Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

We acknowledge he has a contract and we definitely want to stand by that and give him every chance of success.

We always have to score more points than they do. We get just as many chances as they do so we have to make good on our chances and take our shots. If it (the score) comes down to 99-98, that's what it needs to be and we have to have 99. If it comes down to 3-2, we've got to have the three.

Milan Hejduk

We always have a chance to win every night. I'm looking forward to the upcoming season and this new NHL era.

We always feel we have a chance to win as long as we play hard and play good defense.

Rahul Dravid

We also see tomorrow's game as an opportunity to give a chance to some of our batsmen and bowlers.

Denis Leary

There's not going to be a 'Rescue Me' movie. Not a chance.

Where I thought my chances before were 10 percent or less, I would say they're less than one-half to one percent.

'Broadway' is one of the big American words. It's exciting to be given the chance to rattle around in one of the big words.

With Halcyon's technology, the pool of genetic information will grow by orders of magnitude in the course of months, offering the first real chance at cures for cancer and other previously intractable diseases.

We've heard the excuses from those responsible for hiring that they don't want to take a chance on a new director. But the truth is that the industry hires new directors all the time; it's just that most of them are white males.

Steve Cotterill

We were asleep. I think if I'm honest Norwich deserved all three points. We had our chances - it could have been 5-4 - but I think in the end 2-1 was probably a fair reflection.

Barry Trotz

We were trying to get guys open in front of the net and it just didn't happen. We didn't generate anything there. When you get a chance like that, you have to create havoc and make something happen.

Cale Yarborough

If you don't take a chance-you won't have a chance.

We want to take it to a community and give everyone a chance to come on board.

Chet Atkins

If you hear something you like, and you're halfway like the public, chances are they'll like it too.

Dan Hill

When you think of bike couriers, you think of hyper speed. They get paid by how fast they can drop stuff off. The faster you go, the more chances you take. And the more chances you take, the greater the war between cyclists and cars.

Holly Holm

A rematch is one of those things that will always be there when you remove a champion, and it's something you definitely need to give them - that chance for a rematch. That's the only way to do it.

There is no question that this represents a chance to transform the economy of the region. For regions like northwest Missouri, there is not a long list of economic alternatives.

There is no longer a chance of death.

Until we get a chance to look at it, we really can't comment on it.

Alexei Navalny

When we get a chance to take part in elections, I am ready to fight for leading positions, including in the presidential vote.