Chance Quotes

• Sailboat racing becomes a game of chance only when you are not prepared

  

  Buddy Melges
  • Game
  • Chance
  • Sailboat

• Given an opportunity, Modi has violated the freedom of press both in letter and spirit. He destroys freedom of the press whenever he gets a chance.

  

  Kapil Sibal
  • Freedom
  • Opportunity
  • Chance

• The one thing I think I've noticed about shows that are supposed to be funny on television is that they've sort of become routinized, so there's an awful lot of mannerisms and joke lines that are sort of there to trigger laughter, rather than give actors a chance to play a moment.

  

  Alan Alda
  • Funny
  • Actors
  • Laughter

• For those whose lives have been turned upside down by Chinese drywall, we're trying to give them a chance to seek justice.

  

  Ted Deutch
  • Trying
  • Justice
  • Chinese

• I think it's important to take a break, you know, from the public eye for a while, and give people a chance to miss you. I want longevity. I don't want to get out there and run myself ragged and spread myself thin.

  

  Aaliyah
  • People
  • Important
  • Myself

• 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.

  

  Tom Stoppard
  • Up
  • Good
  • Work

• I never stood a chance. He stole your heart first.

  

  Abbi Glines
  • Never
  • Chance
  • Stood

• The best thing about living... Is the chance to keep on doing it!

  

  Lena Horne
  • Chance
  • Living
  • Thing

• 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.

  

  Quinton Aaron
  • People
  • Like
  • Act

• The more completely we focus our attention on our Creator and Lord, the less chance there is of our being distracted by creatures.

  

  Saint Ignatius
  • Attention
  • Focus
  • Chance

• When I was I kid, there were so many different things that I wanted to be. As an actor, I get a chance to be all of those things, at least for a couple of days, which is fun.

  

  Navid Negahban
  • Different
  • Fun
  • Couple

• You only get one chance at life and you have to grab it boldly.

  

  Bear Grylls
  • Life
  • You
  • Chance

• Even if there's a tiny tiny chance, isn't that worth going for it?

  

  Louis Tomlinson One Direction
  • Ifs
  • Tiny
  • Going For It

• The first time Adam had a chance, he laid the blame on women.

  

  Nancy Astor
  • Time
  • Women
  • Chance

• As an artist, you have to work really, really hard because you gotta make something that will allow people to even take the chance to even listen to it, you know?

  

  Zendaya
  • People
  • Work
  • Chance

• For a filmmaker, it's a rare chance to do a personal film on a big canvas.

  

  Ang Lee
  • Film
  • Bigs
  • Canvas

• Whatever character you play, it gives you the chance to expose another side of yourself that maybe you've never felt comfortable with, or never knew about.

  

  Laura Dern
  • Character
  • Chance
  • Yourself

• 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.

  

  Ernest Hemingway
  • Chance
  • Rewrite
  • Finoshed

• If we can abandon our missionary zeal we have less chance of being eaten by cannibals.

  

  Carl Whitaker
  • Chance
  • Zeal
  • Cannibals

• Forgiveness, which is the place that every story turns, the chance we give each other.

  

  Beth Kephart
  • Chance
  • Story
  • Forgiveness

• I confess I am a romantic. I love romance, and I think it's really fun and delicious and some of my favorite films are love stories. I think that you just get a chance to fall in love with the characters so much and you get to explore their lives so deeply.

  

  Rachel McAdams
  • Fun
  • Romantic
  • Favorite

• 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.

  

  Gabe Kapler
  • Chance
  • Allow
  • Sink

• I'm struggling with what is epic. People decided I was epic - if by epic, do you mean a big, heavy book? 'David Copperfield' is a big book - is it epic? Amount of time covered, length, drama, or story - that's the real appeal - if the story is long you have a better chance of becoming more connected.

  

  Patrick Rothfuss
  • People
  • Time
  • Long

• However, when given the chance, many people choose cocaine over love. I wouldn’t say that’s a bad choice. The endorphins released during infatuation are similar to heroin. OxyContin, “the cuddling hormone,” most often found in new mothers and newlyweds, is like ecstasy; every touch tingles. I think I read that somewhere. Love exists in powder. Love exists in pills. We are all addicts.

  

  Pete Wentz Fall Out Boy
  • People
  • Bad
  • Choice

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