Quotes about Chance

“I really don't mind being a comedian because I get the chance to make people laugh and I think that's truly a gift.”

“I know I will be severely criticized by the interventionists in America when I say we should not enter a war unless we have a reasonable chance of winning.”

“The right time is any time that one is still so lucky as to have.”

“You never really get a chance to sit back and look at where you are or what you've done. If you stop working, you're gonna get overtaken quickly. You can't really take your foot off the gas - until you decide to pack it in.”

“The Dodo never had a chance. He seems to have been invented for the sole purpose of becoming extinct and that was all he was good for.”

“When people come to see my stand-up, they get a chance to see my characters interact with each other. I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human.”

“Treat all men alike. Give them the same law. Give them an even chance to live and grow.”

“I'm a chemistry guy. I believe you've got to play together to have a chance to win.”

“No man was ever wise by chance.”

“Growing up, I didn't have a chance to watch a lot of films. It wasn't until my teen years that I had to chance to see the classic films.”

“Going to college offered me the chance to play football for four more years.”

“I wouldn't miss this opportunity for anything. For the chance to work on these conservation issues, to serve my country, to work for this president, I'd do it all over again, every single minute.”

“Man, when I'm riding with the helmet on, I'm invisible. And people just deal with me as the guy on the bike... it gives you a chance to read 'em.”

“To reminisce with my old friends, a chance to share some memories, and play our songs again.”

“There's no second chance on stage, and I was trained to make the most of my first chance.”

“When the space shuttle's engines cut off, and you're finally in space, in orbit, weightless... I remember unstrapping from my seat, floating over to the window, and that's when I got my first view of Earth. Just a spectacular view, and a chance to see our planet as a planet.”

“I couldn't believe it when Penguin offered me the chance to publish a book.”

“No foreign policy - no matter how ingenious - has any chance of success if it is born in the minds of a few and carried in the hearts of none.”

“I love working with a set designer because, in many respects, you meet the set designer before you meet the actors. So it's a chance for me as a director to figure out what I'm thinking and to explore how the space is going to actually be activated.”

“Chance is always powerful. Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be fish.”

“When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.”