Quotes about opportunity
opportunity deeds wealth
Amassing of wealth is an opportunity for good deeds, not hubris Thucydides
opportunity giving innovation
... Athenians are addicted to innovation. They are daring beyond their judgment they toil on with little opportunity for enjoying, being ever engaged in getting, they were born into the world to take no rest themselves, and to give none to others.
opportunity people
We have the enormous opportunity in our hands to make a positive difference for business, people, and the planet. Richard Branson
opportunity people poverty
Taking bold climate action now has the potential to unleash the full power of business and at the same time lift millions of people out of poverty. We're the first generation to recognize this and the last generation that will have this opportunity.
opportunity men law
My old man claimed that the more complicated the law the more opportunity for scoundrels. Robert A. Heinlein
opportunity effort open-minded
For me, when I have the opportunity to exhibit abroad, I feel that the public understands some points I have raised and are open-minded and make an effort to understand my work, but there are still certain things that remain inaccessible. Rirkrit Tiravanija
opportunity waiting revolutionary
REVOLUTIONARY: An oppressed person waiting for the opportunity to become an oppressor. Rick Bayan
opportunity thinking artist
Nothing has really changed. We had bootleg albums in the '60s and today we have Internet file sharing. They just found a better way to do it -- get music for free. What's great about today is an artist has an opportunity to go direct to their audience without dealing with a middleman. People can go directly to the web for CDs, DVDs and downloads. I think that's the best thing that's happened, that people's music is being flashed around the world. Richie Havens
opportunity type models
There's not a single business model, and there's not a single type of electronic content. There are really a lot of opportunities and a lot of options and we just have to discover all of them. Tim O'Reilly
opportunity awards everyday
The 10th Annual Webby Awards represent an extraordinary opportunity to celebrate the evolution of the web from an esoteric medium to the driving force shaping popular culture, business, and society today, .. As the web enters its second decade as an integral part of everyday life, our expanded categories recognize those who are pushing the web in exciting new directions. Tiffany Shlain
opportunity challenges
Every day is an opportunity disguised as a challenge. Tiki Barber
opportunity design tools
I have always enjoyed do-it-yourself projects, .. Being in a position to actually help design and bring tools to market is an incredible opportunity. Being able to fund charities as a result is phenomenal. Tim Allen
opportunity people waiting
I wake up every day and I can't wait to go to work, and that's a gift. Not too many people have the opportunity to feel that way. Tiger Woods
opportunity able different
Ive been incredibly fortunate to be able to have different opportunities and be able to choose, which is kind of amazing. Steven Strait
opportunity people doubt
The old adage, 'If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is' isn't always correct. In fact, the suspicion, cynicism, and doubt that are inherent in this belief can and does keep people from taking advantage of excellent opportunities. Richard Carlson
opportunity endless-opportunities design
Typography is to literature as musical performance is to composition: an essential act of interpretation, full of endless opportunities for insight or obtuseness. Robert Bringhurst
opportunity thinking risk
I praise CBS for taking a risk, which is always the price you pay for opportunity. This is not standard movie of the week storytelling. I think movies of the week have fallen into a niche and that isn't my niche Tom Selleck
opportunity risk pay
Risk is the price you pay for opportunity.
opportunity giving people
If you have a great part, you have the opportunity to give a good performance. The greatest actors get the best parts, and the best parts make the greatest actors. There are plenty of people who are as talented, who just never got the part. Tom Hollander
opportunity people feelings
I've had my moments of feeling miserable in my life, as has everyone, but it's not often that you actually get the opportunity to indulge that feeling. Mostly when people are depressed or miserable, they have to snap out of it because it doesn't work. It doesn't suit day-to-day life.
opportunity cities people
Landscape planners will have the opportunity to make sculptured roofscapes, so that cities appear to be verdant hills and valleys. Streets will become shady routes carved through the undergrowth. Roofs will become mountain tops. People will become ants. Tom Turner
opportunity locals
Local and regional food systems are about opportunity. Tom Vilsack
opportunity gasoline-prices oil
But It doesn't make sense for us to have a continued reliance on a supply of oil where whenever there is unrest in another part of the world, gasoline prices jump up. We need a renewable fuel industry that's more than corn-based, of course, and there are a whole series of great opportunities here.
opportunity years america
[A]s we celebrate 75 years of the minimum wage, we must also recognize that it is no longer achieving its potential impact in our economy or for America's working families. Every American deserves the chance to build a better life for his or her family - and raising the minimum wage will provide that opportunity. Tom Harkin
opportunity college play
And then it was like, wait, you can go to college and study theater? And act in plays? This is almost a racket, you know. And then when the opportunity came along to do it professionally, I thought I'd won the lottery. Tom Hanks
opportunity years brotherhood
We were not just competitors and colleagues, we were friends. We had a lot of opportunities to reflect on this in the last year. It was a competitive brotherhood. Tom Brokaw
opportunity opportunities-to-learn life-is
Every person you meet - and everything you do in life - is an opportunity to learn something. Tom Clancy
opportunity men looks
I don't know how many more movies I'm going to get the opportunity to make and I don't want to look back and go: "Man, I just floated through that one." Or: "I did that one for the money." I want to be able to say that I worked as a hard as I could and I did the best work that I could do. Tina Fey
opportunity waiting stay-cool
Stay cool, and wait for opportunity. Tibor Fischer
opportunity numbers amazing-things
The opportunity, number one, to work with Ang Lee is an amazing thing for me. Sam Elliott
opportunity laughing people
I love the fact that I'm having an opportunity to make people laugh and you actually get to hear it.
opportunity medicine giving
Practicing medicine is not only my vocation, it gives me an opportunity to continue to be in direct contact with people, to see them and hear their needs. Tabare Vazquez
opportunity giving fool
The Nobel Prize gives you an opportunity to make a fool of yourself in public. Rosalyn Sussman Yalow