Chance Quotes

• I don't believe in a law to prevent a man from getting rich; it would do more harm than good. So while we do not propose any war upon capital, we do wish to allow the humblest man an equal chance to get rich with everybody else.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • Don't Believe
  • Prevent
  • Propose

• It's my official role to represent BTS to the world, and it's been a chance for me to mature as a person, but behind the scenes, I'm just one of seven members, and I'm inspired by the others all the time.

  

  Kim Nam-joon BTS
  • Time
  • Person
  • Members

• First of all, just to get Diner made would have been an achievement in that I got a chance to direct.

  

  Barry Levinson
  • Chance
  • First
  • Achievement

• Evil is an attack against human spiritual development and enlightenment. All evil, badness, neurosis - it has one motive and one motive only, which is to destroy - to destroy your chance of arising above yourself.

  

  Vernon Howard
  • Evil
  • Spiritual
  • Enlightenment

• If I came across a role that is completely mainstream and commercial, but it's the right one, I'd jump at the chance.

  

  Kylie Minogue
  • Jump
  • Role
  • Mainstream

• With acting, I've always gotten by in life acting in situations. I'm a small person. I didn't have a chance to be a bully. But I could always act myself out of tough situations.

  

  T'Keyah Crystal Keymah
  • Life
  • Small
  • Myself

• I feel the only way I can survive is to spend a lot of time writing songs. I have to have incredible, killer songs that also are hits, or I just don't have a chance.

  

  Dan Hill
  • Time
  • Writing
  • Chance

• Better that you should take the chance of trying something that is close to your heart, you think is what you want to write, and if they do not publish it, put it in your drawer. But maybe another day will come and you will find a place to put that.

  

  Gay Talese
  • Trying
  • Heart
  • Day

• When you do a lot of acting your entire life, you see the entire set from one point of view. To have a chance to step back and pull it all together is really exciting. You want to do it all; you want to have a hand in everything.

  

  Danica McKellar
  • Life
  • Together
  • Hand

• It's not unusual for writers to look backward. Because that's your pool of resources. If you were to write something now, I bet there's a pretty good chance you'd call on your teenage years, your experiences then, stuff you learned then.

  

  Paul McCartney The Beatles
  • Good
  • Writing
  • Pretty

• Just inconsistent. But the positive part of it all is that the season's not over. (We've) still got a chance to get into the playoffs and start a new season. For us to tank it now would be crazy. (We're) definitely not going to give up. We've got a long way to go.

  

  Allen Iverson
  • Up
  • Long
  • Crazy

• I always say that polo, for you to pursue a career, mainly any sport, you have to be born in the right place. If you're born in Hawaii, you surf. If you're born in Austria, you probably will ski. If you're born in Argentina, you most likely ride horses and have a chance to play polo.

  

  Nacho Figueras
  • Career
  • Always
  • Ride

• We need to be agnostics first and then there is some chance at arriving at a sensible system of belief.

  

  D. Elton Trueblood
  • Chance
  • Belief
  • Agnostic

• The 13-episode model lends itself to a more serialised format, which is nice and gives writers a chance to breathe some space into it.

  

  Eddie Cahill
  • Nice
  • Space
  • Model

• Every action has a reaction. We've got one planet and one chance.

  

  Tim McIlrath Rise Against
  • Chance
  • Planet
  • Reaction

• You know when I first thought I might have a chance? When I realized that you could go into any bar in the country and insult Lyndon Johnson and nobody would punch you in the nose.

  

  Eugene McCarthy
  • Chance
  • Nose
  • Bar

• I'm lucky to come from a very musical family. If you put a record on and turn the volume up, there's a pretty good chance you'll have a lot of people dancing very quickly.

  

  Imelda May
  • People
  • Up
  • Good

• The process of rehearsal means you learn so much and really get the chance to develop your work on a character.

  

  Adam Garcia
  • Work
  • Character
  • Chance

• We need to give the Iraqis a chance to build their own future. It should be in their hands. It must be in their hands. That is what democracy is all about. We can teach it, we can explain it, but they must want it enough to make it work for them.

  

  Barbara Boxer
  • Work
  • Future
  • Democracy

• The longer you play, the better chance the better player has of winning.

  

  Jack Nicklaus
  • Player
  • Winning
  • Better

• Where no plan is laid, where the disposal of time is surrendered merely to the chance of incident, chaos will soon reign.

  

  Victor Hugo
  • Chaos
  • Incident
  • Laid

• The Christians had a better chance against the lions than the American consumer has against the OPEC cartel.

  

  Ed Markey
  • American
  • Chance
  • Better

• You can't say the public likes generic characters. Give others a chance, go for a more rooted and honest characterisation, take some risk, and then let the public choose.

  

  Randeep Hooda
  • Risk
  • Chance
  • Choose

• Chance is always powerful. Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be fish.

  

  Ovid
  • Powerful
  • Pool
  • Fish

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