successful is a very flimsy one — there's very little in the way of empirical evidence to back it up, even Buffet himself talks of winning the «ovarian lottery».

When I think of celebrities and money, many times they're like regular people who win the lottery.

To think that this reality show would somehow cure the ills of society is as likely as me winning the next lottery.

I may be having a pragmatic view on this but as I said, I want change, daydreaming about Silent Stan selling because some people protest against him is as good as me hoping to win the lottery... I think I have more chance of winning the lottery XD

If a civic organization in your community came to your house selling tickets for $ 5 for a new car, and every two out of 100 people would win, you would think those are pretty good odds; much better than the average lottery.

We all think we're going to win the lottery, but none of us think we're going to get cancer.

Well I guess that's two questiona but my chances of getting in to seeing him and then being picked to answer a question, well I think my chances of winning the lottery are probably about the same

«Sociality can be thought of as evolution's winning lottery ticket,» Hughes says.

In the weird world of probability, winning the lottery and being struck by lightning happen more often than you think, says mathematician David Hand

Yes, it sounds downright un-American, but study after study has revealed a surprising truth about the pursuit of happiness: None of the stuff we think will lift our spirits — new cars, new homes, even winning the lottery — actually does the trick in the long term.

But back then, the thought that I would ever feel comfortable enough to wear a dress — to expose my arms and legs and vulnerabilities to the world — felt as much of a pipe dream as winning the lottery or riding a unicorn.

I think the chance of meeting a serial killer is close to scoring on the lottery, these guys are very rare although it's probably not very pleasant to actually «score» and meet them as opposed to winning the lottery.

In 2005, I thought I had won the lottery when I secured the services of a British Literary Agent with my first fiction novel.

After some careful thought, I have compiled a list of what I might buy if I won the investment bank executive employment lottery!

«PLS accounts differ from a traditional savings account in that each participant has the opportunity to win a lottery in the form of money or prizes instead of earning a competitive interest rate on balances,» says Kate Lawton, brand manager with Filene Research Institute (FRI), a U.S. consumer financial think tank that worked with the Michigan Credit Union League and Doorways to Dream Fund to offer the first PLS in the U.S., in Michigan.

Unfortunately, in the United States a majority of the population think the only way you can actually get rich is by winning the lottery.

With the Powerball's jackpot growing to a near record - breaking high, some lottery players might already be thinking of what to do if they win.

I would be the first to defend to the death the right of morons to be morons, win the lottery and then drive fast cars around their back gardens, but I do think, given that we now have 24/7 TV, the Dave TV Channel and various other state sponsored opiates for the work shy, that the rest of us could be given serious coverage in a reasonably adult and serious way.

Think about it: if you were told you had a 97 % chance of winning the lottery, would you play?