Chance Quotes
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Nature's noblemen are everywhere,--in town and out of town, gloved and rough-handed, rich and poor. Prejudice against a lord, because he is a lord, is losing the chance of finding a good fellow, as much as prejudice against a ploughman because he is a ploughman.
Nathaniel Parker Willis
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A woman whose life is involved in the righteous rearing of her children has a better chance of keeping up her spirits than the woman whose total concern is centered in her own personal problems.
Ezra Taft Benson
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All those experiences were a chance to learn more about music. Playing with the Valley band is like such a "live" band. I mean, really, in many ways Bright Eyes is really a studio project. We form bands to tour, but it really is - you know, we take the songs and we figure out how to decorate them and it's all in the studio, we build the songs that way. Whereas Mystic Valley Band was the exact opposite, where everybody knows what they are gonna be playing on the song and there's sort of a general stylistic approach, and then it's just plug in and play.
Conor Oberst Bright Eyes
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If Despotism failed only for want of a capable benevolent despot, what chance has Democracy, which requires a whole population of capable voters.
George Bernard Shaw
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Number one - and I want you to emblaze this on your brain - you only have one chance to make a first impression.
Judy Sheindlin
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When you fight you are in a situation where failure can happen. This chance of failure forges your character in many ways.
Daniel Hudson
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If you are given a chance to be a role model, I think you should always take it because you can influence a person's life in a positive light, and that's what I want to do. That's what it's all about.
Tiger Woods
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One chance can make the rest of your career.
Finlay Dow-Smith
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In liberal logic, if life is unfair then the answer is to turn more tax money over to politicians, to spend in ways that will increase their chances of getting reelected.
Thomas Sowell
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Given the chance, i'll die like a baby, on some faraway beach, when the season's over.
Brian Eno Roxy Music
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If you're politically correct, chances are you're not coming to one of my shows. I get to go onstage and say things that everybody thinks all the time, but can't say out loud.
Russell Peters
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Nothing in nature is by chance... Something appears to be chance only because of our lack of knowledge.
Baruch Spinoza
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A man crawls into a tomb to die. A boy crawls in to live. You think that's chance?
Michelle Paver
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If you're not sure what you want, then hold back from making plans or responding to invitations until you have a chance to think about it.
Carolyn Hax
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There's not much chance the bond will fail.
Eric Johnson
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I respect Virgin Atlantic's brave and challenging attitude and the way it goes against the grain, so I jumped at the chance to be part of the first ever Gallery in the Air.
Ben Eine
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Think of every audition as a chance to perform and you will have fun doing it.
Erica Schroeder
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I'm just trying to get better. Playing with all of these vets gives me a chance to work on my game and learn things from them. Being able to play for coach Auriemma and all the other coaches, I can prove that I’ve gotten better since college.
Stefanie Dolson
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I want a kid to look at me and say, 'You know what, this man had no chance in life, but he stayed in there, and he worked hard. He dedicated himself, and he did it'.
Dillian Whyte
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Entertainment has seduced us into believing that we have a chance to live the life they live in the movies. Even the people in the movies don't live that life. It doesn't take 135 minutes to make a life, it takes almost a century. Everything doesn't depend on what happens in the next ninety seconds. Ever.
Seth Godin
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If you're lucky, and not a lot of actors are these days, you get the chance to create a character
William Hurt
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As I would soon learn myself, cleaning up what a parent leaves behind stirs up dust, both literal and metaphorical. It dredges up memories. You feel like you're a kid again, poking around in your parents' closet, only this time there's no chance of getting in trouble, so you don't have to be so sure that everything gets put back exactly where it was before you did your poking around. Still, you hope to find something, or maybe you fear finding something, that will completely change your conception of the parent you thought you knew.
Roz Chast
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These are tough games to play. We shared the puck and we wanted everyone to get a chance to score. Tough games to play in. We want close games. That is why we train so hard. We want to show our fans some even games.
Caroline Ouellette
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It is never right to do wrong in order to get a chance to do right.
Bob Jones, Sr.