Famous Quotes & Sayings

You don't often get a chance to work side-by-side with someone who's already in the Hall of Fame.

Tom Watson

Today was uneventful, I hit very little close and when I did nothing went in. I need to have a good putting day to have a chance and salvage the tournament.

George Grey

All the principal people in the town are concerned in the slave trade, and their chief wealth consists in the number of slaves they possess; therefore there is little chance of the trade being, for many years, totally abolished.

Sydney Smith

Never talk for half a minute without pausing and giving others a chance to join in.

Terence

How often things occur by mere chance which we dared not even hope for.

Sam Walton

If everybody is doing it one way, there's a good chance you can find your niche by going exactly in the opposite direction.

Walter Dean Myers

Growing up in Harlem, I had the chance to practice with a Negro League team. At fifteen, I was over six feet tall and a fair athlete, but my skills didn't come close to some of the players I saw.

Wong Kar-wai

'Ashes of Time' was my third film, and as a young director at that point, it's not very often that you have the chance to make a big martial arts film, so of course I jumped at this opportunity.

Ward Churchill

If I can't drive my old pickup to wherever I'm going, well, chances are good that I just won't go.

Avan Jogia

If I've been dating someone for, say, five months, and she cheats on me, I don't think it would be worth it. I'm not committed enough to the situation to give her a second chance.

Atifete Jahjaga

The power of women in the politics is a soft power. It is a positive change that our country and other countries in the region... are making by giving a chance to women.

Brad Thor

My number one goal as a thriller writer is to entertain you. But I've got a chance to not only entertain people, but have them close my book and be smarter having read it.

Betty Wright

When I started out, even though you had your rhythm section, they were big horn sections, strings, live people laying on every part of the floor in the studio waiting for their chance to get on that one little track.

Tom Riley

University was a chance to people-watch and to mix with people from all various walks of life, which as an actor is a great experience because you get to observe people.

Tony La Russa

If you're a coach, and you don't have trust with players, you've got no chance, and your credibility is zero. And that's why it's so important to tell them the truth. If you have something that you're upset about, tell them the truth. If they're doing something wrong, tell them the truth.

Wednesday night we have a chance of snow or rain and temperatures will be in the low 30s. That will continue into Thursday, but it's not going to be a big storm. It's going to be more of a nuisance - there shouldn't be any accumulation that effects anything in a negative way.

Cindy Nelson

We were all really hopeful that she had a really good chance of cure. During remission, you get scans every three months. They follow you (with less frequent scans) for the rest of your life.

We were a drained team after the Big East Tournament, but we're energized now. There's only one championship we have a chance to win, and that's this one. What we're doing right now is a springboard to the future for this program. There are guys in this locker room who will win a national championship, and that can all start right here.

We were able to play very good defense from the get-go, and on the offensive line we were able to control people. Ultimately, when you do that, you've got a chance to be in it wherever you are. Mentally, our offensive line is much stronger, and they just keep getting better every week in that respect.

Anson Carter

We were able to match their intensity early and we got some big chances late.

We definitely know it's another chance. We lost the regular season, but coming out in the (Big East) tournament, we have another chance to show what we're made of.

Jimmy Rollins

We definitely knew Ryan Howard was a slugger. He's definitely proven that now that he's getting a chance to play.

We definitely have a chance to win these games. We're going to do what it takes to try to get that done to win a couple games this week.

We definitely had our chances, especially in the first half. Miracle normally does better with chances like that, but tonight, they finished and we didn't.

We definitely see him having a chance of being a back-of-the-bullpen guy. He has a plus-plus fastball.

We gave them too many chances on the power play, that's for sure. That hurt us.

Mike White

We gave them too many chances and they capitalized on them. We held them to field goals twice after fumbles and three points is better than six, but you can't give a team that many chances.

Mike White

We gave them too many chances and they capitalized on them, ... We held them to field goals twice after fumbles and three points is better than six, but you can't give a team that many chances.

We gave them lots of chances at the end. I think our quickness was the deciding factor in the game.

We gave them chances to come back, and they did. I give them credit. You have to learn how to finish a team, and we didn't do a very good job.

Jarome Iginla

We don't know the exact secret, it's about sticking with it and staying positive. It's not just being in front, we had legitimate chances in front of the net, we had two-on-ones.

We don't know how long he's going to be here. But he may not get another chance so we have to do what we do.

We worked very hard to shore up the defense. The offense made a lot of progress. It felt like we had a good chance to compete.