Opportunity Quotes
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Doing things outside of the traditional fashion gives me the opportunity to bring a fresh eye to unexpected markets.
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Jefferson, though the secret vote was still unknown at the time had at least a foreboding of how dangerous it might be to allow the people to share a public power without providing them at the same time with more public space than the ballot box and with more opportunity to make their voices heard in public than on election day. What he perceived to be the mortal danger to the republic was that the Constitution had given all power to the citizens, without giving them the opportunity of being citizens and of acting as citizens.
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It's nice to be rewarded. If I get more ice time, I get more opportunity. I know if I play more I can contribute to the team. I want to be a bigger factor than I've been.
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All the directors that I've had the opportunity to work with are fantastic.
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I believe the Republican Party is the party of the open door. Our party is the party of opportunity and freedom and equality, and it always will remain such.
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I have no complaints at all, ... We knew exactly what we had to do. We had an opportunity to do it. We just fell a little bit short. We knew what the rules were.
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Size and synergies between the different segments of the company matter. As far as we are concerned, the Internet is broadening our opportunity, as well as for other big media companies with huge resources in sports, entertainment and news. There's just more opportunity.
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One of the many things I love about Daenerys from Game of Thrones is she's given me an opportunity to fly the flag for young girls and women, to be more than just somebody's wife and somebody's girlfriend.
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Opportunity has never knocked on my door as far as I can recall.
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I love the opportunity to shoot digital because you can shoot so many takes, it's really malleable, it's a ton of fun, and it is easy.
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An important factor influencing intergenerational mobility and trends in inequality over time is economic opportunity.
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It's better to get smart than to get mad. I try not to get so insulted that I will not take advantage of an opportunity to persuade people to change their minds.
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Fools sit down and wait for an opportunity; sensible men make one.
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But for the most part, love is a recognition, an opportunity to say, 'There is something about you I cherish.
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The legacy of Ronald Reagan will live on forever. I, of course, had the wonderful opportunity of working with him and getting to know him personally. A more wonderful person you couldn't meet. I think the coming down of the Berlin Wall will always live in infamy. I treasure his friendship and appreciate so much what he did for me personally and for the issue of reducing gun violence.
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Remember, the Bank of Japan has to establish its credibility as an independent player in the financial markets and this was an opportunity they could not resist.
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Every game is an opportunity to measure yourself against your own potential.
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Accept the fact that life presents us with opportunities to find more than one "one", and that you have learned a mighty life lesson when the next one comes along.
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Difficulty creates the opportunity for self-reflection and compassion.
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As a practical matter, every immigrant needs to master English to be a full participating citizen and to have full economic opportunity.
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Employees represent an opportunity to inspire not a burden to carry.
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I would like to do a science fiction film some day. Star Wars seems really to have destroyed the genre, which at one time offered great musical opportunities.
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Certainly, if we believe in democracy and democratic systems, when Benazir Bhutto failed to pass any legislation, really, at all in her first two years in government during her first term and in fact had a tenure that was marked not only by gross corruption but by human rights abuses, that should have been a time for people to say, "Well, OK, we've given you an opportunity and you haven't bettered the institutions, you haven't strengthened the democratic cause - we may not vote you back."
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I loved doing 'Pennies from Heaven.' Because you have to understand that I'd been doing comedy for 15 to 20 years, and suddenly along came the opportunity to do this beautiful film. It was so emotional to me. I loved it. I don't think it was a good career move, but I have no regrets about doing it.
