Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kendall Jenner

I am so grateful to Marc Jacobs, Riccardo Tisci, Karl Lagerfeld, and Katie Grand, who took a chance on me that first season and gave me an opportunity.

Kuno Becker

I've been doing mostly independent films, and things like 'Goal' give me a chance to have more options.

John Stuart Mill

The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.

Lance Gross

I went to Howard University and majored in Film Production and minored in Acting. I turned down an opportunity to go pro in Track & Field to do this - I took a chance with this.

Larry Fitzgerald

For me, take Tiger Woods. I always thought he was great, but I never truly understood how good he was until I had the chance to go to Tiger Woods Golf Camp. He taught me how to swing and was hitting the ball, and this dude was unreal.

Katherine Anne Porter

Our being is subject to all the chances of life. There are so many things we are capable of, that we could be or do. The potentialities are so great that we never, any of us, are more than one-fourth fulfilled.

Kate Reardon

A good education gives you confidence to stick up your hand for anything - whether it is the job you want, or the bloke. And the more you stick up your hand, the better your chances are that you will get what you want.

Gail Sheehy

We really only have two choices. Play it safe, or take a chance. For me, pulling back because of fear has always made me feel worse.

Gary David Goldberg

I was a guy who showed up for work and took the chance for finding out whether I could do it or not... I'd like to think I made my success not at the expense of anyone. Success was accidental.

Garry Kasparov

I think our chances are not looking great today but the only way to fail for me is just not to try.

Lewis Thomas

Very few recognize science as the high adventure it really is, the wildest of all explorations ever taken by human beings, the chance to glimpse things never seen before, the shrewdest maneuver for discovering how the world works.

Kirk Cameron

You really need to decide, if you're an actor in Hollywood, whether you want to be faithful to the Lord or you want to be popular, because chances are you're not going to be both.

I had a long period of writing what I think of as 'save the world' novels. 'Fledgling' was a chance to play.

Ted Ligety

I feel very confident in my skiing. I know I have a good chance to win any race I start.

Robert Zoellick

We are going to have to give these people a chance to get back on their feet.

Elon Musk

If we're going to have any chance of sending stuff to other star systems, we need to be laser-focused on becoming a multi-planet civilisation.

Eric Balfour

Every little opportunity and chance that I get to be on a set, to be a director, to utilize the skill sets that I already have and to learn what I don't know, and to see how I can improve upon that is just a really great opportunity for me.

Erin McKean

For me, conferences are like little mental vacations: a chance to go visit an interesting place for a couple of days, and come back rested and refreshed with new ideas and perspectives.

Joe Nedney

Whenever you're in my job, you're just grateful for opportunities, whenever and wherever they arise. The chance to do this job can be taken away really quickly, and sometimes it's not because of anything you did.

When you're a major college football coach and your son is a major college football player, the chances of being together for the holidays are slim to none. But we had talked about this happening.

When you reach a milestone like 25 years, it gives you a chance to stick your chest out and say, 'Hey, we're still here, we're still a pretty neat building,'

Gary Smith

We had chances early but they scored five minutes into the second half and that just destroyed us.

We had chances early, and we had them late. We played good defense, and we'll be in any game we play.

We had chances at Nos. 3 and 5. We just needed to close out the second set, and we could have gone up 3-2. We would have been one point away. Texas Tech did a great job extending the matches to win.

Dan Campbell

We had chances and didn't put it in play, and I thought we had missed out. But the girls kept hitting it and putting it in play.

We had chance after chance and you only get so many opportunities and we didn't convert.

We had chance after chance, and as opportunities kept presenting themselves, we kept ourselves composed. I didn't think the game would come down so close, but this is district soccer, so anything can happen.

We had been following (the power points) and figured this had a chance of happening. The thing I told her (Barbee) is that I know it will be emotional, but she needs to keep playing the way she has and not let it consume her.

Dennis Ross

We had a very good discussion, and I think we are making headway. Issues are being dealt with seriously, intensively and comprehensively in a way that I think gives us a chance to put the process back on track.

When I looked over the psych sheets a few days before the meet I did notice that I was the only guy who stood a great chance of winning three events, and be part of a few winning relays, so I kind of quietly made that my goal for the weekend.

When I looked into it, there were several reasons (for the switch). The cost was one reason, we have a better chance of getting all our games in, and it gives our seniors somewhere else to go. Besides, I'm a Cub fan.

James Richardson

When I looked at that young man, I saw someone who could have a second chance to rehabilitate himself and come out and be a powerful -- and I mean a powerful -- member of society, but most of all, a powerful servant of God. That's what I saw,

Maria Sharapova

When I look back, there were chances I could have taken and didn't. In the second set especially, I didn't have my usual fight to the end. It wasn't any particular point, but a little here and there made a big difference.