Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kenneth Branagh

Many of us live in dysfunctional families, and so even if it's in a fairy tale, or perhaps because it's in a fairy tale, we have a chance to look at that side of our reflected lives differently.

This would increase the chance of getting a good transplant.

This would have been huge. I don't think it damaged our chances for the NCAA Tournament, but it's an opportunity missed.

This work is giving us a chance to evaluate and see what we have. What we're trying to do is to get every edge we can.

Drew Seeley

The proposal is the only thing that the guy has control over in the entire wedding deal. It is your one chance to make this moment stand out, not only for you, but for her.

William Cowper

Tis hard if all is false that I advance, A fool must now and then be right, by chance

Tim played quarterback as a freshman. So we decided to give him a chance on the play and it worked.

Traditionally, whether presidents are portrayed as tough warriors or not, you'll see his soft side, but largely manifested through the largely different role of the president's wife. She'll have to have a husband, and chances are they can't present her as an emasculating wife.

Mike Birbiglia

As a comedian, you want people to like you. That's part of why you're there in the first place: You have this unquenchable need to be liked, and then when you divert from that and take a chance at doing something that has moments of fierce unlikeability, you can hit some real low points.

Mika Brzezinski

Don't push away that chance if you're one of the lucky ones who find that partner. And remember, you can always change a job. I hear it's much harder to switch out a husband.

Charlize Theron

I guess there are very few actors that I've worked with that I would like to work with again. You never think you'll have that chance and, if we didn't do Italian Job together, there wouldn't be another one that could be right.

Chuck Todd

The big post-election story if Obama wins the presidency will be in the hands of the ethically embattled Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich. He's not very popular, and has a chance to use his power to appoint an Obama replacement as a step in the direction of political rehabilitation.

Chuck Todd

Forget the historic nature of his election having to do with skin color - Obama has an opportunity offered to few presidents: the chance to set the course of the nation for decades, if not generations, to come. Who knows: perhaps in the near future, our grandchildren will spend money with Obama's face on it.

E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax

He who leaves nothing to chance will do few things poorly, but he will do few things.

Carine Roitfeld

When in doubt, wear a suit. Look at male politicians: you see them in a suit, and they look fine. But if you see a picture of them on the weekend or on vacation, there's a good chance they look terrible and unstylish.

Cynthia Ozick

In books, as in life, there are no second chances. On second thought: it's the next work, still to be written, that offers the second chance.

Catherine Hicks

One of the reasons you take a role is because it's something you always wanted to do, from going to the movies as a kid. I always wanted to do a 1950s movie, for example. And I got a chance to be in 'Peggy Sue Got Married.' I would have taken only one line of dialogue to be in that.

We played well in a short yardage situation early on, but we were not able to dig ourselves out of the hole. We had a chance to take some momentum back, but we did not execute." ()

We played well enough to win the game - we just couldn't get it done. We had chances until the end.

Rafael Benitez

We played well, created chances and scored goals.

Hines Ward

We play them twice a year and we know them. We'll take our chances going to Cincinnati. ... It's not going to be easy, but we're more comfortable with them.

We play some pretty good teams in that time so we have a chance to pick up some pretty good wins.

Tamba Hali

We played with a lot of penalties. We played stupid, hitting guys when they're still out of bounds. We had a lot of chances to get off the field.

We played as hard as we could. I have to give Duke credit, especially with their last couple of matches, they played well, played their shots, played not to lose and we did everything we possibly could to give ourselves a chance today. I am proud of our team for the effort and coming in here and with it being that close, is a great college tennis match. Even though we lost, we got a lot better today with the effort we put forth. Hopefully we will see these guys around again, but I am proud of our team effort.

We played a lot better than we did a week ago in the conference. The girls worked hard all week and improved on some things. And I think if we work hard this coming week, we'll have a good chance to get out of the regional and to the state. So I'm pretty happy to be coming out of the sectional.

Tomas Vokoun

We played a little better, but we still have critical defensive breakdowns. You can't give a good team as many chances as we did.

Lindy Ruff

We played a good third period. We probably had five or six real good chances when we had them on their heels, we had some great opportunities.

Billy Wagner

We played 160 games to have a chance to get to the playoffs, and the next two ballgames will be the most important games of the whole year. We're watching the scoreboard. We need help right now to get into the playoffs.

We probably created more chances in the first half. We weren't able to finish the play.

Hines Ward

We practice that. He gave me a chance to make a play.

I can only say that I have good personal relations with all secretaries of state with whom I have a chance to work.

Tony Levin

John was great to work with, and a lot of fun. I wish I'd had the chance to make more music with him, of course, and to get to know him better.

Victor LaValle

I couldn't get a date, but I couldn't be quite sure how unattractive I'd become. I was still friendly; I made jokes, and in my mind, if I saw a woman smiling at me... I still had a chance. I did not.