Quotes about opportunity
opportunity organization missing
I don't want an opportunity to go missing because of my lack of organization. Sandra Bullock
opportunity giving development
I am now a fundamentalist American; give me time and I will tell you why individualism, laissez-faire and the slightly restrained anarchy of capitalism offer the best opportunities for the development of the human spirit. Rose Wilder Lane
opportunity thinking race
I say I'm the only serious comedian in the presidential race. And I'd like to take this opportunity to ask both Romney and Obama to debate me. Because I think that both of those guys - I think that the American people are being given a false choice, because the choice between the lesser of two evils is a false choice. Roseanne Barr
opportunity thinking self
I'll tell you, I think that the Internet has provided an enormous boost to film criticism by giving people an opportunity to self publish or to find sites that are friendly. Roger Ebert
opportunity reality imagination
Life's missed opportunities, at the end, may seem more poignant to us than those we embraced — because in our imagination they have a perfection that reality can never rival. Roger Ebert
opportunity strikes
When you have the opportunity, you strike. Rod Laver
opportunity people want
I'm convinced that if the same opportunities were made available to everybody, people would want to better their lot in life. Robin Leach
opportunity causes disruption
Change is inevitable, and the disruption it causes often brings both inconvenience and opportunity. Robert Scoble
opportunity play voice
When you play somebody, you pick up a lot of their gestures, his voice, the way he speaks, his body language. You don't often get that opportunity. Robert Loggia
opportunity player reality
Yes, NFL players deserve to be paid well. Unfortunately, economic realities are forcing everyone to make tough choices and the NFL is no different. These are not easy negotiations, but the outcome can be positive. If both sides give a little, everyone, including fans, will get a lot and the game will improve through innovation. Even in difficult economic times, a new CBA presents us with the opportunity to secure the future of our game. Roger Goodell
opportunity play trying
I was trying to uphold what I thought feminism was as best I could by supporting women, by trying to create an opportunity to get women to get together, play music together and celebrate the fact that we are having great success making music on our own and together. Sarah McLachlan
opportunity google growing
Stop looking at the Web as merely a display opportunity and not a way to interact. That does not create a new business model, it just shifts one that isn't growing and is outdated. The reason sites like Google are stealing advertisers from daily newspapers is not because Google has more eyeballs. It's because Google used the interactivity of the Web to deliver a new, better way to advertise. Sarah Lacy
opportunity waiting chocolate
There always seems to be someone looking over your shoulder - just waiting for an opportunity to lecture on The Darker Side of Chocolate Sandra Boynton
opportunity mind range
Present opportunities are neglected, and attainable good is slighted, by minds busied in extensive ranges and intent upon future advantages. Samuel Johnson
opportunity circles done
The Genius Pattern = Thy will be done with my talents with my circles of influence with the opportunities that are laid out in front of me to bless the world. Robert G. Allen
opportunity people luck
The concept of luck is very straightforward. Some people notice opportunities and others don't. Richard Wiseman
opportunity want-something people
Unlucky people are stuck in routines. When they see something new, they want no part of it. Lucky people always want something new. They're prepared to take risks and relaxed enough to see the opportunities in the first place. Richard Wiseman
opportunity people luck
Lucky people create, notice and act upon the chance opportunities in their lives. Being in the right place at the right time is actually all about being in the right state of mind. Richard Wiseman
opportunity excellence quality
He who fails to please in his salutation and address is at once rejected, and never obtains an opportunity of showing his latest excellences or essential qualities. Samuel Johnson
opportunity giving delay
The hour of reformation is always delayed; every delay gives vice another opportunity of fortifying itself by habit. Samuel Johnson
opportunity tears tasks
To wipe all tears from off all faces is a task too hard for mortals; but to alleviate misfortunes is often within the most limited power: yet the opportunities which every day affords of relieving the most wretched of human beings are overlooked and neglected with equal disregard of policy and goodness. Samuel Johnson
opportunity interesting risk
In my case, if one out of five opportunities is interesting enough to work on, maybe one in five of those ends up being worth doing. That might be a function of risk. That might be a function of price. There are all the variables. But you have to be constantly sorting and choosing and prioritizing. Sam Zell
opportunity done
Most everything I've done I've copied from somebody else. Sam Walton
opportunity america cost-of-living
We're all working together; that's the secret. And we'll lower the cost of living for everyone, not just in America, but we'll give the world an opportunity to see what it's like to save and have a better lifestyle, a better life for all. We're proud of what we've accomplished ; we've just begun. Sam Walton
opportunity ideas listening
I'd still say that visiting the stores and listening to our folks was one of the most valuable uses of my time as an executive. But really, our best ideas usually do come from the folks in the stores. Period. Sam Walton
opportunity may matter
Startups are very hard no matter what you do; you may as well go after a big opportunity. Sam Altman
opportunity borders deeds
Historically, and since, 1520, eighteen Treaties have been concluded between the Persian State and its western neighbours regarding its relations therewith including the question of borders. On all occasions, the Persian State chose the opportunity to violate the said Treaties whether by word or deed. Saddam Hussein
opportunity storytelling commerce
I fell in love with commerce and the opportunities that come with compelling visual storytelling. Ruzwana Bashir
opportunity ideas two
There is this idea in Hollywood, and I've seen it work for people, where the unspoken rule is 'Do two for them and one for yourself.' And that's kind of considered a fact. I've never really found that to be true for me. I've gotten more opportunities out of working on things I believed in than I ever did on things that weren't special to me. Ryan Gosling
opportunity life-and-death passing-away
Both life and death manifest in every moment of existence. Our human body appears and disappears moment by moment, without cease, and this ceaseless arising and passing away is what we experience as time and being. They are not separate. They are one thing, and in even a fraction of a second, we have the opportunity to choose, and to turn the course of our action either toward the attainment of truth or away from it. Each instant is utterly critical to the whole world. Ruth Ozeki
opportunity doors people
People talk about opportunity knocking, but the gate was always swinging in the breeze before I got to the door. Rufus Sewell
opportunity doors who-you-know
Everyone has opportunities and different doors that are opened to them in different ways. In the end, if you're talented you'll get work, if you're not, you won't, so it doesn't really matter who you know. Rumer Willis
opportunity power-of-words frail
Khomeini has offered us the opportunity to regain our frail religion ... faith in the power of words. Ruhollah Khomeini