Chance Quotes
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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.
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We simply thought that we would be considerably poorer in Europe if we didn't have the sacred buildings of earlier epochs. It's still possible to experience the Gothic period, not to mention the Romantic. Only nothing remains of the industrial age. So we thought that our photos would give the viewer the chance to go back to a time that is gone forever.
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You only get one chance at life and you have to grab it boldly.
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For a filmmaker, it's a rare chance to do a personal film on a big canvas.
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Chance is always powerful. Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be fish.
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You're not going to get a chance to vote for me on the ballot, but you can actually vote for what I believe in.
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We should fight terror, by all means, but not at the cost of cutting off any chance of talks with the pragmatists.
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We need to be agnostics first and then there is some chance at arriving at a sensible system of belief.
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Work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed.
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It was always my dream, to do a leading role on Broadway. It's what I went to college to do, in hopes of one day someone taking a chance on me and saying, 'You know what? You're going to be our girl.'
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I'll not meddle with it; it is a dangerous thing; it makes a man a coward; a man cannot steal, but it accuseth him; a man cannot swear, but it checks him; a man cannot lie with his neighbor's wife, but it detects him. 'Tis a blushing, shame -faced spirit, that mutinies in a man's bosom ; it fills one full of obstacles; it made me once restore a purse of gold that by chance I found; it beggars any man that keeps it; it is turned out of all towns and cities for a dangerous thing; and every man that means to live well endeavors to trust to himself and live without it.
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Having a chance to be someone other than yourself and to act out stuff that makes people look at you, like, wow, and that's why I love acting so much.
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The longer you hang in there, the greater the chance that something will happen in your favor. No matter how hard it seems, the longer you persist, the more likely your success.
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If we can abandon our missionary zeal we have less chance of being eaten by cannibals.
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We want a vehicle that ... can gain as much support from the delegation as possible and the support of the House so that we have a realistic chance of passing legislation that protects Florida.
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I'm just thrilled and kind of honored that I still get the chance to do what I love, because that really is the definition of success.
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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.
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You always end up with too much, so it's good to be part of the conversation about not just what you can omit, but how you are going to do the grammar of the omission, how you make things continue to work when there's something missing. It's your last chance to rewrite.
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I just haven't really had a chance to allow it to sink in, ... There's going to come a time when reality hits me. It's going to be a while before I can help my teammates. That's going to be hard for me.
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It would be a pity if, frustrated by the price of travel, we elected to become a society that never made contact, that never gave SETI a fair chance.
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Splitting the atom is like trying to shoot a gnat in the Albert Hall at night and using ten million rounds of ammunition on the off chance of getting it. That should convince you that the atom will always be a sink of energy and never a reservoir of energy.
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I always rewrite each day up to the point where I stopped. When it is all finished, naturally you go over it. You get another chance to correct and rewrite when someone else types it, and you see it clean in type. The last chance is in the proofs. You're grateful for these different chances.
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Give peace a chance.
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The first time Adam had a chance, he laid the blame on women.
