Famous Quotes & Sayings

Matthew Simpson

Mr. Lincoln's elevation shows that in America every station in life may be honorable; that there is no barrier against the humblest; but that merit, wherever it exists, has the opportunity to be known.

Maynard Jackson

If you don't like affirmative action, what is your plan to guarantee a level playing field of opportunity?

Maya Rudolph

I have an equal opportunity womb!

And then I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to go to China in 1980, which was quite early.

Opportunity is knocking, but we don't know how much of it we'll grab.

Kenneth Fisher

Originally, I thought Republican. Now I'm an equal opportunity politician-hater.

Haley Barbour

After Camille in 1969, another opportunity was lost,

Stanley Fischer

Some see it as a threat, some see it as an opportunity and some see it as inevitable,

Some things work out and some don't. In this case, another opportunity presented itself.

So we better do more than that, because I think we have a big opportunity.

So think about that as an opportunity for intervention. Perhaps there were some cues that were missed.

Steve Forbes

Actually, I'm surprised somebody didn't see the opportunity sooner,

Do you see difficulties in every opportunity or opportunities in every difficulty?

They're much like us because they also go through long periods of scoring funks. We'll need to score consistently if we want an opportunity to win.

They have the opportunity now to make real progress toward the reduction of tensions and a resolution of their differences through peaceful means.

There's a time-share purchase opportunity for virtually any size wallet.

There is the opportunity to waive some of those years.

A team like that, if they get another opportunity to shoot, they're going to score.

The more we see, the better we like it, and the more opportunity we think we have.

A lot of people don't know what we have in our watershed. This is an opportunity for them to get out and find out about the positive water resources we have and make that personal connection.

A lot of times what happens, some situations like this, some people look at this as an opportunity to take advantage. They were the total opposite.

They have a strategy that targets every conceivable private opportunity in the world. What they're doing has never been done before on this scale. They are the pioneers.

It really is an opportunity for us to take this airline, take the systems, and be part of a big turnaround within this industry.

It provides an opportunity for landowners to have their rights protected.

Chris Wilcox

For me it was all about opportunity. I never got an opportunity to play.

This person should be thankful that he didn't kill a baby, ... He should view this as an opportunity to pull some things together and get on the right path.

There will be another opportunity for public testimony.

There really is the opportunity to do extraordinarily well.

You want the opportunity to play on ESPN. Unfortunately this is the way we get this opportunity.

You never know when your opportunity is going to come to get open,

You must reduce opportunity. That is the key.

Johnny Isakson

You ought to dialogue first before you start throwing spears. And I think the U.N. provides an opportunity for dialogue.

This is a wonderful, unique opportunity for the community.