Quotes about Chance, page 3

Ability is nothing without opportunity.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about chance

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.

Quote by Aristotel about chance

America is the land of the second chance - and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead should lead to a better life.

Quote by George W. Bush about chance

By the time the Oscars are on I'll be seventy. How many more chances am I going to have to get nominated for an Oscar?

Quote by Michael Caine about chance

Passion is the evil in adultery. If a man has no opportunity of living with another man's wife, but if it is obvious for some reason that he would like to do so, and would do so if he could, he is no less guilty than if he was caught in the act.

Quote by Augustin de Hipona about chance

Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.

Quote by Albert Camus about chance

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

Quote by Jane Austen about chance

I like giving readers an opportunity to get a hold of me in that way and to read things I've written which might disappear otherwise.

Quote by Michael Chabon about chance

Louis Pasteur said, 'Chance favors the prepared mind. ' If you're really engaged in the writing, you'll work yourself out of whatever jam you find yourself in.

Quote by Michael Chabon about chance

Those things tend not to get reprinted. It's nice to be able to give them another chance at life by putting them on the web.

Quote by Michael Chabon about chance

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

Quote by Winston Churchill about chance

Opportunities are often things you haven't noticed the first time around.

Quote by Catherine Deneuve about chance

Difficulties mastered are opportunities won.

Quote by Winston Churchill about chance

It's fun to be on the edge. I think you do your best work when you take chances, when you're not safe, when you're not in the middle of the road, at least for me, anyway.

Quote by Danny DeVito about chance

So, you pick this stuff here and this stuff there and then you see things in certain ways and you start visualizing and thank God I get the chance to do this. It's really the greatest thing in the whole wide world.

Quote by Danny DeVito about chance

I am not surprised that they show no intention to follow in my footsteps, although if I had a second chance myself, I would certainly try to repeat my present career.

Quote by Richard Ernst about chance

I have no shortage of material or offers, it's just a case of what you select to do. But I think it's realistic that my chances of playing Romeo are now over.

Quote by Sean Connery about chance

I met my wife through playing golf. She is French and couldn't speak English and I couldn't speak French, so there was little chance of us getting involved in any boring conversations - that's why we got married really quickly.

Quote by Sean Connery about chance

The European Union, which is not directly responsible to voters, provides an irresistible opportunity for European elites to seize power in order to impose their own vision on a newly socially regimented Europe.

Quote by Maggie Gallagher about chance

What you're paying for is technique. And the opportunity to look truly wicked. Isn't it worth it as long as you look wicked and feel good?

Quote by John Galliano about chance