Opportunity Quotes
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If we will only allow that, as we progress, we remain unsure, we will leave opportunities for alternatives.
Richard Feynman -
I was brought up on a farm, and I've learned that every opportunity that I've had in my life has come from hard work and persistence.
Susan Bysiewicz
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I view real estate as the most intriguing opportunity that I've seen in my business lifetime.
Richard Rainwater -
Working on new projects gives you the opportunity to learn and absorb new things.
Michelle Ryan -
I think there's tremendous significance and opportunity in Americans seeing legally married gay couples treated with respect in our nation's capital.
Evan Wolfson -
People don't understand rural America. Sixteen percent of our population is rural, but 40 percent of our military is rural. I don't believe that's because of a lack of opportunity in rural America. I believe that's because if you grow up in rural America, you know you can't just keep taking from the land. You've got to give something back.
Tom Vilsack -
Actors have an opportunity to use storytelling as a way to solve pain.
Nicolas Cage -
I am convinced that the majority of American people do understand that we have a moral responsibility to foster the concepts of opportunity, free enterprise, the rule of law, and democracy. They understand that these values are the hope of the world.
Richard Lugar
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I expected that because we've got guys behind (Williams) that are ready to play and want to get out there. They had their opportunity to get out there and play and they did well.
Champ Bailey -
Action and flexibility create opportunity
Garrison Wynn -
The value of being silent: I never miss an opportunity to say nothing.
Garrison Wynn -
Nature is so huge. I mean, you can't even look one way! Everything is huge. That was my natural instinct, to create huge art, to create huge pieces. And to me, I still could create bigger works. The opportunity doesn't come along to do anything any bigger. So I've worked as big as I've had the opportunity to work, basically.
Willie Herron -
I am deeply concerned that Sri Lanka, despite the opportunity provided by the end of the war to construct a new vibrant, all-embracing state, is showing signs of heading in an increasingly authoritarian direction.
Navi Pillay -
Whether you fail or set the world on fire cannot make so very much difference if only you have the opportunity to try for it, to work for it, to think of nothing else!
Gertrude Atherton
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If we don't start thinking big about the CO2 problem, we may miss our opportunity to stop a climate runaway that will trash the habitable parts of the earth.
William H. Calvin -
But this Veterans Day, I believe we should do more than sing the praises of the bravery and patriotism that our veterans have embodied in the past. We should take this opportunity to re-evaluate how we are treating our veterans in the present.
Nick Lampson -
To be an actor in the society in Israel, you have to be ten times better than the Israeli Jews. To get the roles in mainstream theater or to get any role, not typecast as an Arab. And also if you are ten times better, not all the time you get the opportunity.
Ali Suliman -
You want to be a writer? A writer is someone who writes every day, so start writing. You don't have a job? Get one. Any job. Don't sit at home waiting for the magical opportunity. Who are you? Prince William? No. Get a job. Go to work. Do something until you can do something else.
Shonda Rhimes -
Difficulty creates the opportunity for self-reflection and compassion.
Suzan-Lori Parks -
When I got to LA and was with the James Gang, I got the opportunity to write a lot, to play in front of large audiences, make some money.
Tommy Bolin
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Public housing is more than just a place to live, public housing programs should provide opportunities to residents and their families.
Carolyn McCarthy -
I think he's got an opportunity to come in here and contribute right away. That's one of the reasons he chose Louisville is so he could play right away, immediately and hopefully have some impact.
Bobby Petrino -
I am so honoured to have been given this opportunity to become an Ambassador. It's a new and different venture for me and one that I know will widen my wider perspective on life. I'm in a position to use the recognition from my work to do something really positive for children.
Ewan McGregor -
No one would argue against the fact that L.A. leads the country in opportunities for being hip and pretentious.
Merrill Markoe